Banker. Lived in Sheen. As Lord Mayor he decreed that on London Bridge carriages should drive on the left whereas, prior to this sensible ordnance, it was a free for all.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Gerard Conyers
Commemorated ati
London Bridge - information/viewing panel
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
Other Subjects
Sir Robert Geffrye
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 pred...
Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
Robert Finch
Robert Gerard Finch was born on 20 August 1944 in Ootacamund, India. (Now frequently known as Ooty but officially called Udhagamandalam, it is a town in the Nilgiri Hills). He was the son of Brigad...
Sir Edmund Stockdale
Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.
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