Built the first planned Admiralty Office in 1695. Became Navy Board Purveyor.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Evans
Commemorated ati
Old Admiralty Building
In the mid 16th century this site was the timber yard for the nearby Whitehal...
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Battersea Rise House
Built circa 1770. The house and the estate were bought by Henry Thornton in 1792. William Wilberforce, his good friend, lived here until Thornton's marriage. Both men were MPs and important members...
Sydney Smirke
Architect. Born London, younger brother to Robert. London works include: Carlton Club Pall Mall, Dome Chapel in what is now the Imperial War Museum, Reading Room in the British Museum, exhibition ...
Sir John Summerson
Museum curator and architectural historian. Born John Newenham Summerson at Barnstead, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington. He taught at Edinburgh College of Art, and had professorships at Oxford and Camb...
E. Vincent Harris
Architect with London County Council in 1905. Born Devonport, Plymouth.
William Ramsay
Royal mason. In 1332 designed the Chapter House and Cloister at St Paul's.