Allen [née Gill], Marjory, Lady Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), landscape architect and promoter of child welfare, was born on 10 May 1897 at Hazelstubbs, Gravel Hill, Bexleyheath, the daughter of George Joseph Gill (c.1860–1947), a water-rate collector, and his wife, ...
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Allen [née Gill], Marjory, Lady Allen of Hurtwood (1897–1976), landscape architect and promoter of child welfare
Hal Moggridge
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Bampfylde, Coplestone Warre (1720–1791), landscape painter and garden designer
Philip White
Bampfylde, Coplestone Warre (1720–1791), landscape painter and garden designer, was born on 28 February 1720 at Hestercombe House, Kingston, Taunton, great-grandson of Sir Coplestone Bampfylde (1637/8–1692) and the eldest of nine children of John Bampfylde (1691–1750), MP for Exeter and Devon, and his second wife, ...
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Barron, William (1805–1891)
Maker: unknown photographer
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William Barron (1805–1891) by unknown photographer Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library
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Barron, William (1805–1891), landscape gardener
Brent Elliott
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Barron, William (1805–1891), landscape gardener, was born on 7 September 1805 in Eccles, Berwickshire, the son of John Barron, gardener, and his wife, Betty Johnston. (The year of his birth is usually cited as 1800, as a result of a mistake in his obituary in the ...
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Blaikie, Thomas (1751–1838), landscape gardener and plant collector
Suki Urquhart
Blaikie, Thomas (1751–1838), landscape gardener and plant collector, was born at Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh, on 2 March 1751, the youngest in the family of two sons and two daughters of Thomas Blaikie, who owned a small market garden at Corstorphine, and his wife, ...
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Bridgeman [Bridgman], Charles (d. 1738), landscape gardener
Peter Willis
Bridgeman [Bridgman], Charles (d. 1738), landscape gardener, was possibly of East Anglian origin. Nothing is known of his parentage or education, although there is some speculation that his father might also have been a gardener (Willis, Bridgeman, 2002). He is first recorded by the inscription '...
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Brookes, John Andrew (1933–2018), garden designer
Stefan T. Buczacki
Brookes, John Andrew (1933–2018), garden designer, was born on 11 October 1933 at 20 Albert Street, Durham, the younger son of Edward Percy Brookes (1896–1980), a civil engineer and council road surveyor who had served in France in the First World War as a lieutenant in the ...
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Brown, Lancelot [known as Capability Brown] (bap. 1716, d. 1783), landscape gardener and architect
John Phibbs
Brown, Lancelot [known as Capability Brown] (bap. 1716, d. 1783), landscape gardener and architect, was baptized on 30 August 1716 at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle, Northumberland, the fifth of the six children of William Brown (1676–1720), a yeoman farmer and estate steward, and his wife, ...
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Brown, Lancelot [Capability Brown] (bap. 1716, d. 1783)
Maker: Nathaniel Dance
Lancelot Brown [Capability Brown] (bap. 1716, d. 1783) by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1773 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bulley, Arthur Kilpin (1861–1942), cotton broker and gardener
Brenda McLean
Bulley, Arthur Kilpin (1861–1942), cotton broker and gardener, was born at Montpellier Lodge, Montpellier Crescent, New Brighton, Cheshire, on 10 January 1861, the fourth son and thirteenth of fourteen children of Samuel Marshall Bulley (1811–1880), cotton broker, and his wife, Mary Rachel (1817–1887)...
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Busch, John (c. 1730–1795), nurseryman and landscape gardener
Michael Symes
Busch, John (c. 1730–1795), nurseryman and landscape gardener, was born at Lüneburg, Hanover. Christened Johann, he later signed himself Johann Busch, John Busch, or John Bush. The family retained the spelling Busch. Although his early education and training are uncertain, it is likely that he studied gardening in ...
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Cane, Stephen Percival [Percy] (1881–1976), garden designer and writer
Charlotte Johnson
Cane, Stephen Percival [Percy] (1881–1976), garden designer and writer, was born on 20 September 1881 at High Street, Braintree, Essex, the eldest of the five children of William Stephen Cane, a corn dealer, and his wife, Ellen Wagstaff. He spent his childhood at ...
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Caus [Caux], Isaac de (1589/90–1648), garden designer and architect
Howard Colvin
Caus [Caux], Isaac de (1589/90–1648), garden designer and architect, was born in Dieppe. He was a relative (possibly a nephew) of Salomon de Caus, and was, like him, a Huguenot. The date of his arrival in England is not known, but he was in the country by the early 1620s, and was naturalized in 1634....
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Maker: Steven Wooster
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Beth Chatto (1923–2018), by Steven Wooster
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Chatto [née Little], Bessie Diana [Beth] (1923–2018), horticulturist and garden designer
Catherine Horwood
Chatto [née Little], Bessie Diana [Beth] (1923–2018), horticulturist and garden designer, was born on 27 June 1923 in Good Easter, near Chelmsford, Essex, together with her twin brother, William (Seley), to William George Little (1900–1982), a police constable, and his wife ...
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Crowe, Dame Sylvia (1901–1997)
Maker: Kelvin Brodie
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Dame Sylvia Crowe (1901–1997) by Kelvin Brodie, 1975 © News International Newspapers Ltd
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Crowe, Dame Sylvia (1901–1997), landscape architect
Hal Moggridge
Crowe, Dame Sylvia (1901–1997), landscape architect, was born on 15 September 1901 at 30 Oxford Road, Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire, the daughter of Eyre Crowe, a box and cabinet manufacturer who, because of ill health, retired early to become a fruit farmer near the village of ...
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Emes, William (1729/30–1803), landscape designer and gardener
Keith Goodway
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Emes, William (1729/30–1803), landscape designer and gardener, whose early life is obscure, took up the post of head gardener to Sir Nathaniel Curzon at Kedleston, Derbyshire, on 8 September 1756. He remained there until 1760, perhaps leaving his post because the appointment of ...
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Fish, Margery (1892–1969)
Maker: Valerie Finnis
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Margery Fish (1892–1969) by Valerie Finnis, 1960s © Valerie Finnis/National Portrait Gallery, London
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Fish [née Townshend], Margery (1892–1969), gardener and author
Catherine Horwood
Fish [née Townshend], Margery (1892–1969), gardener and author, was born at 16 Eastbank, Stamford Hill, London, on 5 August 1892, the second of the four daughters of Ernest Townshend (d. 1926), City of London commercial traveller in tea, and his wife, ...
