|
Date |
Event |
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|
1716 |
Born in
Kirkharle,
Northumberland |
|
1732 |
Apprenticed to Sir William Lorraine |
|
1739 |
Moved to Wotton to work for Sir Richard Grenville |
|
1740 |
On to Stowe Park and Lord Cobham |
|
1744 |
Married Bridget Wayet |
|
1749 |
Brown sets up his own business and meets Henry
Holland |
|
1760 |
Began work on Blenheim Palace |
|
1764 |
Becomes H. M. Surveyor of Gardens and Waters and
moves to Hampton Court |
|
1765 |
Becomes friends with the Earl of Chatham |
|
1767 |
Buys the Manor of
Fenstanton |
|
1769 |
Works on Claremont for Robert Clive |
|
1770 |
Appointed High Sheriff of
Huntingdon |
|
1772 |
Brown sets up Henry Holland Jnr. in business |
|
1773 |
Holland Jnr. marries young Bridget Brown |
|
1777 |
Works on Cardiff Castle |
|
1783 |
Lancelot dies |
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