by Jane Brown
Fox, Charles James, 314n
Fox, Henry see Holland, 1st Baron
France: in Seven Years War, 116–17, 119; LB’s influence in, 311
Franklin, Benjamin, 310
Frederick, Prince of Wales, 54, 166
Fulham Palace, 81–2
Fuller, John, 300
Furber, Robert: nursery, 79
Gabell, Rev. Henry, 50
Gainsborough, Thomas, 116, 184
Garrett, Daniel, 20, 22–3, 71, 215, 217
Garrick, David: friendship with Lady Cobham, 62; Holderness as patron and friend, 118; in Society for Encouragement of Arts, 142; poetry, 201, 206, 208; acting, 203; friendship with LB, 203, 206, 262; marriage, 203–4; acquires Hampton House, 204–5; on Halifax’s grotto, 206; on Burghley, 209; owns and manages Drury Lane Theatre, 262–3; reputation, 263; death and burial, 279; Lethe, or Aesop in the Shades, 205
Garrick, Eva Maria (née Veigel), 203, 205n, 298
Gatton, Surrey, 160
Gautby, Lincolnshire, 33–4
Gawthorpe see Harewood
Gentleman’s Magazine, The, 153, 186
George I, King, 43, 153
George II, King, 109, 117, 153; death, 139
George III, King: on LB’s death, 4; accession, 139, 154; marriage, 140; moves to Buckingham House, 141; reign, 143; prefers architecture to gardens, 155; payments to LB, 161; and Richmond deer park, 167; and Chatham’s 1766 government, 194; Richmond gardens and palace plans, 201, 221–2; relations with Bute, 243; and American War of Independence, 264, 266–7
George, Prince of Wales (later Regent and King George IV), 303–4
Georgian Group, 318
Gibbons, Grinling, 101
Gibbs, James: works at Stowe, 46–50, 287; and design of Cobham monument, 58; and bridge at Stoke Park, 60; helps build Kirtlington, 71; as architect, 88; and King’s College Cambridge Fellows’ building, 276; and Gothic, 287; Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, 48
Gibside, Co. Durham: Column of Liberty, 17n, 58–9; Garrett works at, 20; Bowes makes garden, 24
Gilbert, Adrian, 256
Gilpin, Margaret, 287
Gilpin, Rev. William, 131n, 243, 287; Dialogue upon the Gardens, 287; Essay on Prints, 285–7; Observations relating chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, 286; Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views, 287
Girtin, Thomas: Harewood House from the South-east (painting), 284
Glyme, River (Oxfordshire), 34–5, 144–5, 147, 149–50
Goldsmith, Oliver: The Deserted Village, 312–13
Gomme, Andor, 85
Goodwood, Sussex: Shell Grotto, 110
Gopsall, Leicestershire, 69–70
Gordon, James: nursery, 81
Gothic style, 49, 63–4, 102, 139, 175, 182, 217, 287, 291
Gott, Sir Henry (born Greening), 154
Gower, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl, 161, 188–90, 194, 225–6, 268
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of, 207–8, 274–5
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of, 72–3, 164, 207
Granby, Charles Manners, Marquess of (later 4th Duke of Rutland), 292
Grand Tour, 112
Gray, Christopher: nursery, Fulham, 79–80, 82
Gray, Thomas: friendship with Mason, 6; meets LB, 61–2; on changes to Warwick Castle, 91; on Chatsworth, 128; criticises Holland House, Kent, 150–1; Mason sorts papers at Cambridge, 247; and drainage at Cambridge, 276; ‘Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard’, 6, 61; ‘The Long Story’, 61–2
Great Storm (1987), 319–20
Green, David, 159
Green Rigg, Northumberland, 11
Greening, Henry see Gott, Sir Henry
Greening, John, 154
Greening, Robert, 154
Greening, Thomas, 71–2, 153–4
Grenville family, 36–7, 54, 92
Grenville, Anna, 59–60
Grenville, Elizabeth (née Wyndham), 82, 108, 134, 152
Grenville, George, 82, 92, 117, 134, 143, 152–4, 194
Grenville, Hester (née Temple), 43
Grenville, Richard see Temple, Earl
Grey, Amabel see Polwarth, Lady Amabel
Grey, Jemima, Marchioness (née Campbell; later Countess of Hardwicke), 57–8, 119–20, 188, 199, 262, 277–8
Griffin, Hon. Edward, 3rd Baron, 168
Griffin, Cornelius, 215–16
Griffin, Sir John Griffin (born Whitwell; later 9th Baron Howard deWalden)), 161, 168–71, 175, 254
Griffin, Katherine, Lady (née Clayton), 169
Griffin, W. (printer), 244
Grillet (French engineer): constructs Chatsworth cascade, 124
Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, 36–7, 118, 269–70
Grosvenor, Richard, 1st Earl, 208
rottos, 206, 291, 293
Grundy, John, 37
Grundy, John, Jr, 31n, 37, 70, 270
Guernsey, Heneage Finch, Baron (later 3rd Earl of Aylesford), 67, 69–70
Gunning sisters, 198
Gunning, Elizabeth see Hamilton, Duchess of
Gunning, Colonel John and Bridget (née Bourke), 88
Gunning, Maria see Coventry, Countess of
Hackett, Brian, 23
Hagley Park, Worcestershire, 54, 74–5, 84, 287
Hague, William, 109
Halfpenny, William: Rural Architecture in the Gothic Taste or Chinese and Gothic Archiecture Properly Ornamented, 102
Halifax, George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of, 206–7
Hall, Judge Jack, 11
Hall, Ursula see Brown, Ursula
Haloway, Thomas, 74
Halsey, Edmund, 59
Hames, John and Robert, 282
Hamilton, Charles, 245, 290
Hamilton, Elizabeth, Duchess of (née Gunning; later Marchioness of Lorne), 88, 187
Hamilton, James Douglas, 6th Duke of, 88
Hammersmith: LB moves to, 77–8, 81; LB’s illness and convalescence in, 94–5; life in, 103; Brown family leave, 155
Hammond, James, 53
Hampton Court: LB’s home and life in (Wilderness House), 5, 156, 202, 206; LB appointed Master Gardener, 153, 158; declines as royal residence, 157–8; gardens and park, 158–9, 222–3; grace and favour accommodation, 158; Great Vine, 201–2; head gardener’s residence maintained, 304
Hampton Court House, 206
Hampton House, 204
Harcourt, Simon, 2nd Earl, 312–13
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of (Lord Chancellor), 277
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of, 119, 188, 199
Harewood (Gawthorpe), Yorkshire, 13, 254, 268, 283–4
Harewood, Louisa, Countess of (née Thynne), 284
Harley family, 247, 249
Harley, Thomas, 247–8, 265
Harris, John, 60, 181, 254
Harrison (of Milton Abbas), 253–4
Harrow School, 166n
Hartburn, Northumberland, 23
Haverfield, John, 154
Hawkins, Sir Caesar, 183
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 28, 88, 159
Hayes, Philippa, 68–9, 129–31, 243
Hayes Place, Kent, 106–8, 194, 196–7, 295
Haynes, John, 101, 209
Hayworth, John, 127
Hearne, Thomas, 314
Heath, Thomas, 23n
Heatherwick, Northumberland, 8
Henshall, Hugh, 190
Herbert, Henry see Pembroke, 9th Earl of
Herbert, Robert Sawyer, 294
Herne, Francis, 166n
Hertford, Algernon Seymour, Earl of see Somerset, 7th Duke of
Hertford, Edward Seymour, Earl of, 118
Hertford, Frances, Countess of see Somerset, Frances, Duchess of
Hesleyside, Northumberland, 23
Heveningham, Suffolk, 298
Highclere, Hampshire, 294
Highcliffe, near Christchurch, Dorset, 243
Hill, Aaron, 203
Hill, John, 154
Hills Place, Horsham, S
ussex, 193
Hilton, Huntingdonshire, 195, 199, 274
Himley Park, Staffordshire, 252n
Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon, 225
Hinde, Thomas (i.e. Sir Thomas Chitty), 3, 91, 171, 193
Hiorn family, 69, 90
Hiorn, David, 129
Hitt, Thomas: A Treatise of Fruit-Trees, 81
Hoare, Henry, 133
Hoare, William, 57
Hobcroft, John, 85, 161, 163
Hodgson, Rev. John, 9
Hogarth, William, 203
Holbech, William II, 66–7, 164
Holderness, Mary, Countess of (née Doublet), 118
Holderness, Robert D’Arcy, 4th Earl of, 118, 143, 204, 212, 311
Holkham Hall, Norfolk, 174, 180
Holland, Bridget (née Brown; LB’s daughter): and LB’s death, 3, 5; birth, 55; fourth birthday, 60; LB sends plovers eggs to, 68; inherits LB’s silver candlestick, 157; helps rule LB’s account book, 160; in LB’s will, 199; vsits brother Lance, 227; engagement and marriage, 233–4; LB stays with in Mayfair, 298; children, 299; life in Chelsea, 299–300; character, 304; death, 304; portrait, 305
Holland, Caroline Fox, Lady (née Lennox), 110
Holland, Charlotte (née Peters; Colonel Lancelot’s wife), 304
Holland, Henrietta see Wise, Henrietta
Holland, Henry Sr: LB meets, 82; in Fulham, 103; payments from LB, 163; as LB’s executor, 199; in Piccadilly, 234; relations with LB, 234; Pall Mall houses, 238; and LB’s will, 299; death, 303
Holland, Henry (LB’s son-in-law): at LB’s funeral, 5; childhood, 82; schooling, 103; on LB’s character, 225; engagement and marriage, 233–4; as architect, 235, 239; and LB’s work at Claremont, 238–9; builds Highcliffe, Christchurch, 243; alterations to Cardiff Castle, 244; builds Berrington Hall with LB, 247–9, 268; improves Fisherwick, 251; work on Cadland House, 265; building and decorating at Broadlands, 282; as LB’s executor, 299; life in Chelsea, 299–300; bequests from LB, 303; death, 303; work after LB’s death, 303; defends LB to Repton, 304; portrait, 305
Holland, Henry Fox, 1st Baron, 109–10, 150–1
Holland House (and Park), Kensington, 110, 150
Holland House, North Foreland, Kent, 150–1
Holland, Colonel Lancelot (Henry-Bridget’s son), 304
Holland, Mary, 82, 103, 234, 303
Holland’s (builders), 84, 136, 161, 187
Holt, Rowland, 160–1, 282
Home, John, 204
Hooke, Robert: Monument to Great Fire, 17n, 59; Micrographia, 16, 59
Hornton, Oxfordshire, 65
Horton House, Northamptonshire, 207
Howard family (Northumberland), 9
Howard, General Sir George, 161
Howe, Admiral Richard, Earl, 242, 279, 281
Howe, William, 5th Viscount, 242
Hudson, Mary (née Brown; LB’s sister): birth, 10; and father’s death, 13; marriage, 24; in LB’s will, 199; debts, 234
Hudson, Thomas, 100
Hudson’s Historic Houses & Gardens, 319
Hulne Park, Alnwick, 215, 217
Humber, River, 227, 271
Huntingdonshire, 194–6; LB serves as High Sheriff, 225–6
Hussey, Christopher, 3; The Picturesque: Studies in a Point of View, 318
ice houses, 204
Ickworth, Suffolk, 291
Ingelow, Jean: ‘High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire’, 27
Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire, 188–9
Institute of Landscape Architects, 320
Ireland, William, 163, 165, 303
Irwin, Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount, 192–3
Irwin, Frances, Viscountess (née Gibson), 191–3, 315
Jacobite risings: (1715), 11; (1745), 55
Jago, Richard: ‘Edge-Hill’, 65–6
James I, King of England (James VI of Scotland), 9, 256
Jefferson, Thomas, 310–11
Jellicoe, Sir Geoffrey, 307
Jennens, Charles, 69
Joan, Queen of Scotland, 198
Jodrell family, 233
Johnson, Samuel, 94, 122, 158, 203–4, 240, 309–10; Dictionary, 310
Johnson, Rev. Thomas, 299
Jolivet, Louis, 72
Jones, Barbara, 185; Follies and Grottoes, 64–5
Jones, Inigo, 76, 84
Joyce, William, 22–3, 27–8, 81
Keene, Henry, 136
Kelston Park, Bath, Somerset, 183–4
Kennedy, Lewis, 81
Kennet, River, 235
Kent, Henry Grey, Duke of, 119–20
Kent, John, 154
Kent, William: and Daniel Garrett, 20; at Stowe, 44, 47, 56; and Warwick Castle, 69, 89; at Wakefield Lawn, 73, 207; LB follows tradition of, 85; as architect, 88; at Chatsworth, 124; and Rousham, 144–5; and Holkham Hall, 180; at Euston Hall, 207; influence on Thomas Wright, 207; improvements at Claremont, 238–9; Bridlington origins, 271; rustications and rockworks, 287
Kerry, Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of, 136
Kew Gardens: Princess Augusta and, 95, 153; Bute and, 143, 166; Rhododendron Dell, 201; Chambers’s plan, 221, 223–4; Royal Botanic Garden, 310
Kiddington, Oxfordshire, 34–5; lake, 133
Kilvert, Rev. Francis, 289
Kimberley, Wymondham, Norfolk, 161, 181
Kindersley, Nicolas, 31
King’s Master Gardener: office abolished, 304
Kip, Johannes and Leonard Knyff: Britannia Illustrata, 123–5, 230
Kirby, Joshua, 201
Kirkharle, Northumberland: LB’s birth and upbringing at, 7, 10, 24; estate and Hall, 12–19, 217, 219; houses, 25; Richard John Brown’s position at, 211; lake, 218–19; survey, 218
Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, 20, 71–2, 92–3
Kitchin, Thomas, 25
Knight, Richard Payne, 289; The Landscape, 314
Knightley family, 145, 182
Knightley, Catherine (née Dashwood), 249
Knightley, John and Mary (née Baines), 249
Knowlton, Thomas, 22, 228
Knowsley Park, Lancashire, 233
Knyff, Leonard, 156; see also Kip, Johannes and Leonard Knyff
Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, 291
Ladds, S. Inskip, 301
Laird, Mark, 81, 205
lakes: construction methods, 108, 132–3; shortage in England, 131; LB makes, 132–4, 143, 161, 166n, 180, 190, 193, 194, 216, 218, 232, 250, 257, 264, 271, 294; R.P. Knight disparages, 314
Lambert, George, 56
Lambert, Sir John, 239
landscape: as term, 122, 143, 306
Lane, Josiah, 291
Langley, Batty, 35, 42, 119–20; New Principles of Gardening, 18, 21
Langley, Norfolk, 181
Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, 144, 149n, 161
Langton, Rev. Bennet, 31, 33
Langton, Bennet (son), 33
Langton-in-Partney (house), Lincolnshire, 32
Lansdowne, William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of, 183
Lapidge, Edward, 202
Lapidge, Samuel: as LB’s assistant, 164, 171–2, 174, 185, 243; named as LB’s executor, 199; marriage, 202; drawings, 217; work after LB’s death, 303
La Rochefoucauld, François de: Mélanges sur l’Angleterre, 5
Lascelles, Edwin, 227, 283
Lascelles, Jane (née Colman; then Lady Fleming), 283
Latimer Court, Buckinghamshire, 128–9
Lawrence, Sir John, 16
Leadbetter, Stiff, 81n
Leasowes, The, Worcestershire, 74–5
Lee and Kennedy’s Vineyard Nursery, Hammersmith, 81, 164
Leicester, Margaret, Countess of, 180
Leicester, Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of, 180
Leinster, James Fitzgerald, 1st Duke of, 5
Lely, Sir Peter: A Boy as a Shepherd (painting), 206n
Leoni, Giacomo, 98
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis, 311
Lightoler, Timothy, 228–9, 231
Lincolnshire: LB in, 28, 31–4, 3
6
Linley, Thomas, 269–70
Linnaeus, Carl, 243
Liotard, Jean-Étienne, 229
Lisburne, Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of, 241–2
Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, 290
Lloyd, Leonard, 47–8
Loaches see Wycombe Abbey
Londesborough, Yorkshire, 22, 122
London, George, 79, 93, 101, 120, 124, 134–5
London Journal, 133
Long, Roger, 276
Longford Castle, Wiltshire, 291
Longleat, Wiltshire: views, 1; LB’s work at, 134–6; George London lays out gardens, 135; lakes, 135; opened to public, 319
Loraine, Dame Anne (Lady Loraine), 25, 33–4, 211
Loraine, Anne, Lady (née Smith; Sir William’s second wife), 12, 217–18
Loraine, Elizabeth (née Lawrence; Sir William’s first wife), 12
Loraine, Robert, 13
Loraine, Sir Thomas, 7, 10–12
Loraine, Sir William, 4, 12–16, 18, 20, 23–4, 219
Loudon, John Claudius, 2, 187
Love, William, 38
Lovibond, Edward, 72, 206
Lowe, George, 154, 202
Lowther, Sir James, 211
Lucy, George, 67–8, 77, 129–32, 136
Lucy, Sir Thomas, 67
Ludgate, John, 73–4
Lumley Castle, Co. Durham, 28
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, 160, 166–8, 243, 249, 269, 310
Luxborough, Henrietta, 75
Lyttelton family, 54, 74, 119
Lyttelton, Christian (née Temple), 43
Lyttelton, George, 75, 106, 119
Lyttelton, Sir Thomas, 43
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron, 238, 312
Mack, Robert, 61
Madingley Hall, Cambridge, 110, 192
Mahon, Charles Stanhope, Lord (later 3rd Earl Stanhope), 268
Mainwaring, John, 241, 275
Malton, Thomas, 284
Mamhead, Devon, 176–7, 241–2
Manchester, George Montagu, 4th Duke of, 226
Manton, Thomas, 209
maps and map-makers, 25
Mareham, Lincolnshire, 31–2
Marlborough Castle, 214
Marlborough, George Spencer, 4th Duke of, 144, 148–50, 161, 182
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of, 42–4, 146–7
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, 146–7, 178–9
Martin, Edward, the younger, 225
Mary II (Stuart), Queen, 158
Maskelyne, Edmund, 236
Mason, Rev. William, 6, 62, 128, 276, 312–13, 315; The English Garden, 285; An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers, 246–7
Mavor, William: New Description of Blenheim, 315–16
Medmenham ‘friars’, 72
Melcombe, George Bubb Dodington, Baron, 72
Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk, 180, 182
