Hampshire (gbr)

Hampshire

Hampshire ranks 4,088th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bad Cannstatt, Wheaton, Illinois, and Lismore, New South Wales. Memorable people born in Hampshire include William Warham, Swithun, and Stephen Leacock. Memorable people who died in Hampshire include George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, Joe Davis, and Tony Barton. Hampshire has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Hampshire is located in United Kingdom.

Hampshire is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town. Other significant settlements within the county include Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Andover, Gosport, Fareham and Aldershot. Read more on Wikipedia