page_title: Court Garden, Marlow
section_title: The Davenport family
hierarchical_section_title: Court Garden, Marlow / The Davenport family
caption_attribution_description: English: Edward Davies Davenport (1778-1847) of Court Garden, Marlow
context_page_description: Court Garden in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, is a Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1758 by Dr William Battie, an eminent physician. It was sold in 1776 to Richard Davenport and remained in the Davenport family until 1894. It was then sold and became the home of the Griffin family for the next thirty years. Today it is part of Higginson Park and is a venue for special events.
context_section_description: Richard Davenport (1729-1799) who bought Court Garden in 1776 was a surgeon of Essex Street in London. He was the younger son of Davies Davenport (1696-1740) who owned Capesthorne Hall. In 1769 he married Fanny Maria Sanxay who was the daughter of Edmund Sanxay, a wealthy landowner from Cheam. Sanxay had only two daughters so when he died in 1787 Fanny Maria and her sister inherited his properties. She died in 1796 and Richard died in 1799. As they had no children Court Garden was left to his nephew Davies Davenport. 
   
  Davies Davenport (1757-1837) did not live in Court Garden because his main residence was his ancestral home of Capesthorne Hall. He rented it to various tenants one of whom was General Alexander Hope who in 1810 was appointed Governor of the Military College when it was in Marlow before it was moved to Sandhurst. The next resident was Sir Alan Hyde Gardner, 2nd Baron Gardner who was there until his death in 1815.
  Davies Davenport died in 1837 and his son Edward Davies Davenport (1778-1847) inherited the house. He was a prominent Member of Parliament. Like his father he lived at Capesthorne Hall and rented Court Garden to tenants. He died in 1847 and his son Arthur Henry Davenport inherited the property. Arthur died in 1867 and as he was a bachelor and had no children his cousin William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884) inherited the house. When he died in 1884 his son Sir William Bromley Davenport (1862-1949) became the owner.
  During this time Court Garden continued to be a rental property. In about 1882 Anthony Hutton, an African merchant took a 21 year lease on the house. However in 1891 he decided to leave England and the remainder of the lease was taken by Robert Griffin. He later bought the property from Sir William Bromley Davenport who advertised the house for sale in 1894.
caption: Edward Davies Davenport (1778-1847)
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