JEBB, Sir Joshua, 1793-1863, Knight Surveyor General of Convict Prisons 1793-1876

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JEBB, Sir Joshua, 1793-1863, Knight Surveyor General of Convict Prisons 1793-1876

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Jebb, Joshua

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Sir Joshua Jebb, 1793-1863, was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1812, serving in Canada and the USA, and by 1837, he had been promoted to 1st Captain. In 1838, he was appointed to hold enquiries on grants of charters of incorporation to Bolton and Sheffield, and he also served on the Commission on the Municipal Boundary of Birmingham. In 1839 he was seconded from the army to work as technical advisor to the Secretary of State on prison building, following the 1837 Act requiring the Secretary...