Thomas Cundy (senior)

Thomas Cundy, the elder (1765 – 28 December 1825) was born in Restowrick, St Dennis, Cornwall the eldest son of Peter and Thomasine Cundy. He trained as an architect in Plymouth before starting in practice in Pimlico, London. In 1821 he was appointed surveyor to the Grosvenor family's London estates and was involved in the initial stages of the development of Belgravia and Bloomsbury. He also designed a number of country houses in a picturesque Gothic style. He married Mary Hubert in 1789 and had six sons: Thomas (1790-1867, an architect), James (1793–1826, a mason); Samuel (abt 1794-1819), Joseph (1795–1875, an architect and builder), William (abt 1797-1829) and John (abt 1802-1828).

References

• H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (1997) ISBN 0-300-07207-4
• L. H. Cust, ‘Cundy, Thomas, the elder (1765–1825)’, rev. Annette Peach, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 Jan 2008
• A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland : 1500-1830 A. W. Skempton
• Retrieved from http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_13.djvu/307 accessed 31 Oct 2010