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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Richard Ford
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The Monument - east and south
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Sir George Waterman
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.
1 memorial
Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers
Businessman. Born Liverpool. His brand name being Castrol he was very successful and set up in the City of London. Lord Mayor in 1915-16. Promoted and funded pioneering aviation and motor sports. 1...
2 memorials
Henry Reader Williams
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 ...
2 memorials
Alderman Sir John Voce Moore
Born Stockport. Founded a tea trading company. Sheriff of the City of London, 1894. Lord Mayor of London 1898.
1 memorial
Sir Joseph Sheldon
Lord Mayor of London, 1675-6. Nephew of Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Master of the Drapers' Company 1676. Built a church in Paddington which was taken down in 1787. Sheldon Square...
1 memorial
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Margaret Mellor
As a Waterloo resident Margaret worked from about 1972 on community planning in Waterloo. Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. She co...
1 memorial
Steelyard, Stilliarde or Stalhof
The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns dominated trade along the coasts of Northern Europe, from the 13th to the 17th century. T...
2 memorials
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