Catalogue description Establishments. Names of military surveyors listed include: Francis Assiotti or...

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Details of WO 54/214
Reference: WO 54/214
Description:

Establishments.

Names of military surveyors listed include:

  • Francis Assiotti or Assiotte. Minorca. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Robert Atkinson. Clerk of Survey Plymouth, 1 July 1760.
  • George Ayres or Eyres. Per order 28 March 1760. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Richard Barton. Per order 19 December 1738. Deceased, c.1760. (Marshall, p 37).
  • John Bennett. Clerk of Survey, Gibraltar, 1 January 1763.
  • William Booth. Per order 9 December 1760. (Marshall, p 38).
  • William Brazier or Brasier. Per order 19 September 1756, p 47. Deputy Draughtsman at the Tower of London 1 July 1760. (Marshall, p 37).
  • James Brinkhurst. Clerk of the Survey, Minorca, 13 February 1763.
  • John Caddy. Per order 13 July 1759. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Neil Campbell. Clerk of Survey, Woolwich, 1 July 1760.
  • John Chamberlayne. Per order 30 May 1760. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Thomas Chamberlain. Per order 30 May 1758. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Richard Coombes. Per order 3 April 1759. (Marshall, p 37).
  • John Delany. Per order 15 December 1764. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John P Desmaretz. Captain. Draughtsman, Tower 1 July 1760. (Marshall, p 37).
  • John Dixon. Clerk of Surveyors, Portsmouth, 1 July 1760, p 7.
  • Andrew Durnford. Per order 30 May 1758. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Edwards. Per order 24 November 1761. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Evelegh. Clerk to Chief Engineer, 1 January 1761. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Stephen Fane. Per order 4 December 1759. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Caspar Franks. Clerk of Survey, West Florida. Per order in Council 9 May 1764.
  • Francis Gould. Per order 7 October 1760. (Marshall, p 38).
  • George Haines. Per order 3 August 1753. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Charles Holloway. Per order 7 February 1764. Possibly to Royal Engineers. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Johnson. Per order 1 March 1765, promoted. Possibly later in Royal Engineers. (Marshall, p 38).
  • James Lillyman. Clerk to Chief Engineer. 1 July 1760 - 31 December 1760. Possibly promoted. 15 August 1760 Ensign Royal Engineers.
  • John Macleod. Clerk of Survey, Gibraltar. 1 July 1760 - deceased before 1 January 1763.
  • Thomas Masterman. Clerk of Survey, Purfleet. 17 December 1761.
  • Henry Mercier. Per order 24 November 1761. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Nathaniel Minshall. Per order 3 April 1759. Ensign Royal Engineers, 25 November 1760. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Arthur Neil. Clerk of Survey, Sheerness. 1 October 1761 - 30 June 1764. Promoted.
  • William Parker. Per order 7 October 1760. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Thomas Peckham. Storekeeper at Quebec. 1 October 1763.
  • Thomas Peckham. Clerk of Survey, Chatham, 1 July 1760, p 7. Promoted by 1 October 1763.
  • John Potter. 1st class. Per order 30 May 1760.
  • William Pratt. Per order 3 April 1759. Possibly deceased after 24 November 1761. (Marshall, p 37).
  • John Ringe. Per order 6 February 1759. (Marshall, p 37).
  • William Saltonstall. Clerk of Survey, Chatham, 1 October 1763.
  • Edward Smart. Per order 9 December 1760. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Thomas Smart. Per order 9 October 1758. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Charles Smith. Per order 2 August 1759. (Marshall, p 38).
  • William Stevenson. Per order 20 May 1763. Promoted. (Marshall, p 38).
  • James Sumpter. Per order 7 April 1761. (Marshall, p 38).
  • William Sumpter. Clerk of Survey, Sheerness. 1 July 1764. (Marshall, p 37).
  • William Test. Per order 30 May 1758. (Marshall, p 37).
  • John Turner. Per order 30 September 1758. Possibly deceased after 20 May 1763. (Marshall, p 37).
  • William Twiss. Per order 21 July 1760. Ensign Royal Engineer, 19 November 1763. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Wade. Per order 27 February 1761. Promoted. Ensign Royal Engineers, 30 January 1765. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Wall. Per order 3 April 1759.
  • John Wilks. Per order 1 March 1765. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Miles Edward Wilks. Per order 16 December 1763. Promoted. (Marshall, p 38).
  • James Lewis Wittwer. Per order 24 November 1761. Ensign Royal Engineers, 18 November 1763. (Marshall, p 38).

Date: 1760-1765
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Many surveyors are listed in: Douglas W Marshall, 'Military Maps of the Eighteenth-Century and the Tower of London Drawing Room', Imago Mundi 32 (1980), pp 21-44. References to Marshall in this catalogue description are to pages within this article.

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