after hitting his head on the bath tap. The contents of the house, including all Pearson's furniture and pictures, were put up for sale in 1913. Frensham Place was also the birthplace of Count Antoine Seilern, one of the most noted art collectors of the twentieth century. He was born at the house on 17 September 1901, the son of an Austrian nobleman Count Carl Seilern and his American wife Antoinette Woerishoffer. Notable alumni Keith Douglas, poet Sir John Bertrand Gurdon, Nobel Prize Winner 2012. Developmental biologist. B. H. Liddell Hart, soldier, military historian and inter-war theorist Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson, recipient of the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli Murray Seasongood, politician and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio John Strachey, politician Bob Tisdall, Olympic gold medalist hurdler References External links Edgeborough School website Preparatory schools in Surrey Boarding schools in Surrey Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in England Farnham