William Shenstone

William Shenstone (November 13, 1714 - February 11, 1763) was an English poet and one of the earliest practitoners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.

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Son of Thomas and Anne, daughter of William Penn of Harborough Hall,

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Hagley, Shenstone was born at the Leasowes, Halesowen, then an enclave of Shropshire within the traditional county of Worcestershire.

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At school he began a lifelong friendship with Richard Jago. He went up to Pembroke College, Oxford in 1732 and made another firm friend there in Richard Graves, the author of The Spiritual Quixote.

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►	Introduction
►	Life
►	Critical appraisal
►	Works
►	External links

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