Born Wrexham. A self-made man, a linen-draper who rose to the highest position in the City.
Lord Mayor: 1823 - 4
Sheriff: 1820 - 1
Member of Parliament: 1818 - 20, 1826 - 33
Died at home, 7 Woburn Place.
London Details have a lot more information about Waithman and his drapers shop, and about the nearby street named after him and some lovely tile work.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Waithman
Originally erected near Waithman's shop in Fleet Street at its junction with ...
Lord Mayor in 2006.
Publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–1919. Born Streatham, son of Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, whose business he joined. His daughter married J. Arthur Rank. Searc...
Born Clapton. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Lord Mayor of London 1890-1.
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...
Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
About this death the papers reported: "A cyclist was almost twice over the legal limit for drink-driving when he rode off the pavement into the path of an oncoming bus after celebrating his 21st bi...
For the history of this beautiful place go to: external site.
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