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.
Exactly!
Neat finding on Hyde Park. I think Peter was only in England for a few months between 1726-1733 (he spent 3 years in Ireland shortly after his arrival in England, remember), but considering he later returned to London and socialized with people before leaving for Portugal, he might well have seen it and talked to the people responsible. (He spent very little of the 1730-1740 period in England proper, incidentally--only about 2 years.)
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. :)
It's now canon for me! Until now, we had Peter as Knobelsdorff's Tiergarten successor and a Lt. Col. Keith that Knobelsdorff was friends, but that could have been like a Katte first cousin showing up as minister in Küstrin a year after Fritz becomes king: somebody qualified was available at the right time. But now that we have a Lt. Col. Keith being involved in the Tiergarten from 1742 (at least according to our 1840 Raumer), the coincidence is too much!
Bffness it is! And now we can add to our knowledge of Peter Keith.
Re: Manger, Knobelsdorff - and Peter Keith!
It is so awesome!
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.
Exactly!
Neat finding on Hyde Park. I think Peter was only in England for a few months between 1726-1733 (he spent 3 years in Ireland shortly after his arrival in England, remember), but considering he later returned to London and socialized with people before leaving for Portugal, he might well have seen it and talked to the people responsible. (He spent very little of the 1730-1740 period in England proper, incidentally--only about 2 years.)
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. :)
It's now canon for me! Until now, we had Peter as Knobelsdorff's Tiergarten successor and a Lt. Col. Keith that Knobelsdorff was friends, but that could have been like a Katte first cousin showing up as minister in Küstrin a year after Fritz becomes king: somebody qualified was available at the right time. But now that we have a Lt. Col. Keith being involved in the Tiergarten from 1742 (at least according to our 1840 Raumer), the coincidence is too much!
Bffness it is! And now we can add to our knowledge of Peter Keith.