Who was Inigo Jones?
Architect.
Date and Place of Birth:
19th July 1573, London, England.
Family Background:
Son of a cloth worker also called Inigo.
Education:
Apprenticed to a joiner.
Chronology/Biography of Inigo Jones:
1605: Began work
in London.
1616: Queen Anne
the wife of Kings James the First commissioned Inigo Jones to design
a new pavilion for her at Greenwich which has since become known
as the Queens House.
The Queens House in Greenwich designed by Inigo Jones
(© Anthony Blagg)
1619-22: Banqueting
House Whitehall, London.
1623-27: Queen's
Chapel, St. James Palace, London.
1631: Designed the
church of St Paul in Covent Garden, London.
1636: Designed Wilton
House in Wiltshire.
Marriage:
Never married.
Date and Place of Death:
21st June 1652, London, England.
Age at Death:
79.
Site of Grave:
Buried with his parents at St. Benet's Church,
Paul's Wharf, City of London, (Currently the Metropolitan Welsh
Church).
Places of Interest:
LONDON:
Banqueting House, Whitehall.
Queens House, Greenwich, Near National Maritime
Museum.
