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Mary Wathen was the daughter of Samuel Wathen and in 1766 she married Henry Christopher Wise of the Priory, Warwick; they had two sons - Matthew, who was High Sheriff of Warwickshire, and Henry who took Holy Orders.
Henry Christopher's grandfather was Henry Wise (1653-1738). He studied horticulture under George London and ran the well-known Brompton nursery with him. He was appointed Deputy Ranger of Hyde Park and Superintendent of the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court. By the turn of the Century his advice was sought for all the great gardens, including Blenheim, Wanstead and Edger. On the succession of Queen Anne, Wise was given overall control of the Royal Gardens, and continued in the post under King George I. He still kept up his partnership with London at the Brompton nursery, and together they laid out other than Royal Gardens; Addison, writing in The Spectator on 6 September 1712, called them 'the heroic poets' of gardening. In 1709 he bought the estate and mansion of The Priory, Warwick, and died there twenty-nine years later.
This portrait was painted by Hickey when he was trying to re-establish his practice in England, after he had returned from his first visit to India and the voyage to China and the Far East with Lord Macartney.
At the Waller sale in 1947, several albums of Henry Wise's drawings were sold; these included plans for Windsor Great Park, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Blenheim and several gardens for palaces on the Continent.
Henry Christopher's grandfather was Henry Wise (1653-1738). He studied horticulture under George London and ran the well-known Brompton nursery with him. He was appointed Deputy Ranger of Hyde Park and Superintendent of the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court. By the turn of the Century his advice was sought for all the great gardens, including Blenheim, Wanstead and Edger. On the succession of Queen Anne, Wise was given overall control of the Royal Gardens, and continued in the post under King George I. He still kept up his partnership with London at the Brompton nursery, and together they laid out other than Royal Gardens; Addison, writing in The Spectator on 6 September 1712, called them 'the heroic poets' of gardening. In 1709 he bought the estate and mansion of The Priory, Warwick, and died there twenty-nine years later.
This portrait was painted by Hickey when he was trying to re-establish his practice in England, after he had returned from his first visit to India and the voyage to China and the Far East with Lord Macartney.
At the Waller sale in 1947, several albums of Henry Wise's drawings were sold; these included plans for Windsor Great Park, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Blenheim and several gardens for palaces on the Continent.