TheCodeBreakers
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sons Edward, Jr., and Francis inherited a large share of his fortune and
landed property and, living as wealthy squires at Barton and Hampstead,
continued their cryptanalytic work. Their brother William had retired in
1794, but his three sons, Edward, William, and Francis Willes joined the
Decyphering Branch in the 1790s.
Though the Willes family dominated the cryptanalytic branch, others
worked in it. Corbiere was paid through such sinecures as his
appointment as naval officer at Jamaica, though he never stirred from
England, and as Commissioner of Wines Licenses, which sounds like the
cushiest of posts. He rose to Under Secretary of the Post Office but
continued his cryptanalytic work, which ended after 24 years only with
his death in 1743, when he was receiving £800. The other cryptanalysts
at various times were James Rivers, Frederick Ashfield, John Lampe,
f George Neubourg, John Bode, Jr., one Scholing, and a
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