Sir joseph paxton biography definition
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Joseph Paxton
English plantsman, architect president Member attention to detail Parliament
Sir Joseph Paxton | |
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Sir Patriarch Paxton | |
| Born | (1803-08-03)3 Honorable 1803 Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 8 June 1865(1865-06-08) (aged 61) Sydenham, Writer, England |
| Occupation | Architect |
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Early life
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Chatsworth
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Paxton, Joseph
PAXTON, Sir JOSEPH (1801–1865), gardener and architect, born at Milton-Bryant, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, 3 Aug. 1801, was son of a small farmer of that place. He was educated at Woburn grammar school, and when fifteen was placed under his elder brother John, then gardener to Sir Gregory Page-Turner, at Battlesden Park, near Woburn. Two years later he was apprenticed to William Griffin, a skilful fruit-grower, gardener to Samuel Smith of Woodhall Park, Watton, Hertfordshire. In 1821 he returned as gardener to Battlesden, and there constructed a large lake. In 1823 he was for a brief period in the service of the Duke of Somerset at Wimbledon. But when, in the same year, the Horticultural Society leased the Chiswick gardens from the Duke of Devonshire, and engaged in reconstructing them, Paxton, to improve himself, obtained employment there in the arboretum. He became foreman in 1824, but in 1826 was on the point of starting for America in hopes of bettering his condition, as he was only earning eighteen shillings a week. His trim, manly, and intelligent bearing had, however, attracted the attention of the Duke of Devonshire, who was then president of the Horticultural Society; and he was appointed superinten
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Joseph Paxton MP (1803 - 1865)
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Son of William Paxton and Anne (Rooke) Paxton
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Sarah (Bown) Paxton — married Jan 1827 [location unknown]
DescendantsFather of Rosa (Paxton) Markham
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Biography
Joseph Paxton MP is Notable.
Joseph Paxton was born on the 3rd of August 1803.
He is notable as an English gardener, architect, engineer and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and the gardens at Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
He married Sarah Bown at Matlock in Derbyshire on the 20th of February 1827. [1]
Paxton was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1854 until his death in 1865.
He died on the 8th of June 1865.
Sources
- ↑Derbyshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 (Matlock, Derbyshire 20 Feb 1827 Joseph Paxton married Sarah Bown)
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