Charles Hope Johnson Smith
Supornthip, a University of Melbourne Postgraduate student, would like to find out more about Charles Hope Johnson Smith, a scottish gardener who emigrated to Kyneton, Melbourne, Australia. His life, work, photos, sketches and his projects are all of interest.
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Hi
Hes my Great great Grandfather and this is the first I know of him being a gardnenr. Any news on where I can get any info on appreciated.
margo
G’day.
I am a relative of Charles also. His daughter Ellen married William Begg in 1862 in Kyneton. That makes Charles my great great great grandfather.
Today I have received correspondence from Mrs Jeanette Guy who is a descendant of Charles’ twin brother George. She is searching for a photo of Charles which will show her what George looked like.
Mrs Guy says Charles was born on the Ormiston Estate in 1810.
She enclosed a photocopy of a book inside cover which reads:
PARKS
and
PLEASURE GROUNDS;
or
PRACTICAL NOTES
on
COUNTRY RESIDENCES, VILLAS, PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS.
by
CHARLES H. J. SMITH,
Landscape Gardener and Garden Architect;
Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Caledonian Horticultural Society, Highland and Agricultural Society and Edinburgh Botanical Society.
Published in London by Reeve & Co, Henrietta St, Covent Garden in 1852.
I believe Mrs Guy may have more information, so we may be able to swap further info if you are still interested.
Regards,
Rowan Begg.
I have just had a letter from a garden historian in Australia, Richard Aitken, who is looking for info on C H J Smith and suggests he was born in my house: Belsis, Ormiston Hal, the son of James a gardener for the Earl of Hopetoun [c1790-1816].
Can anyone throw any light on this.
Grahame Bulfield
I will let you know if I find out anything about CHJ Smith and Belsis Cottage [aka Gardeners Cottage, walled garden]any info would be most welcome
Grahame Bulfield
[grahame.bulfield@ed.ac.uk]