The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture

Brent Elliott spent 40 years working at the Royal Horicultural Society’s Lindley Library, for 25 of them as chief librarian, and for the last 10 as historian. During that time he also served as a committee member of the Victorian Society, the Garden History Society, and English Heritage,  His books and articles deal primarily with garden history, the history of botany, and the history of botanical art; the books range from Victorian Gardens (1986) to The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture (2026, with Roger Bowdler).  He edited Garden History from 1985 to 1988.

Roger Bowdler worked at English Heritage/Historic England from 1909 to 2018, ending as Director of Listing. He is now a Partner at Montagu Evans LLP, advising cilents on heritage matters. He has been chairman of the Mausolea and Monuments Trust, a council member of the Church Monuments Society and a Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan is a landscape architect with an international design practice based in London. He is Gardens Adviser to Historic Royal Palaces, President of the London Gardens Trust, and the author of several books, including English Garden Eccentrics (2022) and Lost Gardens of London (2024) which accompanied the eponymous exhibition at the Garden Museum. Todd is a Trustee of the Cholmondeley Gardens Trust.