Lancelot Brown (1716-1783), nicknamed Capability because he frequently told clients that their property had "capability" for improvement, was an English landscape architect. He designed 170 parks during his career and is often remembered as "England's greatest gardener".

Brown's first landscape commission was for a new lake at Kiddington Hall, Oxfordshire. Following this, he moved to Stowe in Buckinghamshire where he became the head gardener in 1742. He went on to work at some of the finest country houses and estates in Britain, including Belvoir Castle in Lincolnshire, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, Warwick Castle in Warwickshire, Harewood House in West Yorkshire, Highclere Castle in Hampshire, and Kew Gardens in London.

By the 1760s, Brown typically earned £6,000 (equivalent to £826,000 in 2019) a year. He was also appointed as King George III's Master Gardener at Hampton Court Palace in London.

During his lifetime, people were divided over Brown's work. On the one hand, many people loved his work, yet he also received harsh criticisms. The Scottish architect Sir William Chambers complained that Brown's gardens "differ very little from common fields, so closely is vulgar nature copied in most of them."

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