Born Northamptonshire. Apprenticed as a scrivener (like a secretary). Entered business and then set up a bank. Made a fortune from his connections with the slave trade and entered politics. Lord Mayor of London (1679–1680). As president of St Thomas's Hospital he had it rebuilt.
Director of the slave trading Royal African Company and the governor of the colonial Irish Society 1692–1706.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Clayton
The inscription is quite badly damaged but we found a transcription in a 1776...
Lord Mayor, 1990 - 91. Alderman in the City of London in 1996. Made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1990.
Lord Mayor of London, 1674-5. Born Warwick. Goldsmith and banker. Lived at Swakeleys House in Ickenham, where a school is named for him. Died Windsor. Involved in the slave trade.
Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.
Donald Henry Collett was born on 21 February 1954, the son of Donald Henry Collett (1931-2003) and Christine Veronica Collett née Rice (1934-2011). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 19...
We found the Village Hall on this 1897 map. Southgate Green Association has: "... the site of the village hall, which in 1882 housed the early meetings of the Southgate Local Board of Health, pred...
Singer and pianist who performed under the name of 'Hutch'. Born Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson in Gouyave, Grenada. He moved to New York with the intention of studying medicine, but started sing...
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing York Gate in Euston Road, on 12 September 1846. Keen participant in spiritual séances, taking Robert with her, but he wa...
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