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Encyclopedia Britannica



PAXTON, SIR JOSEPH (1801-1865)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 978 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER
PAXTON, SIR JOSEPH (1801-1865) , English architect and ornamental gardener, was born of humble parents at Milton Bryant, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, on the 3rd of August 18or, and was educated at the grammar school of that town. Having served his
apprenticeship
  as gardener from the age of fifteen, and himself constructed a large lake when gardener to Battlesden in 1822, he was in 1823 employed in the arboretum at
Chiswick
 , the seat of the duke of Devonshire, and eventually became superintendent of the duke's gardens and grounds at Chatsworth, and manager of his Derbyshire estates. In 1836 he began to erect a grand conservatory 300 ft. in length, which was finished in 1840, and formed the model for the
Great
  Exhibition building of 1851. In this year Paxton received the honour of
knighthood
 . Perhaps his most interesting
design
  was that for the
mansion
  of Baron James de Rothschild at Ferrieres in France, but he designed many other important buildings. His versatility was shown in his organization of the Army Works Corps which served in the Crimea, his excellent capacity as a man of business in railway management, and his enterprising experiments in floriculture. In 1854 he was chosen M.P. for Coventry, which he continued to represent in the Liberal
interest
  till his death at Sydenham on the 8th of June 1865. Paxton was elected in 1826 a fellow of the Horticultural Society. In the following year he married Sarah Bown. In 1833 he became a fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1844 he was made a knight of the order of St Vladimir by the emperor of Russia.
He was the author of several contributions to the literature of horticulture, including a
Practical
  Treatise on the Culture of the Dahlia (1838), and a Pocket Botanical Dictionary (1st ed., 1840). He also edited the Cottage Calendar, the Horticultural Register and the Botanical Magazine.
PAYMASTER-GENERAL, in England, a public officer and a member of the ministry for the time being. The office was, by statutes passed in 1835 and 1848, consolidated with other offices through which moneys voted by
parliament
  were previously paid. The paymaster-general is appointed by sign
manual
  warrant, he is unpaid, and does not require to offer himself for re-election on acceptance of office. The money appropriated by
parliament
  for the various services of the country is placed
by order of the Treasury to the account of the paymaster-general, and a communication to that effect made to the comptroller and auditor-general. The paymaster-general then makes all payments required by the various departments in accordance with the parliamentary vote. The duties of the office are carried out by a permanent staff, headed by an assistant paymaster-general, acting on powers granted by the paymaster-general.


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