He was the senior partner of Brompton Park Nurseries, and with his partner at the nurseries, Henry Wise (born 1653, died 1738), worked on many parks and gardens in the formal style during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Sources:
Hadfield, Miles et. al., British Gardeners: A Biographical Dictionary (London: A. Zwemmer, 1980), pp. 188-189.
Harris, John, ‘London, George (d. 1714)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37686> [accessed 17 December 2007]
Associated Places
- Badminton
- Bushy Park
- Calke Abbey
- Cassiobury Park
- Castle Bromwich Hall
- Castle Howard
- Castle Howard, Ray Wood
- Castle Howard, Walled Garden
- Chatsworth
- Chatsworth, Formal Gardens
- Chicheley Hall
- Cholmondeley Castle
- Cornbury
- Dyrham Park, Dyrham and Hinton
- Grimsthorpe Castle
- Hampton Court
- Hampton Court
- Hanbury Hall
- Herriard Park
- Kiveton Park
- Longleat
- Melbourne Hall
- Petworth House
- Royal Estate, Windsor, the Castle and Home Park
- Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and Ranelagh Gardens
- Shardeloes
- Stansted Park
- Stoke Edith Park
- Swinton Park, Harrogate
- Swinton Park, Masham
- Swinton Park, Masham, Formal Gardens
- Wanstead Park
- Woburn Abbey
- Wotton Underwood