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A Chronological overview of the life of Lancelot "Capability" Brown.

  

1716 Lancelot Brown baptized at Kirkharle, Northumberland on 30 August
1720 William Brown (his father) dies
1732 Starts work with Sir William Loraine at Kirkharle Hall.
1739 Brown moves south. Working at Kiddington, Oxfordshire, for Sir Charles Browne
1740 Working for Lord Cobham at Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
1742 Advising at Wotton House, Buckinghamshire
1744 Marries Bridget Wayet at Stowe
1745 Newham Paddox.
1746 Bridget Brown born.
1748 Lancelot (Lance) Brown born.
1750 Croome Court.
1751 John Brown born.
1751 Brown family leaves Stowe for Hammersmith.
1751 Petworth
1750’s Thomas and Margaret (Peggy) Brown born
1754 Burghley
1757 Bowood
1758 Petition for the Royal Appointment.
1760 Chatsworth, Chillingham.
1763 Audley End, Blenheim
1764 Appointment as Master Gardner at Hampton Court, and Gardner at St. James’s. Moves to Wilderness House, Hampton Court.
1764 Broadlands
1766 Sandbeck
1767 Purchase of Fenstanton Manor, Huntingdonshire
1767 Wimpole
1769 Claremont
1770 Appointment as High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire
1771 Partnership with Henry Holland the Younger
1771 Coombe Abbey, Grimsthorpe
1773 Marriage of Bridget Brown to Henry Holland.
1774 Harewood, Himley
1775 Sherborne
1778 Berrington, Nuneham Courtenay
1781 Heveningham
1783 Death of Lancelot Brown on 13 January.

                                                                                                                                       

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilderness House (left) was an early residence of Brown and his family.   Fenstanton Manor, Huntingdonshire (right).  Brown purchased this manor after his work took him farther from home.  Although Fenstanton was considerably more expensive, Brown and his family prefered Wilderness House and spent most of their time there.

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Table taken from Source 8, Pictures from source 3.