Robert Waithman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Waithman (1764 – February 6, 1833), Lord Mayor of London, was born at Wrexham.
After being employed for some time in a London linen draper's, he opened, about 1786, a draper's shop of his own, and made a considerable fortune. In 1818 he was returned to parliament, as a liberal, for the City of London. He lost his seat at the election of 1820, but regained it in 1826, and retained it till his death, taking part vigorously in the parliamentary debates, and strenuously supporting reform.
In 1823 he was Lord Mayor of London. Waithman died in London on the 6th of February 1833. An obelisk erected by his friends in Ludgate Circus, London, adjoining the site of his first shop, commemorates his memory.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica | 1764 births | 1833 deaths | Lord Mayors of London | Liberal MPs (UK) | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | UK MPs 1818-1820 | UK MPs 1826-1830 | UK MPs 1830-1831 | UK MPs 1831-1832 | UK MPs 1832-1835
