Catalogue description Index of correspondence (1700-1819). Register of plans (18th century). Covering note...

Ordering and viewing options

This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded.

You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you.

Details of WO 55/2281
Reference: WO 55/2281
Description:

  • Index of correspondence (1700-1819).
  • Register of plans (18th century).
  • Covering note relating to maps of defence works under the Fortifications Acts, 1860.

Names of military surveyors listed include:

  • Jabez Anderson. Appointed extra draughtsman on trigonometrical survey, p 162. Reached 2nd class, p 249. Died in foreign service between 1806-1817. (Marshall, p 40).
  • Benjamin R Baker, RMSD(2). 3rd class, p 355. 2nd class, p 404.
  • Francis Assiotti or Assiotte. Appointed p 15. (Marshall, p 37).
  • George Ayres or Eyres. Appointed, p 26. Made a clerk, p 27. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Barnes. 3rd class, dismissed p 154 and perhaps later re-appointed p 183. (Marshall, p 40).
  • Charles Bassett. 3rd class, p 319. 2nd class, p 381. Death, p 451.
  • Robert Beatson. Appointed, p 46. 'Removed to the Academy', p 47. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Beaumont. Appointed extra draughtsman, p 124. (Marshall, p 40).
  • George Beck. Appointed to 2nd class, p 61. Resigned, p 90. (Marshall, p 39).
  • John Berger. Extra Draughtsman, c 1794 ?, p 122. Resigned, c 1796 ?, p 143. (Marshall, p 40).
  • Thomas Bethel. Examined but perhaps not appointed, p 222 - 233.
  • Edward Bird. Examination, soon after Cadet, p 269. 3rd class, p 285. 2nd class, p 344. Deceased, p 413.
  • Howard A Black. Cadet, p 356. 3rd Class p 388. Dismissed, c 1817, p 428.
  • Bonnycastle. Appointed Mathematical Master 1801, p 182. Entry regarding his books and papers at reduction of corps in 1817, p 448.
  • William Booth. Appointed, p 22. (Marshall, p 38).
  • John Brand. Appointed to 4th class, p 98. Appointed to 3rd class, p 103. Promoted to Royal Engineers, p 111. (Marshall, p 40).
  • William Brazier or Brasier. Ordered to be employed, p 1. Deceased, p 49. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Charles Briggs RMSD. Appointed cadet, p 216. 3rd class, p 251 (Ordered on the survey). 2nd class, p 285.
  • Joseph Bryant. Cadet, p 315. Resigned, p 331.
  • Alexander Bryce. Appointed, p 62. (Marshall, p 39).
  • Edmund Burman, RMSD(2). On Trigonometrical Survey, p 237. Ordered to West Indies, p 420.
  • Richard Burdett, RMSD(3). 3rd class, p 424.
  • Reuben Burrows. Mathematical Master, 1776, p 92.
  • George D Burr. Appointed c 1807, p 291. Promoted to 3rd class, p 300. Removed to Quarter Master General Department, p 365.
  • James Bush. Appointed Deputy Assistant, 18th Century, p 3. (Marshall, p 37).
  • John Caddy. Received on trial, p 18. (Marshall, p 37).
  • W B Carrique. Cadet. p 280. 3rd class, p 319. Survey, p 335. Dismissal, p 346.
  • Henry Castleman. Barrack Master at Tower, p 95. Resigned, p 135. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Thomas Chamberlaine. Appointed Extra Draughtsman, p 150. Ordered to Chatham, c 1801, p 211. (Marshall, p 40).
  • William Chambers. Appointed, p 168. 3rd class, p 199. 2nd class, p 249. 1st class, p 424. (Marshall, p 40).
  • Charles Chaplin, RMSD(2). Spike Island, p 329. Portugal, p 347. Relieved, p 398.
  • Charles Chetwode. Allowed to attend, p 7.
  • Thomas Collins. Admitted to attend, p 34.
  • Nathaniel Coltman. Appointed vice Roe, p 50. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Charles D'Arcy. Promoted to Engineers [Royal Engineers ?], p 53.
  • Thomas Cubitt. 2nd class, p 57. Resigned, p 103. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Richard Coombes. Attending on trial, p 6. Extra Draughtsman, p 9. Promoted, p 19. Appointed to Assistant Clerk of Works, p 23. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Thomas Compton. Supernumerary Cadet, p 185. 3d class, p 224. 2nd class, p 273.
  • Constantine D'Arcy. Appointed vice Strickland, p 48. (Marshall, p 38).
  • A D'Aubant. Promoted to Engineer [Royal Engineers ?], p 19. (Marshall, p 37).
  • Thomas Day. Discharged, p 5.
  • Andrew Durnford. Appointed on trial, p 11. Appointed at 1s 6d, p 15. Promoted vice Wall, p 40. (Marshall, p 38).
  • Elias Durnford. Extra Draughtsman, p 9. (Marshall, p 37).

Date: 1700-1860
Separated material:

For items extracted from this piece see MPH 1/1111
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.

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research