John Deval

John Deval (1701–1774) was an 18th-century British sculptor and Master Mason, as was his namesake son (1728–1794). He was Chief Mason to the Crown and was the mason for the Tower of London and Royal Mews.

Life

He was born in Eynsham in Oxfordshire, the son of George Deval who died shortly before his birth. In 1718 he was a "bound apprentice" to Joshua Fletcher of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He became a Freeman in 1727 and went to work for Andrew Jelfe in London.

Around 1750 he became Master Mason to the King and in 1760 he became Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons in London, the highest position a mason could reach.

He died in 1774 and was buried at Isleworth.

John Deval the younger

Born in 1728 he trained under his father and became Master Mason to the King in 1774 and in 1784 followed in his shoes as being made Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons. New government offices next to the Admiralty (1786 to 1791) Chimneypieces for Bedford House (1787) Marblework for the Royal Naval Chapel at Greenwich (1788) Remodelling of Prince Edward's apartments at St James's Palace (1788) Statuary and marble chimneypieces for Carlton House for the Prince of Wales (1788) Remodelling at Woburn Abbey (1790/1) Marble column at Colne Park (1791) The Temple of Concord at Audley End (1791) New guardrooms at St James's Palace (1793) The Waiting Room at St James's Palace (1793)

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