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 1671.
Involved in the slave trade.
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 1671.
Involved in the slave trade.
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Sir Richard Ford
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Politician. Member of Parliament from 1768 to 1780. A supporter of John Wilkes, he opposed parliament's right to tax America. Elected Lord Mayor of London in 1775.
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.
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...
Lord Mayor, 1990 - 91. Alderman in the City of London in 1996. Made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1990.
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