Edmund Prideaux (artist)
Edmund Prideaux (1693–1745) was an English painter and architect in Cornwall best known for his involvement in the architectural remodelling of Prideaux Place, an English country house located in Padstow.
Origins
He was christened on 22 February 1693 at Soham Tony, Norfolk
Youth
His mother died when he was aged 7 after which he developed a strong bond with his father, as is apparent from Edmund's writings.[4]
Career
He was admitted a fellow commoner at
Inheritance
In 1728, at the age of 35 and 2 years after his wife's death, he inherited Prideaux Place from his first cousin Edmund Prideaux (d.1728), who died without progeny, the eldest son of John Prideaux by his wife Anne Mallock.[8] He remodelled both the interior and exterior of the house and landscaped the grounds, adding garden buildings and a wilderness with serpentine paths.[9]
Marriage and progeny
On 17 April 1717 he married Hannah Wrench (1697–1726), daughter of Sir Benjamin Wrench of the City of Norwich. She died 2 February 1726, aged 29 years.[10] He had the following progeny:
- Humphrey Prideaux (born 1719), of Prideaux Place, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1750.[11]
Death and burial
He died and was buried on 23 June 1745 at Padstow. His will was dated January 1743, with a codicil dated 12 June 1745.
References
Citations
- ^ Forward, Raymond
- ^ Biography by National Trust Collections
- ^ Burke's, 1936, p.265
- ^ Forward, Raymond
- ^ Cambridge Alumni Database
- ^ Forward, Raymond
- ^ Forward, Raymond
- ^ Burke's, 1936, p.265
- ^ Biography by National Trust Collections
- ^ Forward, Raymond
- ^ Burke's, 1936, p.265
Sources
- Forward, Raymond, articles on Edmund Prideaux, The Acorn Archive[1]
- BBC your paintings website [2]
- Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp. 265–6, pedigree of Prideaux-Brune of Prideaux Place.
Further reading
- Harris, J., The Prideaux Collection of Topographical Drawings, published in Architectural History, Volume 7, 1964, the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.