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Charles Vanbrugh (c. 1680 – 2 November 1740) was an officer of the Royal Navy and member of parliament for Plymouth. Born in Chester, Charles Vanbrugh
Charles_Vanbrugh
English architect and dramatist (1664–1726)
Sir John Vanbrugh (/ˈvænbrə/; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer
John_Vanbrugh
British naval officer
née Croft. Vanbrugh's brothers included Captain Charles Vanbrugh RN MP and Sir John Vanbrugh, architect and dramatist. Philip Vanbrugh married Mary
Philip_Vanbrugh
Grade I listed house in Royal Borough of Greenwich, UK
Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh around 1719 as a residence for his family. It is located on Maze Hill on the eastern edge
Vanbrugh_Castle
Irish string group
The Vanbrugh, often styled The Vanbrugh and Friends and previously the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, is an Irish classical musical group. The resident string
The_Vanbrugh
John Vanbrugh created many disparate works, and this is a list of many of the notable ones. Castle Howard, c. 1699 (west wing designed by Sir Thomas Robinson
List of works by John Vanbrugh
List_of_works_by_John_Vanbrugh
1718 battle of the War of the Quadruple Alliance
Commanded by Vice-admiral Charles Cornewall and his flag captain Captain John Balchen) Burford (70) – Commanded by Captain Charles Vanbrugh Essex (70) – Commanded
Battle_of_Cape_Passaro
English actress (1872–1949)
professionally as Irene Vanbrugh (/aɪˈrini ˈvænbrə/pronunciation), was an English actress. The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister
Irene_Vanbrugh
Country house in Oxfordshire, England
his wife, and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh. Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, the palace
Blenheim_Palace
English actress (1867–1942)
known professionally as Violet Vanbrugh, was an English actress with a career that spanned more than fifty years. Vanbrugh was from a family with theatrical
Violet_Vanbrugh
Drama school in London, England
1996, which was used to renovate its premises and rebuild the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre. In 2000, the academy founded RADA Enterprises Ltd, now known as
Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art
office Replaced by John Rogers 1739 -unseated on petition Replaced by Charles Vanbrugh 1740 - died Replaced by Lord Henry Beauclerk 1740 Plympton Erle (seat
List of MPs elected in the 1734 British general election
List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1734_British_general_election
John Rogers Charles Vanbrugh By-election results reversed on petition 17 January 1740 21 November 1739 Cricklade u(*) William Gore Charles Gore Death 23
List of Great Britain by-elections (1734–1754)
List_of_Great_Britain_by-elections_(1734–1754)
Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom
franchise), Rogers was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Vanbrugh, was seated in his place Admiral Sir George Pocock from 1761 Rear Admiral
Plymouth_(constituency)
Listed structure in North Yorkshire, England
antiquity. Hawksmoor later designed Castle Howard, assisted by John Vanbrugh, and Vanbrugh designed his second obelisk, for the site where the approach road
The_Obelisk,_Castle_Howard
British Army officer and Whig politician. Beauclerk was the fourth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans and Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
Lord_Henry_Beauclerk
Theatrical genre rooted in late 17th-century England
comedy in the 1690s, the "softer" comedies of William Congreve and John Vanbrugh reflected mutating cultural perceptions and great social change. The playwrights
Restoration_comedy
Stately home in North Yorkshire, England
of Castle Howard, began in 1699, with the start of design work by John Vanbrugh. It was completed with the decoration of the Long Gallery in 1811. Most
Castle_Howard
London gentleman's club
membership were writers such as William Congreve, John Locke, Sir John Vanbrugh, and Joseph Addison, and politicians including Duke of Somerset, the Earl
Kit-Cat_Club
British actor
and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh. Bourchier was noted for roles both in classical drama, particularly Shakespeare
Arthur_Bourchier
1696 Restoration comedy by John Vanbrugh
or, Virtue in Danger is a Restoration comedy from 1696 written by John Vanbrugh. The play is a sequel to Colley Cibber's Love's Last Shift, or, The Fool
The_Relapse
1939 play by George Bernard Shaw
William Hutchison Godfrey Kneller: Alec Clunes Catherine of Braganza: Irene Vanbrugh Ayliff's production first transferred to the Streatham Hill Theatre on
In Good King Charles's Golden Days
In_Good_King_Charles's_Golden_Days
British lawyer and politician
for Plymouth 1739–1740 With: Robert Byng Succeeded by Arthur Stert Charles Vanbrugh Baronetage of England Preceded by John Rogers Baronet (of Wisdome)
Sir_John_Rogers,_3rd_Baronet
Country house in Cambridgeshire, England
rebuilding of the south wing, which had fallen down, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh who was assisted by another great architect of the time, Nicholas Hawksmoor
Kimbolton_Castle
Historic building in Bristol, England, UK
building was built between 1712 and 1719, and was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for the lawyer and politician Edward Southwell on the site of an earlier
Kings_Weston_House
Country house in Lincolnshire, England
John Vanbrugh to design a Baroque front to the house to celebrate his ennoblement as the first Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. It is Vanbrugh's last masterpiece
Grimsthorpe_Castle
Farcical comedy play by Oscar Wilde
production, which featured George Alexander, Allan Aynesworth and Irene Vanbrugh among others, many actors have been associated with the play, including
The Importance of Being Earnest
The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
English actor and activist (born 1978)
(1987–2000) was ITV's highest-rated drama of 2006. Fox has portrayed Prince Charles, in Whatever Love Means (2005); Wisley, one of Jane Austen's suitors, in
Laurence_Fox
British nobleman, peer and statesman (c. 1669 – 1738)
mansion, Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, England to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh which is still occupied by his descendants. He married in 1683 Lady Anne
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
Charles_Howard,_3rd_Earl_of_Carlisle
West End theatre in London
the site was established in 1705 by the architect and playwright John Vanbrugh as the Queen's Theatre. Legitimate drama unaccompanied by music was prohibited
His_Majesty's_Theatre,_London
1917 film
on the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor. Johnston Forbes-Robertson - Triplet Irene Vanbrugh - Peg Woffington Henry S. Irving -
Masks_and_Faces
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Vice-Admiral Sir George Byng's Fleet. In 1718 she was under Captain Charles Vanbrugh sailing with Admiral Sir George Byng's Fleet in the Mediterranean.
HMS_Burford_(1679)
British actor (born 1958)
for his work, including the Tree Prize, the Sir Emile Littler Prize, the Vanbrugh Prize and the Radio Prize. He received the Theatre World Award for Best
Aden_Gillett
House in City of Westminster, Greater London, England
on Horse Guards Avenue. Vanbrugh made his first essays in architecture earlier in the 1690s, when he was engaged by Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
Goose-Pie_House
Country House in Elmbridge, Surrey
known landscape gardeners, Charles Bridgeman, Capability Brown, William Kent (with Thomas Greening) and Sir John Vanbrugh. Work on the gardens began around
Claremont_(country_house)
Rogers 1739-1740 Captain Charles Vanbrugh 1740 Lord Henry Beauclerk1740-1741 Admiral Lord Vere Beauclerk 1741-1750 Captain Charles Saunders 1750-1754 Succeeded by
Arthur_Stert
Area of Blackheath, London, England
south and a road, Vanbrugh Hill, to the west (named after the architect and playwright Sir John Vanbrugh who built his house Vanbrugh Castle nearby in
Westcombe_Park
Country house near Towcester, Northamptonshire, England
John Vanbrugh on many buildings, including Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace, and often provided technical knowledge to the less qualified Vanbrugh. Hawksmoor's
Easton_Neston_house
English architect, artist and writer
of studies, including tracings from designs by John Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, John Thorpe, and Charles Heathcote Tatham, and drawings of buildings, furniture
Charles_James_Richardson
English chorister, choral musician, and headmaster (1927–2006)
Headmasters of Vanbrugh Castle School". Vanbrugh Castle School. "Profile for James William Webb-Jones". Vanbrugh Castle School. "Vanbrugh Castle School
Peter_Stanley_Lyons
British theatre director and actor (1905–1983)
Jean in The Fisher of Shadows, the Charta Theatre 1935 played Captain Vanbrugh in Viceroy Sarah, Whitehall 1938 played Rudolf in Elizabeth of Austria
Charles_Hickman_(director)
Country house hotel in Heythrop, Oxfordshire, England
place and by 1713 the house was ready for partial occupation, but John Vanbrugh noted in April 1716 that it was incomplete, and so it was still, on Shrewsbury's
Heythrop_Park
Style of garden
Viscount Cobham, had commissioned Charles Bridgeman to design a formal garden, with architectural decorations by John Vanbrugh. Bridgeman's design included
English_landscape_garden
John Vanbrugh – The Confederacy The Mistake Richard Blackmore – Eliza Daniel Defoe The Double Welcome The Dyet of Poland Complete Tang Poems Charles Johnson
1705_in_literature
Comic stage play (1902)
Edward Fox and George Cole. Among those playing Lady Mary have been Irene Vanbrugh, Fay Bainter, Sally Ann Howes, Virginia McKenna, Prunella Scales and Niamh
The_Admirable_Crichton
Municipal building in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England
design and described it as having "echoes of Vanbrugh", referring to the prominent architect, Sir John Vanbrugh. By the mid-19th century, the building was
Old_Town_Hall,_Haltwhistle
Sir John Vanbrugh A Biography, Kerry Downes, 1987, Sidgwick and Jackson, ISBN 0-283-99497-5 Beard, Geoffery (1986). The work of John Vanbrugh. Batsford
List of people with the most children
List_of_people_with_the_most_children
Welsh choral educator
historic musical schools, including St George's School, Windsor Castle, Vanbrugh Castle School, and Wells Cathedral School. James William, who was born
James_William_Webb-Jones
1899 play written by Arthur Wing Pinero
the title role. Others in the cast included Charles Cherry, Frank Gillmore, May Fortescue, Irene Vanbrugh, Mona K. Oram, and Mabel Terry-Lewis. The play
The_Gay_Lord_Quex_(play)
Country estate in Dorset, England
in Dorset, England. It contained a large mansion designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. The mansion has not survived, but its former service wing has become a
Eastbury_Park
English architect
alongside the principal architects of the time, Christopher Wren and John Vanbrugh, and contributed to the design of some of the most notable buildings of
Nicholas_Hawksmoor
Irish architect (1699–1733)
initially studied as an architect under his father's first cousin, Sir John Vanbrugh. He is best known for the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin, and his
Edward_Lovett_Pearce
English courtier (1660–1744)
Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough; the architect of Blenheim Palace, John Vanbrugh; Prime Minister Robert Walpole; King George II; and his wife, Queen Caroline
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Sarah_Churchill,_Duchess_of_Marlborough
Town in south-east London, United Kingdom
resort in the 18th century, and many grand houses were built there, such as Vanbrugh Castle (1717) on Maze Hill and the Ranger's House (1722) near Blackheath
Greenwich
BBC miniseries
Margrave of Baden: Clive Cazes Sir John Vanbrugh: John Carlin Samuel Masham: Gordon Whiting Lord Somers: Charles West Marquis de Torcy: Derek Cox Duchess
The_First_Churchills
English actor (1936–2019)
Conquer. The BBC filmed and broadcast the RADA students' performances at the Vanbrugh Theatre in London on Friday 6 January 1956. Other members of the cast included
Albert_Finney
English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955)
degree in English literature and art history in 1977, where he was in Vanbrugh College. Horowitz's mother introduced him to Frankenstein and Dracula.
Anthony_Horowitz
British television documentary series
of the country house within a landscaped garden and the career of John Vanbrugh; St Paul's. Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's at BBC Online Devine
Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
Baroque!_From_St_Peter's_to_St_Paul's
English poet
1940, published by William Heinemann. He also wrote a biography, Sir John Vanbrugh, Architect and Dramatist. He began engraving to supplement his income,
Laurence_Whistler
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714
by the stability and prosperity of her reign. In architecture, Sir John Vanbrugh constructed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. Queen Anne-style architecture
Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain
Scottish actor and dramatist (1754–1821)
Husband (Richard Cumberland, Dr. Caius, Manly in The Provoked Husband (John Vanbrugh and Cibber),' and many others. On 10 May 1799 he was, for his benefit,
Charles Murray (Scottish actor)
Charles_Murray_(Scottish_actor)
Historic landscape garden in Surrey, England
best known landscape gardeners, such as Charles Bridgeman, Capability Brown, William Kent and Sir John Vanbrugh. Work on the gardens began around 1715
Claremont_Landscape_Garden
House in Gloucestershire, England
in conveying the "castle air" than much of Vanbrugh's work, although he notes similarities to Vanbrugh's reconstruction at Lumley Castle in County Durham
Clearwell_Castle
British actor (born 1941)
Croydon, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he won the Vanbrugh Award and the silver medal. Jarvis has acted in many stage productions
Martin_Jarvis_(actor)
English-language vernacular inflected form
Love: "I can hear you farther off, I an't deaf". But as early as 1696 John Vanbrugh uses an't to mean "are not" in The Relapse: "Hark thee shoemaker! These
Ain't
1975 British TV series or programme
restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh. Sir Francis Headpiece takes his family to London. Robin Bailey as Sir Charles Trevor Bannister as Colonel Courtly
A_Journey_to_London
English critic, essayist and poet (1784–1859)
Moxon's edition of the works of William Wycherley, William Congreve, John Vanbrugh and George Farquhar, a work that furnished the occasion of Macaulay's essay
Leigh_Hunt
oil company, was born in Blackheath, living in Dartmouth Grove and in Vanbrugh Castle, east Greenwich. His brother Arthur Duckham, founder of the Institution
List of people from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
List_of_people_from_the_Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich
German-born British painter (1646–1723)
as court painter to successive English and British monarchs, including Charles II of England and George I of Great Britain. Kneller also painted scientists
Godfrey_Kneller
Play by Richard Estcourt
Dancourt. In 1705 a separate English adaptation of the French work John Vanbrugh's The Confederacy appeared at the rival Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket
The_Fair_Example
City and county in England
Kings Weston House, in northern Bristol, was designed by John Vanbrugh and is the only Vanbrugh building in any UK city outside London. Almshouses and pubs
Bristol
Collection of fables credited to Aesop
in città. In England the play was adapted under the title Aesop by John Vanbrugh and first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in 1697
Aesop's_Fables
Theatre company
challenge the much-reduced United Company. Architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh raised a subscription, probably amongst members of the Kit-Kat Club, offering
United_Company
Man habituated to immoral conduct
Examples are Pinchwife in The Country Wife and Sir John Brute in John Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife. The philosophical rake, the most attractive libertine
Rake_(stock_character)
Independent coeducational preparatory school in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Press. "Entry for James William Webb-Jones, Headmasters of Vanbrugh Castle School, Vanbrugh Castle School". Headmaster, R. H. E. Russell (Creed & Co, Dorset
St George's School, Windsor Castle
St_George's_School,_Windsor_Castle
Seven large cemeteries in London
dangerously overcrowded. Architects such as Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh deplored this practice and wished to see suburban cemeteries established
Magnificent_Seven_cemeteries
British actor
is known for his film work, in particular for his performance as Prince Charles in Stephen Frears's film The Queen (2006) opposite Helen Mirren. His other
Alex_Jennings
English actor (1935–2016)
for Godot (1984) by Samuel Beckett – Vladimir The Relapse (1989) by John Vanbrugh – Lord Foppington The Merchant of Venice (1989) by William Shakespeare –
Brian_Bedford
English actress
[better source needed] In 1927-29 she toured Australia with Dion Boucicault and Irene Vanbrugh, appearing in pieces such as Caroline, The Letter, and The Notorious Mrs
Annie_Saker
Home for retired sailors (1692–1869)
services free of charge as architects of the new Royal Hospital. Sir John Vanbrugh succeeded Wren as architect, completing the complex to Wren's original
Greenwich_Hospital,_London
British actor (1848–1907)
British actor. A member of the famed Kemble family, he was the grandson of Charles Kemble. He was born in London, the son of Henry Kemble, a captain of the
Henry Kemble (actor, born 1848)
Henry_Kemble_(actor,_born_1848)
Scottish actor (born 1947)
The Series. He has worked extensively on BBC radio drama, including as Charles in the original radio series of Up the Garden Path opposite Imelda Staunton;
David_Robb
English landscape gardens in Buckinghamshire
stood the Sleeping Parlour, built in 1725 to a design by Vanbrugh. This was inspired by Charles Perrault's tale of Sleeping Beauty. Pegg's Terrace is a
Stowe_Gardens
Decade
Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) January 24 – John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (d. 1726) February 6 – Mustafa II, Ottoman
1660s
Ernest Thesiger (1879–1961) Henry Travers (1874–1965) Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949) Violet Vanbrugh (1876–1942) H.B. Warner (1876–1958) Lionel Atwill (1885–1946)
List_of_British_actors
English actress and singer (1929–2025)
Opera, June 1963, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 429–430. "A musical version of Vanbrugh's The Relapse (1697)"; "In an able cast, dashingly directed by Wendy Toye
Patricia_Routledge
Stately Home and former monastery in Nottinghamshire, England
For the 1st duke of Newcastle, in 1703, both William Talman and John Vanbrugh made designs for a new country house, which were not executed. Following
Welbeck_Abbey
English courtier (c. 1599–1654)
Earl Ferrers from his second marriage: Sir John Vanbrugh (1664–1726) and his brother Philip Vanbrugh (1681–1753) RN, commodore governor of Newfoundland
Dudley_Carleton_(diplomat)
English author (born 1949)
autobiography of Wilde; Nicholas Hawksmoor, Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh in Hawksmoor (1985); Thomas Chatterton and George Meredith in Chatterton
Peter_Ackroyd
1705–1709: Brigadier Emanuel Howe 1706: Charles Montagu, Baron Halifax, Lionel Sackville, Earl of Dorset, John Vanbrugh, Joseph Addison, and Peter Falaiseau
List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Hanover
List_of_diplomats_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Hanover
Literary work by Voltaire
19, Voltaire addresses British comedy, citing William Wycherley, John Vanbrugh and William Congreve. Letter 20 speaks briefly of the belles lettres of
Letters_on_the_English
Australian-British actor (1926–2015)
Oedipus Tyrannus, and in A Month in the Country and The Confederacy by Vanbrugh. As well as acting, Michell wrote the musical Pete McGynty and the Dreamtime
Keith_Michell
Mansion in the City of Westminster, London, England
quarreled with the Wrens over the contractors they had hired. This led John Vanbrugh to joke that the Duchess had "the direction in chief to herself, with Sir
Marlborough_House
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
to the West End. Tom Hiddleston played the role for a three-week run at Vanbrugh Theatre in 2017 that was directed by Kenneth Branagh. In 2018, Shakespeare's
Hamlet
Residence of the British royal family in London
gardens. She commissioned the Hawksmoor-designed Orangery, modified by John Vanbrugh, that was built for her in 1704. The level of decoration of the interior
Kensington_Palace
Church in London, England
commissioned and then adopted after earlier designs by James Gibbs and Sir John Vanbrugh (who proposed building a church with the altar in the north) were rejected
St_George's,_Bloomsbury
Scottish architect, mason, and businessman
style built on the Palladian style, but with Baroque details inspired by Vanbrugh and Continental architecture. In the 18th century, Adam was considered
William_Adam_(architect)
2010 book by Bill Bryson
Tull's seed drill; domestication of cattle; the lives of architects John Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, and James Wyatt; international lumber trade; and Thomas Chippendale
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
At_Home:_A_Short_History_of_Private_Life
Historic site in Burghwallis, South Yorkshire
Hood's Well is an ornamental well cover that was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1710 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. The stone that makes up the well
Robin_Hood's_Well
British army officer and statesman (1650–1722)
of Charles II, and may have fathered her daughter Barbara Fitzroy, although he never formally acknowledged her. In 1670 Treaty of Dover, Charles II agreed
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough
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