Thomas Hewett ( 1656 - 1726 )

Birth: Shireoaks, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire (09 September 1656) Death: 09 April 1726 Burial: Wales Church, Yorkshire Profession: Author Landowner Virtuoso Education: Shrewsbury School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1676) Career: Travelled for about five years in France, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and Germany; Surveyor of Woods North of Trent (1696-1715); Surveyor of Woods North and South of Trent (1715-1716); Surveyor-General of the King's Works (1719-1726); his works included the State Rooms at Kensington Palace and the reconstruction of Shirburn Castle for Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (FRS 1712) Honours: Kt 1719 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/11/1721 Proposers: William Jones.