# William Winde

> Captain William Winde (c.1645-1722) was an English gentleman architect, whose military career under Charles II, resulting in fortifications and topographical surveys but lack of preferment, and his later career, following the Glorious Revolution, as designer or simply "conductor" of the works of country houses, has been epitomised by Howard Colvin, who said that "Winde ranks with Hooke, May, Pratt and Talman as one of the principal English country house architects of the late seventeenth century".

*English architect*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Architect
- **Category:** Architects
- **Born:** 1645
- **Died:** 1722
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Captain William Winde (c.1645-1722) was an English gentleman architect, whose military career under Charles II, resulting in fortifications and topographical surveys but lack of preferment, and his later career, following the Glorious Revolution, as designer or simply "conductor" of the works of country houses, has been epitomised by Howard Colvin, who said that "Winde ranks with Hooke, May, Pratt and Talman as one of the principal English country house architects of the late seventeenth century".

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.8
- **Momentum:** 8.1

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