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WYATT, BENJAMIN DEAN, eldest son of James Wyatt RA, architect and Surveyor-General of the King’s Works, and Rachel Lunn; b. 14 Mar 1775; at school under Vincent (The Dictionary of Living Authors, 1816, 401); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1795; Writer, EICS Bengal 9 Oct 1797; arrived in India 12 Mar 1798; Assistant to Secretary, Political and Military Dept., 27 Mar 1798; Assistant to Secretary, Secret Dept., 10 Apr 1798; Keeper of Records, Governor-General’s Office 20 Jul 1801; resigned in India 18 Feb 1802; returned to England 1802; Secretary to Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) when Chief Secretary for Ireland 1807-9; commenced architectural practice 1809; Drury Lane Theatre was rebuilt to his designs in 1811-2; Surveyor to Dean and Chapter of Westminster 1813-27; designed and erected the Duke of York’s Column 1830-3; bankrupt 1833; m. 27 Apr 1803 Christina Stopford, Kensington, Middlesex; d. 1855 (will proved PCC 19 Oct 1855). DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.