Editing Isleworth (section)

==Notable residents==
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Joseph banks.jpg|Sir Joseph Banks
Banks' house.jpg|Banks' house, known as Spring Grove House
Spring Grove House 18th Century.jpg|Spring Grove House in the 18th century
Pears House full west front 1902.jpg|Spring Grove House in 1902
VanGogh 1887 Selbstbildnis.jpg|[[Vincent van Gogh]], painted by himself ten years after residing in Isleworth
Turner selfportrait.jpg|[[J. M. W. Turner]]
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*[[Peter Oliver (painter)|Peter Oliver]] (1594–1648), watercolour copyist and miniature portrait artist, lived in his native Isleworth. He painted many figures at the courts of Kings [[King James I of England|James I]] and [[King Charles I of England|Charles I]].
*Marina Dellap was a resident of Isleworth in 1765. She was enslaved and lived in the home of Mrs Dellap near All Saints’ Church in Isleworth. She ran away on 26 May 1765. Marina was in her 20s, had arrived from Jamaica about a year before, spoke English and had a child. She was a skilled seamstress.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It is likely that Marina arrived in England with Elizabeth Bouffan after the death of her husband Alexander Dellap, with whom they lived in [[Saint Catherine Parish|St Catherine, Jamaica]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Dellap or Delap |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146661349 |website=Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery}}</ref>
*Prince was a resident of Isleworth in 1765. He was enslaved by a merchant called Mr Shea. Prince was aged 24, from [[Guinea]] and a musician who played the French horn. Prince ran away from Mr Shea on 13 August 1765 and is likely to have known Marina Dellap. She was seen with someone matching Prince’s description (wearing an old brown livery coat turned up with red).<ref name=":2" />
*In 1779, [[Joseph Banks|Sir Joseph Banks]], botanist, took a lease on, and eventually bought, a house with {{convert|34|acre|ha|abbr=off|spell=in}} along the northern side of what is now London Road. It became known as "Spring Grove House". Although he also had a home in central London, he spent much time and effort on his Isleworth property. He steadily created a renowned botanical masterpiece on the estate, achieved primarily with many of the great variety of foreign plants he had collected on his great travels around the world, particularly with Captain Cook to Australia and the South Seas. Banks died in 1820, and over the next thirty years the house was considerably modified and enlarged by a new owner, Henry Pownall, who then sold the estate in 1850 for partial redevelopment.
*In 1804, [[J. M. W. Turner]] lived for a short time in Sion Ferry House in Isleworth, where he drew inspiration from the picturesque banks of the River Thames. His paintings thereafter include the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] and [[Hampton Court]] from the Thames.
*[[Ian Gilmour]], who became 3rd Baronet of Craigmillar, was [[Secretary of State for Defence]] and [[Lord Privy Seal]] during the 1970s. He lived at the current Ferry House, on the same site as above, for fifty-three years until his death in 2007.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article4530565.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122110826/http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article4530565.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 November 2008 | location=London | work=The Times | first=Lucy | last=Alexander | title=The late Tory MP Sir Ian Gilmours London home is for sale | date=15 August 2008}}</ref>
*Post-impressionist artist [[Vincent van Gogh]] moved to Isleworth in 1876 to become a teacher and assistant preacher at a local school. A blue plaque exists on the house he lived in alongside Twickenham Road.
*Andrew Pears was the third generation head of the [[Pears (soap)|Pears]] soap business located in Isleworth, and in 1886 he bought Spring Grove House. He rebuilt it in 1892/94 on a grander scale, retaining the structure, facing the building with new red brickwork, and adding large rear extensions. This created a sizeable mansion, most of which still stands. The house is now part of [[West Thames College]]. There is a memorial to the Pears family in Isleworth cemetery, including Thomas Pears (1882–1912) who died on the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']].
*[[George Manville Fenn]] (1831-1909) was a prolific English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist who lived in Isleworth and is buried there. Many of his novels were written for young adults.
*[[Walter R. Booth]] (1869–1938), creator of the first British animated cartoon film, ''The Hand of the Artist'', constructed his own outdoor studio in the back garden of Neville Lodge, Woodlands Road, Isleworth in 1906 with Harold Bastick as his cameraman. At least fifteen films a year were made up to 1915, after which he entered the publicity film market, making advertising shorts for Cadbury.
*[[Arthur Penty]] (1875–1937), an architect and writer on guild socialism and distributism lived in Church Street, Old Isleworth (1926–1937). He is commemorated by a blue plaque.
*[[Eileen Sheridan (cyclist)|Eileen Sheridan]] (1923–2023), a champion English cyclist of the 1940s and 1950s, lived in Church Street, Old Isleworth for many years.
* [[Jack Simmons (historian)|Jack Simmons]] (1915–2000), historian, was born in Isleworth. In 1947 he became the first professor of history at University College, Leicester, which became the [[University of Leicester]] in 1957. He was the university's acting vice-chancellor from 1962 until 1975.
* [[Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes]] (1919–2001) was born in Isleworth. For over 30 years, Chetwynd-Hayes published more than 200 short stories, 8 novels, and over 20 collections, as well as editing 24 anthologies including many of the Fontana Ghost Stories series of anthologies.
* [[David Attenborough]] (1926–) Born in Isleworth. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 60 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine ''[[Life (2009 TV series)|Life]]'' [[Television program|series]], in conjunction with the [[BBC Natural History Unit]].
* [[William Hartnell]], actor, best known as the [[First Doctor]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1963 to 1966, lived opposite the [[London Apprentice, Isleworth|London Apprentice]] pub from the 1920s, next door to his guardian, the art collector [[Hugh Blaker]].
* [[Vince Taylor]] (1939–1991), British rock and roll singer and main inspiration for [[David Bowie]]'s Ziggy Stardust persona, spent his early life in Isleworth.
* Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap (1906–1991), author lived at Worton Way and wrote under the name of [[Erroll Collins]]. She was active during the 1940s, specialising in adventure and science fiction for boys.
* Presenter [[Fiona Phillips]] lives in Isleworth.
* [[Patsy Morris]], victim of unsolved murder in 1980 and reportedly the childhood girlfriend of serial killer [[Levi Bellfield]], also from Isleworth.
*[[Joan Bicknell]] was born here, professor of psychiatry and human rights advocate for people with intellectual disabilities.
* [[Edd Gould]] (1988–2012) creator of ''[[Eddsworld]]'', a popular YouTube channel.
* [[Earl Rhodes]], former actor, lives in Isleworth.
* [[Dave Brock]], founder of [[space rock]] group [[Hawkwind]], was born in Isleworth. 
* [[Ruel (singer)|Ruel]], Australian singer-songwriter, was born in Isleworth. 
* [[Ben Turnbull]], artist, was born in Isleworth.
* [[Ellie Beaven]], Actress was born and grew up in Isleworth
* [[Thomas Allistone]] (1823–1896), a soldier in the 11th Hussars who took part in the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]].

===Fictional residents===
*In the 2001 feature film ''[[Gosford Park]]'', Sir William McCordle had one of his factories in Isleworth and Robert Parks was raised in orphanage in Isleworth.
*In the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series, ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', Isleworth is often mentioned as the home town of [[Chief Inspector Japp]].