Twickenham achieved note in the eighteenth century as it was a favoured residential area, close to London but possessing attractive riverside scenery. Among the many 18th and 19th century notables who lived at Twickenham are Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], [[Horace Walpole]], [[Alexander Pope]], [[Henry Fielding]], and [[Charles Dickens]]. [[Louis Philippe]] and other members of the exiled French royal family lived at Orleans House in Twickenham, and Maria FitzhHerbert, the [[morganatic]] wife of King [[George IV]], lived at nearby Marble Hill House. | Twickenham achieved note in the eighteenth century as it was a favoured residential area, close to London but possessing attractive riverside scenery. Among the many 18th and 19th century notables who lived at Twickenham are Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], [[Horace Walpole]], [[Alexander Pope]], [[Henry Fielding]], and [[Charles Dickens]]. [[Louis Philippe]] and other members of the exiled French royal family lived at Orleans House in Twickenham, and Maria FitzhHerbert, the [[morganatic]] wife of King [[George IV]], lived at nearby Marble Hill House. |