Politician and sailor. Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1603 to 1619 and Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire from 1604 to 1646. He was created Earl of Mulgrave in 1626. In the conflict with the Spanish Armada, he served as captain of three ships, The Victory, The Dreadnaught, and The White Bear.
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Edmond Lord Sheffield
215 - 217 Bow Road In the house that formerly stood on this site lived Edmond...
Co-Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1724.
Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.
VD, JP. Son of James Bevington. A member of the Bermondsey leather manufacturing dynasty and a philanthropist. Colonel commanding 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 18...
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
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