George Devey to create several buildings, including Coombe Hill Stables (1863) and Coombe Warren Lodge. The scientist and spiritual leader John G. Bennett lived and taught at Coombe Springs until 1966 when he passed it to Idries Shah, who sold the estate for housing development. Kenelm Lee Guinness, member of the Guinness brewing family, racing driver, former holder of the world land speed record and inventor of KLG sparking plugs lived at The White House, Coombe Warren, Kingston Hill Malcolm Campbell, racing driver and former holder of the world land speed record lived at the junction of Kingston Hill and Warboys Approach. Donald Campbell, son of Malcolm Campbell and former holder of the world water speed record lived in the same house as his father on Kingston Hill. Tennis player Annabel Croft lives in Coombe Park. Dwight D. Eisenhower, when Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, based in Bushy Park, lived at "Telegraph Cottage" in Coombe, which was adjacent to the golf course which he used at weekends. Elizabeth I of England visited in 1602. John Galsworthy, author of The Forsyte Saga and winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in a house on Kingston Hill which was later named after him. Today, it is a care home for the elderly. William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, spent extended periods as a house-guest of friends in Coombe. British politician George Glyn lived in Warren House. Earl Haig (1861-1928), World War I general, lived at Ravenswood Court. One of Saddam Hussein's daughters had a house in Golf Club Drive for a number of years.. Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton, English cricketer, lived on Coombe Neville in the late 1960s. Coombe House was owned by Robert Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool (Prime Minister, 1812–27), and later by Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, a son of George III. Dame Nellie Melba lived in a house here for many years. Elisabeth Murdoch, media executive lived in Coombe for several years. Sir Wilfrid Sheldon, KCVO, a consulting paediatrician and physician paediatrician to the Household of Queen Elizabeth II, lived on Edgecombe Close after his retirement in 1967. Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and entertainer and his wife live in Coombe. Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood used to live in a Victorian-era home known as Holmwood on Kingston Hill, opposite the entrance of Coombe Park and near Galsworthy House. Gallery See