Bryant, William Andrewes (Andrew) (1799–1878), surveyor and map maker, was born on 23 August 1799 in Reigate, Surrey, the seventh and youngest child of William Bryant (1760–1844) and his wife Charlotte, née Andrewes (1758–1835). His father was an attorney, political radical, landowner, and antiquarian and dealer in books and prints who was also an insolvent debtor and bankrupt throughout most of ...
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Bryant, William Andrewes (Andrew) (1799–1878), surveyor and map maker
Jonathan Pepler
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Jackson, Basil (1795–1889), military surveyor
E. M. Lloyd
revised by Elizabeth Baigent
Jackson, Basil (1795–1889), military surveyor, born at Glasgow on 27 June 1795, was the son of Major Basil Jackson (1757–1849) of the royal wagon train. He entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1808, obtained a commission in the Royal Staff Corps on 11 July 1811, and was promoted lieutenant on 6 May 1813. He was employed in the ...
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Pettyt, Thomas (d. 1556), surveyor and military engineer
A. G. Keller
Pettyt, Thomas (d. 1556), surveyor and military engineer, is of unknown origins; all that is known of his family is that an Edmund Pettyt who was at Calais while Thomas was surveyor there may well have been related. Thomas appears first in 1542 '...
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Robinson, Daniel George (1826–1877), military cartographer and telegraphy administrator
R. H. Vetch
revised by Elizabeth Baigent
Robinson, Daniel George (1826–1877), military cartographer and telegraphy administrator, was born on 8 March 1826, and was educated at Addiscombe from 1841 to 1843. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers on 9 June 1843, and, after training at Chatham...
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Roy, William (1726–1790), surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey
Elizabeth Baigent
Roy, William (1726–1790), surveyor and founder of the Ordnance Survey, was born on 4 May 1726 at Miltonhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the second child of John Roy (d. 1748), factor to Sir William Gordon of Milton and, after 1737, an ordained elder of the kirk, and his wife, ...
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Vallancey, Charles (c. 1726–1812), antiquary and military surveyor
Norman Vance
Vallancey, Charles (c. 1726–1812), antiquary and military surveyor, was born in Flanders of French Huguenot parents (the name was originally De Vallance) who had moved to Windsor after his father was appointed to the royal service. Educated at Eton College and the recently established ...
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Ward, John (1825–1896), naval officer and surveyor
J. K. Laughton
revised by Andrew Lambert
Ward, John (1825–1896), naval officer and surveyor, was born in England, the son of Lieutenant Edward Willis Ward RN (1791–1855), and his wife, Emma Elizabeth Grimwood. He entered the navy in 1840 on the brig Spey, packet-boat to the West Indies...
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Watson, David (1713?–1761)
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David Watson (1713?–1761) by Andrea Soldi, 1756 in the collection of the Dundas-Bekker Family; photograph courtesy the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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Watson, David (1713?–1761), military surveyor and engineer
Elizabeth Baigent
Watson, David (1713
