In a house on this site The Revd. Sir Henry Bate Dudley, Bt, M.A., LL.d., J.P. 1745 - 1824 lived 1802 - 1816 Critic, Playwright, first journalist to be designated Editor Founder with David Garrick et al. 2 November 1772 of The Morning Post (Merged with The Daily Telegraph in 1937) also founder of The Morning Herald 1780 - 1869