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Thomas Whately (1726 – 26 May 1772), an English politician and writer, was a Member of Parliament (1761–1768) who served as Commissioner on the Board of Trade, as Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Grenville, and as Under-secretary of State under Lord North (1771–1772).
Thomas Whately (1726/28–1772) is generally remembered as a politician, although garden historians often see him only as the author of Observations on Modern Gardening. He was well known in public life and recognised also as a well-informed and cultured man with a literary bent.
31 de ago. de 2023 · Thomas Whatley's Observations on Modern Gardening (1770) is the first contemporary study of what has come to be known as the English landscape garden, often claimed to be the country's greatestoriginal contribution to the fine arts.
- Michael Symes
- 2016
5 de jul. de 2016 · Thomas Whately (1726/28–1772) is generally remembered as a politician, although garden historians often see him only as the author of Observations on Modern Gardening. He was well known in public life and recognised also as a well-informed and cultured man with a literary bent.
12 de dez. de 2016 · The modest entry for Thomas Whately (1726–1772) in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography concentrates on his career as politician and administrator. It concludes that otherwise little can be ...
- Paul Stamper
- 2016
This is the title page of Thomas Whately's Observations on Modern Gardening (1770), an influential guide to English landscape gardening. Whately was both a writer and a politician, and he served as a member of Parliament from 1761 to 1768.
Thomas Whately (1726/28–1772) is generally remembered as a politician, although garden historians often see him only as the author of Observations on Modern Gardening. He was well known in public life and recognised also as a well-informed and cultured man with a literary bent.
