• John Peter Desmaretz (c. 1686 – 1768) was a British civil and military engineer. His projects included a new entrance to Shoreham-by-Sea's harbour (1753)...
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    on the Portsea Island side of the creek under the supervision of John Peter Desmaretz. They consisted of a 15–20-foot-wide (4.6–6.1 m) and 6-foot-deep...
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    Charlotte, daughter of Stillingfleet Durnford and granddaughter of John Peter Desmaretz, both of the Ordnance Office. Frazer received his early education...
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    the Tower of London, where he trained under Clement Lempriere and John Peter Desmaretz and became a skilled military artist and plan-maker. The Master General...
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  • 1761. In 1763 he was ordered to Dunkirk, and served as assistant to John Peter Desmaretz, the British commissary appointed to watch the demolition of the...
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  • (1544–1590) Robert Garnier (c. 1570–1632) Alexandre Hardy (1595–1676) Jean Desmaretz de Saint-Sorlin (1601–1667) Georges de Scudéry (1604–1686) Jean Mairet...
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    Cockham Wood Fort built. 1756 Chatham Lines built, to designs by Captain John Desmaretz (who also designed the Portsmouth fortifications). This fortification...
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  • (or Vereil) in 1653, son of Isaac Veyret and Esther Pennaud, Mathurin Desmaretz was first recorded as one of the leaders of a group of French flibustiers...
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