Merchant, Whig politician, City Alderman, Lord Mayor of London in 1738 and expert in financial matters. A vigorous campaigner for the commercial interests that were his principal City of London constituency. This would explain why a group of merchants erected a statue to him at the Royal Exchange, where statuary was almost exclusively a royal prerogative.
Left Parliament at the 1761 election, 3 years before his death.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir John Barnard
Commissioned by a group of merchants and erected in a niche at the Royal Exch...
Lord Mayor of London in 1957
Lord Mayor of London in 1995, from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.
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
GBE, DLit.Lord Mayor in 1989.
Lord Mayor of London, 1673-4. Moved to Greenwich in 1665 to escape the plague. President of the Guild of Master Grocers from 1679-1680, and President of St Thomas’ Hospital 1683 – 1688. Died The Gr...
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