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 predeceased him. His will thus left the bulk of his estate to a number of charities including the founding of the Geffrye almshouses which in 1914 were re-opened as a museum of furniture and furniture-making.
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Sir Robert Geffrye
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Sir Robert Geffrye
This is a 1913 replica of the lead statue, the 1723 original of which was tak...
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Sir Martin Bowes
Born in 1496 or 1497 in York. Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths many times, Sheriff of London 1540-1 and Lord Mayor of London 1545-6. Joined the Royal Mint in1526 in a senior ro...
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Sir Sydney Harold Gillett, Bt., M.C., F.C.A.
Sydney Harold Gillett was Lord Mayor in 1958. He seems to have not used the 'Sydney' in his name. Alderman, and Sheriff in the City of London in 1952. Awarded the MC in 1916 and knighted in 1953. ...
Person, Armed Forces, Liveries & Guilds, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration
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Sir John Lawrence
Lord Mayor of London 1664-5. 2022: The book 'The Royal African Company' by K. G. Davies (Longmans Green, 1957) contains a list of the directors of the Royal African Company. Referring to Lawrence'...
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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
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