Born Wrexham. A self-made man, a linen-draper who rose to the highest position in the City.
Lord Mayor: 1823 - 4
Sheriff: 1820 - 1
Member of Parliament: 1818 - 20, 1826 - 33
Died at home, 7 Woburn Place.
London Details have a lot more information about Waithman and his drapers shop, and about the nearby street named after him and some lovely tile work.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Waithman
Originally erected near Waithman's shop in Fleet Street at its junction with ...
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
Labour Party Life peer. Lord Mayor 1972-3. Born Southampton. After WW2 joined contractors Trollope & Colls, becoming joint-managing director and chairman in 1963 and retiring in 1968 when the ...
Chairman of the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. Lord Mayor of London 1874-5.
JP, chairman of the Hornsey School and Hornsey Local Board. Active in the Poor Schools movement, he was an early campaigner for the education and welfare of children. He also led the campaign to ...
Venetian painter. When the supply of Grand Tourists coming to Venice and buying his paintings dried up due to war, Canaletto decided to come to England. He arrived in 1746 and stayed until 1755, ...
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