Ian Flemings
Goldeneye (estate) was owned by whom from 1946 to 1964?
Goldeneye ( estate ) Goldeneye is the original name of novelist Ian Flemings estate on Oracabessa bay on the northern coastline of Jamaica . He bought adjacent to the Golden Clouds estate in 1946 and built his home on the edge of a cliff overlooking a private beach . The three bedroom structure was constructed from Flemings sketch , fitted with wooden jalousie windows and a swimming pool . Flemings visitors at Goldeneye included actors , musicians , and filmmakers . The property now operates as Goldeneye Hotel and Resort , consisting of Flemings main house and several cottages . The estate is located in the Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary , established in 2011 to protect the areas marine ecosystem . It is adjacent to James Bond Beach . History . The land is on the site of a former donkey racetrack . The home was built on a cliff overlooking a private beach and was based on a sketch by the author and featured unglazed windows . In spite of its obvious proximity to Golden Clouds , Fleming claimed a number of origins for the name Goldeneye , including Carson McCullerss 1941 novel , Reflections in a Golden Eye and Operation Goldeneye , a Second World War era contingency plan Fleming had developed in case of a Nazi invasion of Gibraltar through Spain . Fleming joined The Sunday Times in 1946 , for which he oversaw the papers worldwide network of correspondents . He negotiated a contract whereby he could spend three months of each year at Goldeneye . Here he entertained Ann Fleming . Ann was then married to Lord Rothermere , who thought Ann was staying with Noël Coward . On 17 February 1952 , Fleming began writing his first Bond novel , Casino Royale , at Goldeneye . For the next twelve years , Fleming wrote all his Bond stories there . A number of the Bond movies , including Dr . No and Live and Let Die , were filmed near the estate . In 1956 British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden and his wife Clarissa spent a month at Goldeneye after Edens health collapsed in the wake of the Suez Crisis . The attendant publicity helped to boost Flemings writing career . In 1976 , twelve years after Ian Flemings death , the property was sold to reggae musician Bob Marley . A year later he sold the estate to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell . Blackwell gradually added in small parcels to the original estate to reach a current total of . As it grew , he also added various cottages and huts around an inner lagoon sandwiched between James Bond Beach and Low Cay Beach . In the late 1980s , he formed the Island Outpost Company and opened the property as a small hotel . The name Goldeneye has found its way into the James Bond film and television franchises . It was used in the 1991 animated series James Bond Jr , where it became the name of a valuable pendant worn by a prince in the episode Ship of Terror . It was more famously used again in 1995 , when GoldenEye became the title of the seventeenth James Bond film , the first to star Pierce Brosnan , and in the 1997 video game GoldenEye 007 . Hotel and resort . Rather than a traditional hotel , Goldeneye resort is a compound of tropical buildings , gardens and private beaches . It closed in 2007 for major additions and renovations , and reopened in December 2010 . Guests . Flemings Goldeneye became the social epicenter of Jamaicas north coast along with nearby Firefly owned by Noël Coward , and Bolt House , owned by Chris Blackwells mother , Blanche , who was a long time friend of Fleming . The property was equally popular with a coterie of Hollywood stars and British literary greats as it was British aristocrats and international heads of state . Errol Flynn , Lucian Freud , Truman Capote , Patrick Leigh Fermor , the Duchess of Devonshire , Princess Margaret , and Prime Minister Anthony Eden were all visitors . The Goldeneye of the Blackwell era has also attracted celebrities , both as his friends and resort guests . Among them Grace Jones , Bono , Naomi Campbell , Michael Caine , Pierce Brosnan , Harrison Ford , Johnny Depp , Kate Moss , and Richard Branson . Sting wrote Every Breath You Take at Flemings writing desk while vacationing on the estate in 1982 . Garden . A tradition , which was started by Sir Anthony Eden when he and his wife , Clarissa , planted a Santa Maria tree before departing from Goldeneye ,