Inigo Thomas Explained

Francis Inigo Thomas
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	25 December 1865^[1]
Birth Place:	Warmsworth, Yorkshire, England^[2]
Death Place:	London, England

Francis Inigo Thomas (25 December 1865 – 27 March 1950) was a British artist and garden designer.^[1]

Thomas was born in Warmsworth, Yorkshire, the fifth son of Rev. Charles Edward Thomas and Georgiana Mary Hely-Hutchinson, daughter of Hon. Henry Hely-Hutchinson. She was the granddaughter of Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson and niece of the 3rd Earl of Donoughmore. He was a cousin of Sir Charles Inigo Thomas, also known as Inigo.^{[2] [3]} Thomas was the nephew of William Brodrick Thomas (1811–98), one of the principal garden designers of the latter half of the 19th century.^{[1] [3]}

Thomas trained in the office of the architects G. F. Bodley and Thomas Garner.^[1]

As well as designing numerous formal gardens, he illustrated Reginald Blomfield's book The Formal Garden in England, which was published in 1892.^[4]

Works

• Rock garden for Sandringham House, Norfolk, 1870s^[4]
• Gardens for Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset, 1882–96^[5]
• Formal gardens for Athelhampton Hall, Dorset, 1891 onwards
• Gardens for Parnham House, near Beaminster, Dorset^[4]
• Gardens for Rotherfield Hall, Rotherfield, East Sussex, 1897
• Gardens for Otley Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk^[6]
• Tirah Memorial, Bonn Square, Oxford, 1900^[7]
• Terraced gardens for Ffynone, Pembrokeshire, 1904^[8]
• Terraced garden for Chantmarle, near Frome St Quintin, Dorset, 1910

Sources

• Book: Nairn . Ian . Ian Nairn . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . . Sussex . 1965 . . Harmondsworth . 0 14 071028 0 .
• Book: Newman . John . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . . Dorset . 1972 . . Harmondsworth . 0 14 071044 2 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Francis Inigo Thomas – Summary . Parks & Gardens UK . 26 September 2012.
2. Book: Foster . Joseph . Oxford men, 1880–1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views . 1893 . Oxford, J. Parker . 11 June 2019.
3. Book: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood. Burke's Peerage & Gentry . Burke, Sir Bernard . Bernard Burke . 97th . 1939 . 2580 . Burke .
4. Web site: Rotherfield Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England . https://archive.today/20121223093436/http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index2.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=2852&preview=1&Itemid= . dead . 23 December 2012 . Parks and Gardens UK . 26 September 2012 .
5. Web site: Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, England . Parks and Gardens UK . 26 September 2012.
6. Web site: Inigo Thomas a biography from the Garden and Landscape Guide . Gardenvisit.com . 26 September 2012.
7. Web site: War Memorials: Tirah Campaign, Bonn Square . Jenkins . Stephanie . Oxford Streets . 4 September 2011 . 26 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215655/http://oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/war_memorials/tirah_memorial.html . 3 March 2016 .
8. Web site: Ffynone, Pembrokeshire, Wales . Parks and Gardens UK . 26 September 2012.