George Elliot
From 1876 till the year of her death in 1880, the writer George Eliot had a summer home in Witley, called The Heights.
Lloyd George
Lloyd George, who was the British Prime Minister from 1916-1922, had a property in Witley, called Timbers.
Myles Birket Foster, Painter
See biography at the Godalming Museum website .
In Witley, Birket Foster was at the centre of a thriving artistic colony which included George Eliot, Kate Greenaway and Helen Allingham. His painting Gathering Lilac can be seen in the Gertrude Jekyll room at the Godalming Museum.
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