Twickenham

Twickenham is a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in the south-west of London

Famous residents

• Sir Francis Bacon - Lord Chancellor of England
• Alexander Pope - poet and writer
• Horace Walpole - writer of gothic novels, Prime Minister's son and resident of Strawberry Hill.
• Louis Philippe - sometime king of the French. His descendants resided in the area for the latter part of the 19th century.
• J.M.W. Turner - painter and poet
• Alfred Lord Tennyson - Poet Laureate
• King Manoel II of Portugal - exiled King of Portugal
• The Yardbirds - musicians
• Trevor Baylis - inventor of the clockwork radio
• Pete Townshend - musician, member of The Who
• Greg Dyke - The ex-BBC director general
• Claire Forlani - actress