Writers, Poets and Historians
Writers, Poets and Historians
R D Blackmore
R D Blackmore
Author and market gardener of Teddington
Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland
Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland
Writer, Translator & Catholic Recusant
Richard Cobbett
Richard Cobbett
Author of Memorials of Twickenham
Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare
At Southend House, Montpelier Row, Twickenham
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Visitor to Twickenham in 1838
Sarah Disraeli
Sarah Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli's sister who lived in St Margaret's
Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding
Novelist & lawyer
Francis Francis
Francis Francis
Piscatorial Entrepreneur, Writer
Bernard Garside
Bernard Garside
Historian and schoolmaster
Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
Diplomat and man of letters
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins
Daughter of Sir John Hawkins and nineteenth century local gossip
Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen
Russian political author
William Hickey
William Hickey
Memoirist and Lawyer
Francis Cotterell Hodgson
Francis Cotterell Hodgson
Chronicler of Twickenham people
Edward Ironside
Edward Ironside
Historian of Twickenham
Captain W. E. Johns
Captain W. E. Johns
Bomber pilot, illustrator, aviation writer and author of Biggles books
Dr Johnson
Dr Johnson
Poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.
Edward Lovibond
Edward Lovibond
A minor poet
Sir Humphrey Lynd
Sir Humphrey Lynd
A life writing in the cause of religion
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Poet and lady of letters
Hannah More
Hannah More
Pietistic friend of the Garricks, Dr Johnson and Horace Walpole
Francis Turner Palgrave
Francis Turner Palgrave
Author, poet and anthologist
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Poet, satirist, letter writer, designer of gardens and grotto maker
Henry Ripley
Henry Ripley
Schoolmaster, musician and historian
R C Sherriff
R C Sherriff
Playright
Edith Somerville
Edith Somerville
Some Anglo-Irish connexions with Twickenham and Whitton
Sir Richard Steele
Sir Richard Steele
Publisher of the Tatler, the Spectator, and the Guardian
Sir John Suckling
Sir John Suckling
Poet, born at Whitton
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Comes to live in Montpelier Row
Flora Thompson
Flora Thompson
Author of the Larkrise to Candleford trilogy
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne
Priest, mystic and poet
Elizabeth Twining
Elizabeth Twining
Philanthropist, painter and writer
Voltaire
Voltaire
Visits Pope at Twickenham
Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole
Writer of gothic novels and resident of Strawberry Hill
Paul Whitehead
Paul Whitehead
Poet and satirist
Joan Whitrow
Joan Whitrow
A Quaker Divine?
