Background
Nathaniel Kent was baptized in Andover on 8 February 1737, the youngest son of Ambrose Kent and Mary Sylverthorn.
Nathaniel Kent was baptized in Andover on 8 February 1737, the youngest son of Ambrose Kent and Mary Sylverthorn.
During his time there he studied the husbandry of the Austrian Netherlands, at that time thought to be the best in Europe.
He was first employed in the diplomatic service as secretary to Sir James Porter at Brussels. Kent"s published writings brought him employment on a large scale as an estate agent and land valuer, and he worked to improve English methods of land management. His subsequent work in agriculture was mainly in Norfolk, but he also suggested extensive embankments in Lincolnshire, which were successfully carried out.
He was for a short time bailiff of George III"s farm in the Windsor Great Park.
They had the following children: Charles, George, Harriet, Sophia and Thomas (grandfather of the poet Armine Thomas Kent). Kent died of apoplexy at Fulham, Middlesex, 10 October 1810 and was buried at All Saints Church, Fulham on 16 October.