Lord Mayor of London 1671-2. Son of a Southwark vintner. A wholesale ironmonger. The picture source has some information about him and his family.
Involved in the slave trade.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir George Waterman
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The Monument - east and south
{East face - Latin inscription with a bronze plaque below:} Translation of th...
Other Subjects
Sir Robert Geffrye
Alderman, merchant and slave trader. From Cornwall, possibly Landrake. DOB uncertain. A member of the Ironmongers' Company and Lord Mayor, 1685-6. Married but produced no children and his wife pred...
Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
1 memorial
Gregory de Rokesley
Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.
1 memorial
Sir Horatio David Davies
Lord Mayor of London (1897), Army officer and businessman. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Listed on the "opening" plaque as "Lieutt.Col." He was very successful running a n...
2 memorials
Sir Polydore de Keyser
Born Belgium. The family moved to London in 1842 and his father established De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the site of what is now Unilever House. The son joined the business and the hotel became the l...
Person, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Belgium
1 memorial
Robert Besley
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
2 memorials
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Guy's & St Thomas' Charities Foundation
It can trace its origins back to 1553, when King Edward VI re-established St Thomas' hospital, having been closed during the Reformation. In 1721, Thomas Guy funded the building of the hospital whi...
7 memorials
Civilian deaths in London caused by enemy action
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...
109 memorials
Stratford Langthorne Abbey
A Cistercian monastery. Also called St Mary's or West Ham Abbey, one of the largest Cistercian abbeys in England, it existed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Although the ruins were pillag...
1 memorial
The Forgotten Irish
NW1, Camden Square, London Irish Centre
The Forgotten Irish In commemoration of that generation of post World War II Irish emigrants, both men and women, who left their homes, c...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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