Inigo Thomas

For the civil servant of the same name, see Charles Inigo Thomas.

Francis Inigo Thomas
Born	(1865-12-25)25 December 1865[1] Warmsworth, Yorkshire, England[2]
Died	27 March 1950(1950-03-27) (aged 84)[1] London, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect

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[6]
• Gardens for Parnham House, near Beaminster, Dorset[4]
• Gardens for Rotherfield Hall, Rotherfield, East Sussex, 1897[7]
• Gardens for Otley Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk[8]
• Tirah Memorial, Bonn Square, Oxford, 1900[9]
• Terraced gardens for Ffynone, Pembrokeshire, 1904[10]
• Terraced garden for Chantmarle, near Frome St Quintin, Dorset, 1910[11]

References

1. "Francis Inigo Thomas – Summary". Parks & Gardens UK. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
2. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford men, 1880–1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views. Oxford, J. Parker. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
3. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2580.
4. "Rotherfield Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
5. "Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
6. Newman & Pevsner 1972, p. 83.
7. Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 592.
8. "Inigo Thomas a biography from the Garden and Landscape Guide". Gardenvisit.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
9. Jenkins, Stephanie (4 September 2011). "War Memorials: Tirah Campaign, Bonn Square". Oxford Streets. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
10. "Ffynone, Pembrokeshire, Wales". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
11. Newman & Pevsner 1972, p. 139.

Sources

• Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0 14 071028 0.
• Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). Dorset. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0 14 071044 2.