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{{infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| type                     = [[Village]]
| map_type                 = Greater London
| region                   = London
| population               = 10,317
| population_ref           = (2011 Census. Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689026&c=Ham&d=14&e=62&g=6335972&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476198166297&enc=1|title=Richmond Ward population 2011|access-date=11 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
| official_name            = Petersham
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.445|-0.303|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| london_borough           = Richmond
| constituency_westminster = [[Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond Park]]
| post_town                = RICHMOND
| postcode_district        = TW10
| postcode_area            = TW
| dial_code                = 020
| os_grid_reference        = TQ179733
}}
[[File:Grave_of_George_Vancouver,_St_Mary's_parish_church,_Petersham.jpg|thumb|160px|Grave of the explorer [[George Vancouver]]]]
[[File:Watchman's hut and lock-up - Petersham Road, Petersham, London.jpg|thumb|Watchman's hut and lock-up, erected in 1787 and now [[Listed building|Grade II listed]]]]
[[File:St Peter's parish church, Petersham - geograph.org.uk - 794821.jpg|thumb|[[St Peter's Church, Petersham|St Peter's parish church]]]]
[[File:Former church of All Saints, Petersham - geograph.org.uk - 794800.jpg|thumb|The former [[All Saints' Church, Petersham, London|All Saints' Church]], now a private house]]
[[File:Sudbrook House - Petersham.jpg|thumb|[[Sudbrook Park, Petersham|Sudbrook House]], now the home of [[Richmond Golf Club]]]]
[[Image:Montrose House - geograph.org.uk - 1175986.jpg|thumb|[[Montrose House]] was for many years the home of [[Tommy Steele]].]]
[[File:War Memorial, St Peter's Churchyard, Petersham - London (6799892956).jpg|thumb|Petersham war memorial, in the churchyard of St Peter's]]
'''Petersham''' is a village in the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] on the east of the bend in the [[River Thames]] south of [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], which it shares with neighbouring [[Ham, London|Ham]]. It provides the foreground of the scenic view from [[Richmond, London|Richmond Hill]] across [[Petersham Meadows]], with [[Ham House]] further along the river. Other nearby places include [[Twickenham]], [[Isleworth]], [[Teddington]], [[Mortlake]], and [[Roehampton]].

==History==

Petersham appears in  [[Domesday Book]] (1086) as ''Patricesham''. It was held by [[Chertsey Abbey]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lysons|first=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Lysons (antiquarian)|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp399-403|title=The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey|year=1792|pages=399–403|via=British History Online|access-date = 6 March 2024}}</ref> Its assets were: 4 [[hide (unit)|hide]]s; 1 church, 5 [[plough]]s, 1 [[fishery]] worth 1,000 [[eel]]s and 1000 [[lamprey]]s, {{convert|3|acre|ha}} of [[meadow]]. It rendered £6 10s 0d.<ref name="Domesday">{{OpenDomesday|TQ1873|petersham|Petersham}}</ref>

[[Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll|Archibald Campbell]], later 3rd Duke of Argyll and Earl of Islay, was born at [[Ham House]] in 1682.<ref name="Campbell">{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Archibald-Campbell-3rd-Duke-of-Argyll | title=Archibald Campbell, 3rd duke of Argyll | author= Anderson, Mic|publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] | date = 13 February 2024|access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref> He went on to found the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] in Edinburgh in 1727.

The explorer [[George Vancouver]] retired to Petersham, where he wrote [[George Vancouver#Works by George Vancouver|''A Voyage Of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World'']].<ref name = "Targett">[[Simon Targett|Targett, Simon]] (2024). "A house, a tomb, a monkey puzzle tree, a fight and a book of discovery" in Smith, Robert (ed.)  ''[[Richmond Local History Society|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]]'', '''44''':  46-56, {{ISSN|0263-0958}}</ref> He lived in a house in River Lane that is now two separate dwellings – Navigator's House (formerly known as Craigmyle Cottage) and Glen Cottage.<ref name = "Targett"/> He died in 1798 and is buried in the churchyard of [[St Peter's Church, Petersham|Petersham Parish Church]]. The [[Portland stone]] monument over his grave, renovated in the 1960s, is now [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] in view of its historical associations.<ref name="Vancouver listing">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1380182|desc=Tomb of Captain George Vancouver in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church|date=23 March 2000|access-date= 4 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1839 [[Charles Dickens]] rented Elm Cottage, renamed Elm Lodge,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elm Lodge |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357743?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England}}</ref> where he wrote ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2019 |access-date = 11 June 2024|title=Dickens in Richmond upon Thames |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/dickens_in_richmond_upon_thames |author= Richmond Local Studies Library and Archive|website=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]}}</ref>

In 1847 [[Queen Victoria]] granted [[Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park|Pembroke Lodge]] in the Petersham part of [[Richmond Park]] to [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell]], and it became the Russell family home.<ref name="Fletcher Jones">{{cite book | title=Richmond Park: Portrait of a Royal Playground | author= Fletcher Jones, Pamela|year=1972 | page=41| publisher=[[Phillimore & Co Ltd]]|isbn= 0850334977}}</ref> Lord Russell's grandson, [[Bertrand Russell]], spent some of his childhood there.<ref name="Russell">[[Bertrand Russell|Russell, Bertrand]] (1967). ''The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872–1914''. London: [[George Allen & Unwin Ltd]]. p. 19.</ref><ref name="Hearsum">{{cite web | url=http://hearsumcollection.org.uk/the-collection-and-the-friends-of-richmond-park/item/bertrand-russell-the-young-philosopher-in-the-park | title=Bertrand Russell&nbsp;– the young philosopher in the park | publisher=[[Richmond Park#Culture|The Hearsum Collection]] | work=The Collection | date=12 June 2015 | access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Turcon2012">{{Cite journal |first=Sheila|last= Turcon |date=Spring 2012 |title= Russell's Homes: Pembroke Lodge |url=https://bertrandrussellsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/brsb_146_spring_2012_public.pdf|journal=The Bertrand Russell Society Bulletin |issue=146 |pages=3–8 |issn=1547-0334}}</ref><ref name="Hirschler">{{Cite journal |last= Hirschler |first= Rachel|date=2024 |title=Bertrand Russell's childhood years at Pembroke Lodge |journal=[[Richmond Local History Society| Richmond History: journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] |volume=44 |pages=11}}</ref> During [[World War II]] the [[GHQ Liaison Regiment]] (also known as Phantom) established its regimental headquarters nearby at the Richmond Hill Hotel,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mc7AwAAQBAJ&q=richmond+hill+phantom+regiment+GHQ+headquarters&pg=PT352 | title=Defending London: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War | publisher=[[The History Press]] | author=Osborne, Mike | isbn=9780752479316|year=2011}}</ref> with its base (including the [[Mess|officers' mess]] and [[billet]]) at Pembroke Lodge.<ref name="FRP Guide91">{{cite book |date=2011 |title=''"History" in'' Guide to Richmond Park |author= Lankester, Max|publisher=[[Richmond Park#Friends of Richmond Park|Friends of Richmond Park]] |location=London |page=91|isbn= 978-0-9567469-0-0}}</ref>

In the early 19th century, [[Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington|Charles Stanhope]], styled Lord Petersham, later Earl of Harrington, gave the Petersham name to a type of [[greatcoat]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Petersham|work=[[TheFreeDictionary.com|The Free Dictionary]]|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/petersham|access-date=1 August 2015}}</ref> In 1955 Petersham also gave its name to {{HMS|Petersham}},<ref name="Janes">{{cite book |editor-last=Blackman |editor-first=Raymond V B  |title=[[Jane's Fighting Ships|Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–53]] |year=1953}}</ref> which was a {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|1}}.
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==Landmarks==
===Notable buildings===
[[Listed building|Listed buildings]] include a [[Watchman (law enforcement)|watchman's]] box that also served as a [[village lock-up]]<ref name="Watchman listing">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065343|desc=Watchman's Box and Village Lock Up|date= 25 June 1983|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> and dates from 1787.<ref name="Village Lock-Up">{{cite web | url=http://www.petershamvillage.org/PV/Village_Lock-up.html | title=Village Watchman's Hut & Lock-up | publisher=Petersham Village | access-date=18 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160006/http://www.petershamvillage.org/PV/Village_Lock-up.html | archive-date=19 October 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Petersham Road (part of the [[A307 road|A307]]) includes an extremely sharp right-angled bend edged by a pair of handsome [[wrought iron]] gates. This is the entrance to [[Montrose House]], one of the most notable houses in Petersham. After a spate of serious accidents on the bend in the road, the neighbours formed a group in the 1850s called Trustees of the Road. The Hon. [[Algernon Tollemache]] of Ham House was their leader and they managed to persuade the owner of Montrose House to part with some land to reduce the sharpness of the bend. But various dents in the brick wall today reveal that motorists are still taken unawares by it.<ref>Weinreb and Hibbert, p. 610</ref>

Adjacent to Montrose House and equally as impressive is Rutland Lodge, built in 1666 for a [[Lord Mayor of London]];<ref name="RIBApix - Rutland">{{cite web | url=https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/rutland-lodge-petersham-london-the-main-front/posterid/RIBA42036.html | title=Rutland Lodge, Petersham, London: the main front | publisher=RIBApix | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> it is Grade II* listed.<ref name="Rutland isting">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065338|desc=Rutland Lodge and Entrance Gate and Piers to Rutland Lodge|date = 10 January 1950|access-date= 13 June 2023}}</ref>

Another historic house in Petersham is [[Douglas House, Petersham|Douglas House]], just off the west drive to [[Ham House]]. One of its notable inhabitants was [[Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry|Catherine, Duchess of Queensberry]]. In 1969 it was bought by the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] for use as a [[German School London|German school]]. New buildings have been erected in the grounds, but the original house and stables have been preserved.<ref>Weinreb and Hibbert, p. 241</ref>

==Transport==
Petersham is served by only two bus routes: the [[London Buses route 65|65]] and [[London Buses route 371|371]], both linking the village with [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] and [[Kingston upon Thames]]. It has only a few bus stops such as Sandy Lane, Sudbrook Lane (The Russell School) and Ham Street and The Dysart.

==Education==
{{main|List of schools in Richmond upon Thames}}
* [[German School London|Deutsche Schule (DSL)]], London (the [[German School London]]), is based at Douglas House.
* The Russell School, now on Petersham Road, was founded in 1851 by [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord John Russell]], who served twice as Britain's Prime Minister. It was originally located in Richmond Park, near Petersham Gate, but the building was irreparably damaged by a bomb in 1943 and demolished.<ref name="Russell School">{{cite web | url=http://hearsumcollection.org.uk/the-collection-and-the-friends-of-richmond-park/item/lost-buildings-in-richmond-park-the-prime-minister-s-school-and-a-magnificent-mansion | title=Lost buildings in Richmond Park: The Prime Minister's school and a magnificent mansion | publisher=[[Richmond Park#Culture|The Hearsum Collection]] | work=Stories | date=9 June 2015 | access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=David |date=2018 |title=The Russell School, Petersham |journal=Ham & Petersham Community Magazine |pages=20–21}}</ref>
* Sudbrook School is a [[Preschool|nursery school]] housed in Petersham's village hall on Bute Avenue.

==Religious sites==

===St Peter's Church===
{{main|St Peter's Church, Petersham}}
Petersham Parish Church is believed to pre-date the [[Norman Conquest|Norman conquest of England]], as a church at Petersham is mentioned in [[Domesday Book]] (1086).<ref name="Domesday"/>

===All Saints' Church===
{{main|All Saints' Church, Petersham (London)}}
[[All Saints' Church, Petersham, London|All Saints']], on Bute Avenue, was built as a church but was never consecrated.<ref name="HistoryWorld">{{cite web | url=http://www.historyworld.net/placesinhistory/hamallsaints.asp | title=Ham and Petersham&nbsp;– All Saints' Church | work=[[HistoryWorld]] | author=Blomfield, David | author-link=David Blomfield |access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref> It was built between 1899 and 1909 by [[Leeds]] architect [[Kelly & Birchall|John Kelly]] for Mrs Rachael Warde (née Walker) (1841–1906)<ref name="Rachel">{{cite web | url=http://mhutils.com/person-1000060_108841351_108841351/laetitia-rachael-warde-born-walker | title=Laetitia Rachael Warde (born Walker) | publisher=[[MyHeritage]] | date=24 February 2011 | access-date=19 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629212213/http://mhutils.com/person-1000060_108841351_108841351/laetitia-rachael-warde-born-walker | archive-date=29 June 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> as a memorial to her father Samuel Walker and her aunt Ellen Walker.<ref name = "Lee">{{cite journal |title=Petersham at War|last=Lee |first=J M |journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] |year=2007 |volume=28 |pages=8–14|issn= 0263-0958}}</ref> During World War II it was used as an [[Anti-Aircraft Command]] post<ref name="Radar">{{cite book | title=Petersham: Radar and Operational Research 1940–1946 | publisher=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond Local History Society]] | author=Lee, J M | year=2024|edition =2nd|isbn=978-1-912314-04-1}}</ref><ref name="War">{{cite web | url=http://www.petershamvillage.org/history1.html | title=Second World War | work=Petersham Village | access-date=14 February 2015 | author=Lee, Michael}}</ref><ref name="RLHS 2007">{{cite journal | url=http://www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/richmond-history-the-journal-of-richmond-local-history-societyno-33-2012-%E2%80%8E/no-28-2007/ | title=What role did Petersham's All Saints church play in World War Two? | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] |volume= 28 | date=2007 | issn =0263-0958|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> and it has also been used as a recording studio<ref name="Grant">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9539311/Keith-Grant.html | title=Obituary: Keith Grant | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=12 September 2012 | access-date=19 April 2013}}</ref> and as a filming location.<ref name="Borough">{{cite book | title=The Building of a Borough | publisher=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] | author=The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Volunteer Support Group | year=2013 | pages=18–20}}</ref> It is now a private residence.<ref name="Borough"/>

==Sport==
[[Richmond Golf Club]], a private golf club, is situated in the historic [[Sudbrook Park, Petersham|Sudbrook Park]],<ref name="Richmond Golf Club">{{cite web | url=https://therichmondgolfclub.com/ | title=Welcome to the Richmond Golf Club | publisher=[[Richmond Golf Club]] | access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> adjacent to Richmond Park. The Grade I listed building Sudbrook House, in the park, has been its clubhouse since 1898.<ref name="Brennand">{{cite book |first=Tom |last=Brennand |title=Richmond Golf Club: A Centenary History 1891–1991 |year=1990 |publisher=St Edmundsbury Press Ltd |pages=20,38–39,104–106}}</ref> 

[[Ham and Petersham Cricket Club]], whose home matches are played in [[Ham, London|Ham]], was established in 1815.<ref name="Ham and Petersham Cricket Club">{{cite web | url=https://hampetersham.play-cricket.com/| title=Ham and Petersham Cricket Club | publisher=[[Ham and Petersham Cricket Club]] | access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>

[[Ranelagh Harriers]] running club is based behind [[Dysart Arms|The Dysart]] restaurant.<ref name="Harriers">{{cite web | url=http://www.ranelagh-harriers.com/ | title=Welcome to Ranelagh Harriers | publisher=[[Ranelagh Harriers]] | access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref>

==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 |date=12 November 2023 |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>

==See also==
*[[German School London]]

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==Sources==
*{{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 | isbn=9781405049252 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Petersham, London}}
* [https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/3982/petersham_conservation_area_6.pdf/ Description and map of Petersham Conservation Area]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071121165018/http://www.petershamvillage.co.uk/ A community site run by residents of Petersham]
* [https://hamphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/petersham/ Ham Photos blog&nbsp;– hundreds of photos of Petersham with brief descriptions]
* [https://richmonduponthamesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/03/18th-century-police-station-50.html/ Photo of Petersham Lock-up]
*[https://richmondhistory.org.uk/ Richmond Local History Society, which covers Richmond, Kew, Ham and Petersham]
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