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Local Personalities > outstanding legacies // 1900s
ARP Wardens B2 Group at Sully's, Bank Place, September 1944
John Burton
John Burton (1839-1907) was born on 10 November at Lostwithiel. At the age of 22 he left home and came to Falmouth where he founded the world-famous Old Curiosity Shop at 27 Market Street (now Boots opticians and hearingcare). H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) made some purchases by commission, being unable to ‘call upon him’, during his visit to Falmouth in 1887. Always the entrepreneur, he offered £500 for Smeaton’s Lighthouse when it was replaced by the new Eddystone Lighthouse. His bid was unsuccessful, and the lighthouse was given to Plymouth on the condition that the town paid the cost of removing it and re-erecting it on the Hoe, where it stands to this day.
Edward John Jackett
Edward John Jackett (4 July 1878 – 11 November 1935) was born in Falmouth and played rugby for Falmouth RFC.
He represented the England national rugby union team, the British Lions, and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.
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