HIGHCLERE CASTLE, United Kingdom: While Britain has Queen Elizabeth II and Shakespeare for icons, fans of Lancelot “Capability” Brown, the grand master of English gardens, hail him as another stalwart of national identity.

Brown, who was born 300 years ago, is credited with creating more than 170 gardens, among them the grounds of Highclere Castle in southern England, made famous as the set of the hit television series Downton Abbey.

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