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.
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Robert Waithman
Originally erected near Waithman's shop in Fleet Street at its junction with ...
Philanthropist. Born in Crown Street, now Sun Street, EC2. Brought up in Mile...
Sheriff of the City of London, 1894. born Cornhill. Lord Mayor in 1901.
Son of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott. A printer and a stationer. Knighted in 190...
Publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919. Bor...
