Draftsmen to Surveyors 1807-32

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832. Originally published by University of London, London, 1978.

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Draftsmen to Surveyors 1807-32

In 1807 it was provided that the three Draftsmen to the Surveyors, who had previously been borne as Quartermen in one of the royal dockyards and paid a daily allowance for their attendance at the Navy Office, should be placed on the establishment of the Navy Board at a salary of £250. Subsequent appointments to the offices were confirmed by Admiralty order. (fn. 1) An additional Temporary Draftsman also at a salary of £250 was employed between 1807 and 1810, and 1813 and 1816. (fn. 1) In 1816 the salary of the first Draftsman was increased to £400, of the second to £350, and of the third to £300. (fn. 1) An Assistant Draftsman at a salary of £300 was employed between 1816 and 1821. (fn. 1) In 1828 the position of third Draftsman was discontinued. (fn. 1)

DRAFTSMEN
1807 7 Dec. Lemon, G.
1807 7 Dec. Weekes, J.
1807 7 Dec. Hillman, J.
1809 10 Oct. Weekes, J.
1811 3 Sept. Peake, J.
1811 9 Dec. Wilson, J.
1821 30 Nov. Smith, R.
1831 15 April Creuze, A.
TEMPORARY DRAFTSMAN
1807 7 Dec. Peake, J.
1813 24 Aug. Smith, R.
ASSISTANT DRAFTSMAN
1816 4 June Smith, R.

Footnotes

  • 1. 1 Order in council 28 Oct. 1807 (4th Rept. Commrs. of Naval Revision, 65, 71). One of the posts was left vacant Jan. 1808-Oct. 1809 when Weekes served as Acting Assistant Master Shipwright, Chatham (Adm. 7/819 pp. 289-90).
  • 2. Adm. 7/819 pp. 289-90.
  • 3. Order in council 30 Jan. 1816 (HC 139 pp. 1-12 (1816) xiii, 183-94).
  • 4. Adm. 7/820 pp. 191-2.
  • 5. Adm. 7/821 f. 102.