Peter Pett ( 1610 - ? 1672 )

Birth: Deptford, London, England, Europe (6 August 1610) Death: ? 1672 Occupation: Shipbuilder Career: Assistant to his father at Deptford and Woolwich; Master-shipwright at Chatham (1644-1667); Commissioner for Assessment for Kent (1649-1652, 1657, 1660-1663); Commissioner of the Navy at Chatham (1648-1667); Commissioner for Scandalous Ministers for Kent (1654); MP for Rochester (1659, 1660); imprisoned in the Tower of London (1667) on a charge of disobeying orders from the Duke of York prior to a Dutch attack on the English fleet Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposers: Robert Boyle (25 June 1662) Committee appointments include: Mechanical Committee (1664).