David Jebb

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David Jebb ({{circa|1738}} – 6 August 1826) was an English surveyor and engineer who was Surveyor-General in Ulster. in charge of the construction of the Boyne Navigation, a series of canals running 31 km (19 mi) roughly parallel to the River Boyne from Oldbridge to Navan in County Meath, Ireland.{{Cite journal | last = Wheeler | first = Ed | year = 2005 | title = Restoring the Boyne | journal = Inland Waterways News | volume = 32 | issue = 2 | pages = 20–25 | publisher = Inland Waterways Association of Ireland | location = Ireland | issn = 1649-1696 | url = http://iwn.iwai.ie/v32i2/index.shtml#features | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-10-08 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071119123436/http://iwn.iwai.ie/v32i2/index.shtml#features | archivedate = 2007-11-19 }}{{Cite book| author = Trench, C.E.F.| year=1995 | title=Slane | publisher=An Taisce - the National Trust for Ireland | isbn=0-903693-09-7}} Jebb himself built a flour mill at Slane in 1766 to take advantage of the navigation that he had recently completed that far.

Jebb was born into a prominent family, the son of Rev. John Jebb. His brothers were Dr. John Jebb and Sir Richard Jebb, 1st Baronet. He built Egham Park in Surrey.{{cite news |title=Obituary|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/18260908/033/0003 |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=Stamford Mercury |date=8 September 1826 |page=3}}{{cite book |last1=Brayley |first1=Edward Wedlake |title=A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton and E.W. Brayley, jun. The geological section by G. Mantell |date=1841 |publisher=Bogue |page=288 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bYHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA288-IA11&dq=Egham+Park+david+jebb|access-date=23 March 2024 |language=en}}

He died at Sansome Lodge in Worcester.