List of people from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Name Dates Notability
Edward VII 1841-1910 As Prince of Wales , he was resident at White Lodge with his tutors in 1858 . He and the Princess of Wales ( Queen Alexandra ( 1844-1925 ) used the house as a weekend residence , from 1867 to 1868
Edward VIII 1894-1972 He was born at White Lodge - the home of his maternal grandparents , the Duke and Duchess of Teck
George VI and Queen Elizabeth As Duke and Duchess of York they lived at White Lodge after their marriage in 1923
Princess Mary , Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1776-1857 The last surviving child of George III , and widow of the second Duke of Gloucester , shelived at White Lodge from 1844 until her death . She was Ranger of Richmond Park from 1850 to 1857
Mary of Teck 1867-1953 Consort of George V , she lived at White Lodge , Richmond Park with her parents , the Duke and Duchess of Teck , until her marriage in 1893 . The couple 's engagement took place at Sheen Lodge on 3 May 1893
Victoria and Prince Albert The Queen and the Prince Consort stayed at White Lodge for a while in 1861 after the death of the Queen 's mother and a few months before Albert 's own death
People in Richmond town and Richmond Park -- Historical figures
White Lodge , Richmond Park , birthplace of King Edward VIII
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was created in 1965 when, under the London Government Act 1963, the Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey), the Municipal Borough of Barnes (also in Surrey) and the Municipal Borough of Twickenham (in Middlesex) were merged to become a new London borough within Greater London. This is a categorised list of notable people who were born or have lived within the borders of the modern borough (which covers Barnes, East Sheen, Ham, Hampton, Kew, Hampton Hill, Hampton Wick, Mortlake, Petersham, Richmond, St Margarets, Teddington, Twickenham and Whitton). Only people who are sufficiently notable to have individual entries on Wikipedia have been included in the list and, in each instance, their birth or residence has been verified by citations. The list is divided into two main categories - Living people and Historical figures.