For Lehndorff and Jägershof, see my reply to Mildred below. Otherwise, awesome research is awesome! I really think it's very unlikely that we're dealing with Other Keith(s) here,as opposed to Peter meeting and befriending Knobelsdorff this way, which also, btw, explains why he got the Tiergarten job after Knobelsdorff's death in the first place - if this was all him, he'd be a natural successor.
Btw, I could see one explanation how Peter so relatively soon after his return from exile got on a team wo figure out what to do with the Tiergarten - as far as I know, the converting of a former royal hunting ground into a public park and then the landscaping of same had happened in England already, and one prominent example just in time for Peter to observe. To quote wiki on Hyde Park: The first coherent landscaping in Hyde Park began in 1726. It was undertaken by Charles Bridgeman for King George I, but following the king's death the following year, it continued with approval of his daughter-in-law, Queen Caroline. Work was undertaken under the supervision of Charles Withers, the Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests. The principal effect of the work was to sub-divide Hyde Park and create Kensington Gardens. The Serpentine was formed by damming the River Westbourne, which runs through the park from Kilburn towards the Thames. It is divided from the Long Water by a bridge designed by George Rennie in 1826.
The work was completed in 1733. The 2nd Viscount Weymouth was made Ranger of Hyde Park in 1739 and shortly after began digging the Serpentine lakes at Longleat.
So, until we find something out about Suhm's post-mortem son-in-law that sounds like he hung out with Knobelsdorff, Peter & Knobelsdorff bffness shall be canon. :)
Re: Manger, Knobelsdorff - and Peter Keith!
Btw, I could see one explanation how Peter so relatively soon after his return from exile got on a team wo figure out what to do with the Tiergarten - as far as I know, the converting of a former royal hunting ground into a public park and then the landscaping of same had happened in England already, and one prominent example just in time for Peter to observe. To quote wiki on Hyde Park: The first coherent landscaping in Hyde Park began in 1726. It was undertaken by Charles Bridgeman for King George I, but following the king's death the following year, it continued with approval of his daughter-in-law, Queen Caroline. Work was undertaken under the supervision of Charles Withers, the Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests. The principal effect of the work was to sub-divide Hyde Park and create Kensington Gardens. The Serpentine was formed by damming the River Westbourne, which runs through the park from Kilburn towards the Thames. It is divided from the Long Water by a bridge designed by George Rennie in 1826.
The work was completed in 1733. The 2nd Viscount Weymouth was made Ranger of Hyde Park in 1739 and shortly after began digging the Serpentine lakes at Longleat.
So, until we find something out about Suhm's post-mortem son-in-law that sounds like he hung out with Knobelsdorff, Peter & Knobelsdorff bffness shall be canon. :)