Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough

Nicole Louise Willson (University of East Anglia)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

Born 15 Jul 1699
Died 26 Mar 1756
Activity 1730-1756

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Landscape designer

Other

Poet

Resources

Knight's Works

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Though by no means forgotten, the extraordinary life of Henrietta Knight has been eclipsed by those of better known friends and relatives. As the daughter of Henry St. John, Viscount St. John (1652–1742), a descendent of the noble Norman St. John family, and as the half-sister of Henry, first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751), Henrietta entered life with the shadow of greatness cast upon her. She was born on 15 July 1699 in the idyllic environs of Lydiard Tregoze in North Wiltshire, the principal seat of the St. John family, and it was within this setting, and among the company that it afforded, that she was able to realize her proclivity toward the English landscape garden. While Henrietta Knight is variously remembered as a poet, letter-writer and small-scale landscape-gardener, she…

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Citation: Willson, Nicole Louise. "Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 June 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12799, accessed 27 November 2024.]