Enys family of Enys in Cornwall

The 1709 edition of Camden's Magna Britannia mentioned that Enys was noted for its fine gardens.

It is virtually frost free, and this, together with the mild and temperate influence of the Gulf Stream, enables many tender plants and trees to flourish.

The family has supplied the Duchy of Cornwall with several High Sheriffs and the Quarter Sessions with many J.P.s Samuel Enys and his son Valentine were merchants, trading between the river Fal and Spain.

He was a highly successful merchant and was able to buy back the Enys family's land, that had to be sold and mortgaged during the first half of the 17th-century.

[5] June Palmer, the editor of the book, placed a transcript of all the letters, other than those in the Spanish language in the Cornwall Record Office.

In 1833 John Samuel Enys engaged Henry Harrison,[8] a London architect, to produce designs for the garden as well as the house.

[15] In the 1850s he attended lectures at the Geological Society of London, took walking tours in Britain and carefully recorded discoveries of ferns, wild-flowers and shells, establishing a pattern of life as an inveterate collector and keen amateur naturalist.

He settled on South Island, New Zealand, at Castle Hill, where he raised sheep and studied the local fauna, flora and geology.