Edmund Prideaux (artist)

[3] 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] He was admitted a fellow commoner at Clare Hall, Cambridge on 22 May 1711 and became a lawyer, having entered the Middle Temple on 10 February 1711/2 and having been called to the bar in 1718.

Following the death of his wife at a young age, he "immersed himself in the study of all scholarly matters, particularly architecture and garden design".

[6] Unusually late in life, in about 1739 at the age of 46, he made a Grand Tour of Italy and brought back to England a collection of pictures and Roman antiquities.

[8] He remodelled both the interior and exterior of the house and landscaped the grounds, adding garden buildings and a wilderness with serpentine paths.