The Island has been inhabited by an interesting range of people, from
royalty and writers to world famous sportsmen. Amongst these are:

Queen Victoria
Charles I
Edward VII
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Julia Margaret Cameron
Jane Austen
Sir Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Lillie Langtry
The Kray Brothers
Lord Beaverbrook
Kenneth Kendall
Cliff Michelmore
Celia Imrie
Uffa Fox
Jeremy Irons
John Keats
P D James
Anthony Minghella
J B Priestley
Alan Titchmarsh
Ellen McArthur
Shirley Robertson
Robert Stigwood
Alfred Noyes
Stuart Woods
Lord Fowler
Virginia Bottomley