William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (1759 to 1833) was a leading campaigner in Parliament for the abolition of slavery.
From 1824 to 1826, he lived at The Chestnuts, Honeycroft Hill, Uxbridge.
He retired from Parliament due to ill health and lived in the house while he was waiting for a house in Mill Hill to be ready. On the day he officially retired from Parliament, he recorded in his diary that he "staid quietly at Uxbridge, spending the time very pleasantly".