Francis Greenway

Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an iconic colonial architect in Australia. Greenway was born at Mangotsfield near the English city of Bristol, son of Francis Greenway and Ann, née Webb. Greenway became an architect "of some eminence" in Bristol and Bath. His only remaining building in the United Kingdom is the Clifton Club in Bristol, originally the Clifton Hotel and Assembly Rooms. In 1809 he became bankrupt, and ... more

Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837) was an iconic colonial architect in Australia. Greenway was born at Mangotsfield near the English city of Bristol, son of Francis Greenway and Ann, née Webb. Greenway became an architect "of some eminence" in Bristol and Bath. His only remaining building in the United Kingdom is the Clifton Club in Bristol, originally the Clifton Hotel and Assembly Rooms. In 1809 he became bankrupt, and in 1812 he pleaded guilty "under the advice of his friends", to forging a financial document and was sentenced to death; this sentence was later commuted to 14 years transportation. Why he pleaded guilty is not now certain; he may have been told it was the only way to save his life. He had been friendly with Admiral Arthur Phillip who was living in retirement at Bath, and Phillip wrote to Lachlan Macquarie recommending Greenway to him. Greenway arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on the transport General Hewitt in February 1814 to serve his... less