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.
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Robert Clayton
The inscription is quite badly damaged but we found a transcription in a 1776...
Lord Mayor of London. Born and buried at Bexley, Kent. One of the commissioners sent to Breda to request Charles II to return to England immediately. Began the construction of The Monument in 167...
Conservative politician in the City of London, associated with the Candlewick Ward and the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Lord Mayor of London 1936-7. MP for the City of London 1938 -1945. Also ...
James Michael Yorrick Oliver was born on 13 July 1940, his birth being registered in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Worthing Registration District, Sussex (now West Sussex). His mother's maiden nam...
Person, Liveries & Guilds, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration
Chairman of the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. Lord Mayor of London 1874-5.
Philanthropist. Alfred Benjamin Cloutman (but always known as A. B.). Born Bristol. Began work as a junior assistant at Maple & Co and rose to become Governing Director, later Life Governor, ...
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