page_title: Marlow, Buckinghamshire
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Marlow, Buckinghamshire / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Mary Shelley's house in Marlow
context_page_description: Marlow is a town and civil parish within the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Thames, 4 miles south south-west of High Wycombe, 5 miles west north-west of Maidenhead and 33 miles west of central London.
context_section_description: Notable current and former residents in approximate birth order.
  Dr William Battie, an eminent 18th-century physician specialising in mental illness, built and lived in Court Garden House from 1758 until his death in 1776. Local lore has it that he forgot to include a staircase to the first floor, so it had to be added later. In 1789 his daughter sold the house to Richard Davenport, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, who lived there for 10 years, during which, Court Garden was described in Boydells History of the River Thames (1793), as "a fine Georgian house standing on a gentle eminence, a lawn of some extent descending gradually from it to the river." In 1926 the estate was saved for the people of Marlow, largely due to the efforts of local resident and Crimean War veteran General George Higginson, after whom Higginson Park is named.
  Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley moved into a house in West Street in 1816. He composed The Revolt of Islam there in 1817, while Mary worked on Frankenstein. Thomas Love Peacock, who had suggested Shelley move to the town, wrote his novel Nightmare Abbey (1818) at a nearby house.
  Jerome K. Jerome wrote part of Three Men in a Boat at a local pub, the Two Brewers.
  T. S. Eliot lived in West Street during the First World War.
  Marlow Bottom has become the home of quintuple Olympic gold medallist rower Steve Redgrave, Britain's only athlete to have won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics. Higginson Park features a bronze statue of Sir Steven looking across the river towards the location of the finishing line of the Marlow Town Regatta. He is also commemorated in Redgrave Place.
  The pop singer Robbie Williams bought a house on the river in Bisham in 2015.
  The Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal, owner of The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire (voted Best Restaurant in the World in 2005) lived in Marlow until about 2017.
  Actress Anna Acton was born in Marlow.
  Television and radio presenter Paul Ross, brother of Jonathan Ross, also lived in Marlow, having moved there after filming Celebrity Fit Club at nearby Bisham Abbey. He moved out of Marlow in 2013.
  Japanese Formula One racing driver Takuma Sato was a Marlow resident, as was Bruno Senna, who lived in the same house.
  Pakistani cricketer and International Cricket Council (ICC) match Referee Wasim Raja lived in Marlow and worked as a cricket coach in a local school.
  Musician Jim Capaldi lived in Marlow for many years with his wife and two daughters until his death in 2005.
  England scrum-half and World Cup-winner Matt Dawson spent his childhood in Marlow and went to a local primary school.
  England goalkeeper David Seaman owned a property in Marlow until 2012.
  Peter Firth, Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC MI5 drama Spooks, is a Marlow resident.
  Andrew Strauss, former England cricket captain, moved to Little Marlow with his family in 2010.
  Tom Kerridge, Michelin Star chef, lives in Marlow with his wife and son.
  Beth Cullen-Kerridge, sculptor, has lived in Marlow since 2005.
  Chris Evans (presenter), radio and television personality, bought a property in Marlow in June 2019.
  Shakin' Stevens, singer and songwriter, lives in Marlow.
caption: Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley's house in Marlow
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