John Peter Gandy

John Peter Gandy (1787 – 2 March 1850 in Hanover Square, London), later John Peter Deering, was a British architect. He served as a member of parliament (MP) from 1847 to 1848.

Family Gandy was the youngest of the ten children of Thomas Gandy (d. 1814) and his wife, Sophia, née Adams. His older brothers included the painter Joseph Michael Gandy ARA (1771–1843) and the architect Michael Gandy (1778–1862). Their father Thomas worked at White's, the oldest gentlemen's club in London, in the neighbourhood known as St James's.

Life In 1805 John Peter Gandy was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools, where he was awarded their silver medal in 1806. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1805 and 1833. His early exhibits included "A Design for the Royal Academy" (1807) and two drawings, "An Ancient City" and "The Environs of an Ancient City" (1810). but a petition led to his election being declared void in 1848. He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1840.

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