NIGEL FARAGE

In fact, it would be fair to say that Brexit would not have happened were it not for Mr Farage banging an anti-EU drum so loudly over a pint and a fag the majority of people started agreeing with him.

His efforts to reach Westminster have been frequent; on no fewer than five occasions he tried but all ended in failure. The most recent of which was his high-profile bid for the South Thanet seat in 2015. He even managed to survive

Having reached high office in the government, he lost his seat in that month’s general election as MP for Dundee.

It followed an 18-month period which also saw him cope with the loss both of his twoyear-old daughter Marigold and his mother.

As if to soften the blow of the ambitious politician, he completed the purchase of a sprawling mansion in the Kent countryside.

And from then until his death in 1965, he would consider Chartwell, near Westerham, a light plane crash in 2010 while on the campaign trail for the seat of Buckingham.

Since 1999 he has served as MEP for the South East. But it was as leader of Ukip he had his biggest impact - pushing the call for an EU referendum on to the political agenda and effectively forcing the election vow by David Cameron which resulted in 2016’s narrow victory for the Leave campaign.

For many years, until his split with his wife, he lived in Westerham - not far from his birth place of Downe.

Love him or loathe him, you cannot ignore him. his home.

There’s nowhere near enough space to recount Churchill’s remarkable career - suffice it to say he is today proclaimed one of the most influential figures in British history after leading the allies to success in the Second World War and keeping the nation free from German invasion.

Chartwell was his escape from the pressures of his two spells as prime minister - and it was a place close to the heart of both he and his wife Clementine.

Churchill died, aged 90, in 1965.

Chartwell is now a popular tourist attraction,