Banker. Lived in Sheen. As Lord Mayor he decreed that on London Bridge carriages should drive on the left whereas, prior to this sensible ordnance, it was a free for all.
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Gerard Conyers
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London Bridge - information/viewing panel
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
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Patience Ward
Merchant and early Whig politician. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1680. Named Patience by a father disappointed that he was not a girl (now, that's unusual). From Wikipedia: "The extreme...
Sir George Robert Tyler
Lord Mayor 1893-4. According to Wikipedia he so impressed the Belgians during a state visit that they named a street in Antwerp in his honour as 'Rue lord mayor Tyler' but GoogleMaps knows nothing...
Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers
Businessman. Born Liverpool. His brand name being Castrol he was very successful and set up in the City of London. Lord Mayor in 1915-16. Promoted and funded pioneering aviation and motor sports. 1...
Sir Richard Browne
Parliamentarian army officer and Lord Mayor of London. Born London (according to the ODNB though the picture source disagrees). Died Essex.
Sir John Wollaston
Born at Perton in Staffordshire. His name varies in spelling: Wollaston or Woolaston. In London, apprenticed to the Goldsmiths' Company from 1604 to 1611. Achieved great wealth in the City of Londo...
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Henry Hugh Armstead
Sculptor and illustrator. Born Bloomsbury. Executed a large number of public statues and funerary works, and worked closely with George Gilbert Scott on the Albert Memorial. Died at home 52 Circus ...
William Robert Fountaine Addison, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 9 April 1916, age 32, while serving in the Army Chaplains’ Department. "For his unceasing attention to the wounded... under incessant fire and with utter disregard...
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