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New page: right|100px|Elias Durnford '''Elias Durnford''' (1739-1794) was a British military officer and civil engineer who is best known, in regard to Pensacola hist...
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'''[[Elias Durnford]]''' (1739-1794) was a British military officer and civil engineer who is best known, in regard to Pensacola history, for surveying the town and laying out a city plan around two public squares (now [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] and [[Seville Square]]). Durnford laid out the plan in [[1764]], shortly after the British took control of West Florida. He was also commanding British officer [[Fort Charlotte]] in [[Mobile]] when it surrendered to [[Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez|Gálvez]] on [[March 13]], [[1780]].
'''[[Elias Durnford]]''' (1739-1794) was a British military officer and civil engineer who is best known, in regard to Pensacola history, for surveying the town and laying out a city plan around two public squares (now [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] and [[Seville Square]]). Durnford laid out the plan in [[1764]], shortly after the British took control of West Florida. He was also commanding British officer [[Fort Charlotte]] in [[Mobile]] when it surrendered to [[Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez|Gálvez]] on [[March 13]], [[1780]].