Drummer, Edmund
Other Business Names:
- Mears, Jacob
- Mears, Sampson
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Falmouth, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
- Sowley, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England
- West Indies
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Telecommunication & postal services
Mail & courier services inc packet services
Notes:
Edmund Drummer, 1651-1713, was a naval engineer who for most of his career worked in the Office of the Surveyor of the Royal Navy, ending up as Surveyor General, 1692-98. He was notably responsible for pioneering standardisation of warship design and for improvements in the Royal Dockyards. As Surveyor he supervised construction of Post Office packets for service between Harwich and Europe and became involved in the Falmouth, La Coruna & Lisbon service. In 1702 made proposals to Board of Trade for the provision by him of a packet service, operated by four vessels, between Britain and West Indies which was inaugurated late 1702 with government subsidy. First transatlantic packet service. Contract revised 1705 when entered partnership with his brother and son and Jacob and Sampson Mears as in need of capital for provision of new packet boats. His business failed 1711. He sometime had an interest in Sowley Ironworks, Beaulieu, which supplied ironwork to the Royal Dockyards [2023]
Publications:
- England's first Atlantic mail line by Kemble, John H
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Mears, Jacob
- Mears, Sampson
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Falmouth, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
- Sowley, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England
- West Indies
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Telecommunication & postal services Mail & courier services inc packet services
Notes:
Edmund Drummer, 1651-1713, was a naval engineer who for most of his career worked in the Office of the Surveyor of the Royal Navy, ending up as Surveyor General, 1692-98. He was notably responsible for pioneering standardisation of warship design and for improvements in the Royal Dockyards. As Surveyor he supervised construction of Post Office packets for service between Harwich and Europe and became involved in the Falmouth, La Coruna & Lisbon service. In 1702 made proposals to Board of Trade for the provision by him of a packet service, operated by four vessels, between Britain and West Indies which was inaugurated late 1702 with government subsidy. First transatlantic packet service. Contract revised 1705 when entered partnership with his brother and son and Jacob and Sampson Mears as in need of capital for provision of new packet boats. His business failed 1711. He sometime had an interest in Sowley Ironworks, Beaulieu, which supplied ironwork to the Royal Dockyards [2023]Publications:
- England's first Atlantic mail line by Kemble, John H