Editing Petersham, London (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames}}

===Living people===
*[[Shirley Bloomer]] (born 1934), who won three [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tennis titles during her tennis-playing career, is the widow of Chris Brasher (see ''Historical figures'' below); they brought up their family in Petersham.<ref name="Brasher"/>
*[[Fearne Cotton]] (b. 1981), TV presenter, lived at Chestnut Cottage, Petersham from 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitcher |first1=Greg |title=Happy Place: Richmond Cottage Fearne Cotton Lived In While Hosting Top Of The Pops Listed For £1m |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/celebrity-homes/fearne-cotton-richmond-house-for-sale-ps1m-b1119356.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[Michael Frayn]] (born 1933), playwright and novelist, and his wife [[Claire Tomalin]] (born 1933), journalist and biographer, live in Petersham.<ref name="Adams">{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=16 August 2009 |title=The interview: Michael Frayn |work=[[The Observer]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/aug/16/michael-frayn-interview |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref>
* The entertainer [[Tommy Steele]] (born 1936) bought [[Montrose House]] in 1969.<ref name="Cloake">{{cite journal | title=New Light on Old Petersham Houses&nbsp;– 2 | author= Cloake, John | author-link= John Cloake | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] | year=1998 | volume=19|page= 17|issn= 0263-0958}}</ref><ref name="London Encyclopaedia">{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sAA9olZqPSMC&q=montrose+house+steele+tommy&pg=PA559| title=The London Encyclopaedia | publisher=[[Pan Macmillan]] |author1=Hibbert, Christopher |author-link=Christopher Hibbert |author2=Keay, John |author2-link=John Keay |author3=Keay, Julia | year=2010 | pages=559| isbn=9781405049252 }}</ref> He sold it in about 2004.<ref name="Douglas">{{Cite news |last=Douglas |first=Rachel |date=21 April 2004 |title=Celebs on the move |work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date= 20 February 2021|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/celebs-on-the-move-7225031.html}}</ref>
* [[Lynne Truss]] (born 1955), author, journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster and dramatist, grew up in Petersham.<ref name="Sholto">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lynne-truss-the-effoff-society-321609.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lynne-truss-the-effoff-society-321609.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Lynne Truss: The eff-off society | work=[[The Independent]] | date=22 October 2005 | access-date=7 February 2016 | author=Byrnes, Sholto}}</ref>
*[[Peter Voser]] (b. 1958), the former CEO of [[Royal Dutch Shell]], lived in Petersham. He has since moved back to his native Switzerland.<ref name="Voser">{{cite web | url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/4845446/PETER-ROBERT-VOSER | title=Peter Robert Voser | publisher=Check Company | access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

===Historical figures===
*[[Daisy Ashford]] (1881–1972), who is most famous for writing ''[[The Young Visiters]]'', was born at Elm Lodge, Petersham.<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30769|title= Ashford [married name Devlin], Margaret Mary Julia [Daisy]|author= Brunner, Hugo|date = 23 September 2004|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/30769|isbn= 978-0-19-861412-8|access-date = 6 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="NPG Ashford">{{Cite web |title=Daisy Ashford |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp58888/margaret-mary-julia-daisy-ashford |access-date=29 November 2020 |website=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]}}</ref>
*[[Chris Brasher]] (1928–2003), an athlete and sports journalist who co-founded the [[London Marathon]], lived in River Lane, Petersham.<ref name="Brasher">{{cite web | url=http://ptn.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/newsletter0204.html | title=Chris Brasher Memorial Run. | publisher=The Petersham Trust | work=Petersham Trust Newsletter | date=February 2004 | access-date=12 April 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130504223639/http://ptn.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/newsletter0204.html | archive-date=4 May 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The author and illustrator [[Charles George Harper]] (1863–1943) lived in Petersham in later life, and died there in 1943.<ref name="Harper">{{cite journal | title=The English traveller: Charles G. Harper, 1863–1943 | author=Webster, N W | journal=Antiquarian Book Monthly Review | year=1974 | issue=16}}</ref>
* [[Lodowick Carlell]] (1602–1675), courtier and [[playwright]], and his wife [[Joan Carlile]] (c.1606–1679), portrait painter, lived at [[Richmond Park#Former buildings|Petersham Lodge]] in Richmond Park. They are buried together in St Peter's churchyard, but the location of their grave is not known.<ref name="Oxford DNB Carlile">{{cite ODNB | url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4681 | title=Joan Carlile | date=2004  | access-date=3 December 2012 | author=Burnette, Arianne| doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4681 }}</ref> 
* Major [[Herbert Byng Hall]] (1805–1883) was an officer in the [[British Army]] and later a [[King's Messenger|Queen's Messenger]] who wrote several books on travel, sport and food, as well as two novels. He lived at Rose Cottage, River Lane, from about 1859 to 1878. His wife is buried at St Peter's church.
* [[Prince Rupert Loewenstein]] (1933–2014), aristocrat, merchant banker and longtime financial manager of [[The Rolling Stones]], lived at [[Petersham Lodge]] in River Lane, a former [[Grace and favour|grace-and-favour]] mansion, purchased for about £2 million in 1987.<ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10847031/Prince-Rupert-zu-Loewenstein-obituary.html Prince Rupert zu Loewenstein&nbsp;– obituary], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.</ref> It is an early 18th-century house, built for [[Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry]], and Grade II listed by [[Historic England]].<ref name="EH">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1250211 |desc=Petersham Lodge|date= 10 January 1950|access-date= 14 September 2016}}</ref>
*The businessman [[Tony Rampton (businessman)|Tony Rampton]] (1915–1993), who was chairman of the clothing retailer [[Freemans]], lived at Gort Lodge, an early 18th-century [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] house in Petersham, where he and his wife Joan, who were both philanthropists, brought up their family, including their son [[Richard Rampton]] KC (1941–2023),<ref name="Tessler">{{Cite news |first=Gloria |last=Tessler |date=12 January 2024 |title=Richard Rampton, KC |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20240112/282127821320494 |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |via= [[PressReader]]}}</ref> who became a libel lawyer. Tony and Joan Rampton are buried in St Peter's churchyard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Talk by Judy Weleminsky on Tony Rampton OBE, Petersham's pioneering philanthropist |url=https://www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/events/talk-by-judy-weleminsky-on-tony-rampton-obe-petershams-pioneering-philanthropist/ |access-date=10 May 2021 |website=[[Richmond Local History Society]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuWAM5dMmNk&t=1969s |author-link= Judy Weleminsky|author= Weleminsky, Judy|title=Judy Weleminsky 19.4.21 Tony Rampton, Petersham's pioneering philanthropist |publisher= [[Richmond Local History Society]] via [[YouTube]]|date=26 April 2021|access-date = 6 June 2024}}</ref><ref>[[Judy Weleminsky|Weleminsky, Judy]] (2021/22) "Tony Rampton, Petersham's pioneering philanthropist" in  Smith, Robert (ed.) ''[[Richmond History|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]]'' '''42''': 50–59 {{ISSN| 0263-0958}}</ref>
*[[George Vancouver]] (1757–1798), Captain in the [[Royal Navy]] and one of Britain's greatest explorers and navigators, retired to Petersham and lived  on River Lane;<ref name = "Targett"/> he is buried in St Peter's churchyard.<ref name="Vancouver listing" />
*Sir [[Robert Wilmot-Horton]] (1784–1841), politician, sociopolitical theorist and colonial administrator, who was [[Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]] between 1821 and 1828, and [[Governor of Ceylon]] from 1831 to 1837, lived and died at [[Sudbrook Park, Petersham]].<ref name="ADB">[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/horton-sir-robert-wilmot-2199/text2841/ "Horton, Sir Robert Wilmot (1784–1841)"], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]], published first in hardcopy 1966. Retrieved 11 June 2024.</ref>