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John Galsworthy, was born in Galsworthy House (then called Parkhurst) on Kingston Hill on 14 August 1867.  He was an English novelist and playwright.

Notable works include The Forsyte Saga in 1922 and its sequels, A Modern Comedy End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. The Forsyte Family The Salvation of a Forsyte (The Salvation of Swithin Forsyte) (1900) On Forsyte 'Change (1930) (Re-published 1986 as "Uncollected Forsyte") The Man of Property, (1906) – first book of The Forsyte Saga(1922) Indian Summer of a Forsyte, (1918) – first interlude of The Forsyte Saga In Chancery, (1920) – second book of The Forsyte Saga Awakening, (1920) – second interlude of The Forsyte Saga To Let, (1921) – third book of The Forsyte Saga The White Monkey, (1924) – first book of A Modern Comedy (1929) The Silver Spoon, (1926) – second book of A Modern Comedy A Silent Wooing, (1927) – first Interlude of A Modern Comedy Passers-By, (1927) – second Interlude of A Modern Comedy Swan Song, (1928) – third book of A Modern Comedy Maid in Waiting, (1931) – first book of End of the Chapter (1934) Flowering Wilderness, (1932) – second book of End of the Chapter