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8-421: Henry Wise may refer to: Henry Wise (gardener) (1653–1738), English gardener, designer, and nurseryman Henry Wise (merchant) (1802–1866), English mariner and merchant Henry Wise (publisher) (1835–1922), New Zealand publisher Henry A. Wise (1806–1876), Governor of Virginia, U.S. Minister to Brazil Henry A. Wise (attorney) , United States Attorney for
16-732: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry Wise (gardener) Henry Wise (bapt. 4 September 1653 – 15 December 1738) was an English gardener , designer, and nurseryman. He was apprenticed to George London , working at Brompton Nursery, on the present site of the Victoria and Albert Museum , London. The two later worked as partners on parterre gardens at Hampton Court , Chelsea Hospital , Longleat , Chatsworth , Melbourne Hall , Wimpole Hall and Castle Howard , drawing inspiration from engravings of contemporary garden designs in France and
24-702: The Netherlands . Wise and London translated into English two well-known French texts on gardening. The resulting work was titled "The Retir'd Gard'ner, in Two Volumes: the Whole Revis'd, with Several Alterations and Additions, Which Render It Proper for Our English Culture." The book was printed in London in 1706 and went through several printings thanks to its popularity. Kensington Gardens were laid out by Henry Wise and Charles Bridgeman with fashionable features including
32-529: The Round Pond , formal avenues and a sunken Dutch garden . Queen Anne and King George I both appointed him to the post of Royal Gardener. Although the Brompton nursery passed into other hands, Wise retained the house, Brompton Park. His will, in 1734, directed his heir to remove all the pictures remaining at Brompton to his house at Warwick . Wise became wealthy through his gardening endeavours and purchased
40-588: The Eureka rebellion Henry Wise (footballer) (born 2000), English professional footballer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Wise&oldid=1235870292 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
48-605: The Southern District of New York Henry A. Wise (New York state senator) (1906–1982), New York politician Henry Augustus Wise (1819–1869), author and U.S. Naval Officer Henry Seiler Wise (1909–1982), United States federal judge Henry Wise Jr. (1920–2003), American physician and World War II Tuskegee Airman fighter pilot Henry Christopher Wise (politician) (1806–1883), English Conservative politician Henry Christopher Wise (British Army officer) (1829–1854), his son, highest-ranking British soldier who died in
56-537: The manor of The Priory, Warwick. He purchased the estate and the mansion and retired there as a country squire in 1727. Henry Wise died at The Priory on 15 Dec 1738, said to be worth some £200,000 – far more, probably, than some of his clients. The writer and garden designer Stephen Switzer trained with London and Wise. Round Pond (London) The Round Pond is an ornamental lake in Kensington Gardens , London, in front of Kensington Palace . The pond
64-500: Was created in 1730 by George II . It is approximately seven acres (2.8 ha) in extent, measuring approximately 200 by 150 metres (660 by 490 ft). It is up to 5 metres (16 ft) deep. Despite its name, it is not circular, but rectangular with stepped and rounded corners. With a long history of popularity with model yacht enthusiasts, it is the home of the Model Yacht Sailing Association (established 1876) and
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