Person | Male Born 1519 Died 1579

Sir Thomas Gresham

Categories: Commerce, Politics & Administration

Image source: www.theroyalexchange.co.uk

Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.

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Sir Thomas Gresham

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Holborn Viaduct - Gresham

{On a granite plaque below the statue:} Sir Thomas Gresham, born c.1519, die...

Sir Thomas Gresham - Old Broad Street

In a house on this site lived Sir Thomas Gresham, 1519 - 1579. The Corporati...

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Legal and General

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2 memorials

Albert E. Reed

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1 memorial

A. Deans

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Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Temple Mills

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Place, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial

William Harris

Butcher, active 1897.

Person, Commerce

2 memorials

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The Royal Exchange was established by Thomas Gresham in 1566, following his, and his father's, favourable experiences of the Antwerp Bourse as a place where merchants could arrange credit and loans...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial

Sapper Charles Lascelles Still

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Person, Armed Forces, Italy

War dead, WW2

1 memorial