Lancelot Brown
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British landscape architect (1716–1783)
Key facts
- Born
- Lancelot Brown , Kirkharle , Northumberland, England
- Baptised
- 30 August 1716
- Died
- 6 February 1783 (1783-02-06) (aged 67–68), London , England
- Occupations
- Gardener Landscape architect
- Spouse
- Bridget Wayet ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 22 November 1744</span>"}]]}'>1744 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Kirkharle
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- gardener
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- English garden
- Image
- Lancelot ('Capability') Brown by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt) cropped.jpg
- Residence
- Fenstanton
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- Commons Creator page
- Lancelot "Capability" Brown
- Commons category
- Capability Brown
- date of death
- 1783-02-06
- pseudonym
- Capability Brown
- has works in the collection
- Yale Center for British Art
- date of baptism
- 1716-08-30
- date of birth
- 1716-08-00
- P12749
- Juliane Köhler
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, a notable figure in the history of the English landscape garden style.
Unlike other architects including William Kent, he was a hands-on gardener and provided his clients with a full turnkey service, designing the gardens and park, and then managing their landscaping and planting. He is most famous for the landscaped parks of English country houses, many of which have survived reasonably intact. However, he also included in his plans "pleasure gardens" with flower gardens and the new shrubberies, usually placed where they would not obstruct the views across the park of and from the main facades of the house. Few of his plantings of "pleasure gardens" have survived later changes. He also submitted plans for much smaller urban projects, for example the college gardens along The Backs at Cambridge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lancelot Brown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.