Henry Gott

Sir Henry Thomas Gott (c1710 – 14 November 1809), born Henry Thomas Greening.

Gott was the son of Thomas Greening (died February 1757), gardener to King George II, whose father Thomas (died September 1757) had held royal contracts from the 1720s onwards. Several other members of his family were also gardeners to royalty and the aristocracy. Thomas junior married Sarah, daughter of gentlemen gardener Henry Marsh of Hammersmith in 1730 and as part of the marriage settlement was made a partner in the nursery gardening business at Brentford End. [1] Henry Thomas Greening inherited the nursery garden.

In 1769 Henry Greening changed his surname to Gott, as directed by the terms of the will of his cousin Mary Gott of Streat, Sussex.[2]

He was knighted in 1774.

He lived at Newland Park, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.

His daughter Sarah married first Robert Whitcombe of The Whittern, Lyonshall, and secondly Sir Harford Jones Brydges, 1st Baronet. Sarah's mother and the mothers of both of her husbands, were sisters, the daughters of Richard Hooper of Lyonshall.

References
  1. Bott, Val (2020). "The Greenings of Brentford End, Royal Gardeners". Capability Brown, Royal Gardener: The Business of Place-Making in Northern Europe. pp. 119–135. doi:10.22599/CapabilityBrown.i. ISBN 9781912482245. S2CID 228998834.
  2. Act of Parliament 1769 (9 Geo. 3). c. 4 Henry Thomas Greening: change of name to Gott, pursuant to the will of Mary Gott.
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