Edmund Wright (Lord Mayor)

Sir Edmund Wright (died July 1643) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London.

Wright was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. On 23 June 1629 he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Cordwainer ward. He was Sheriff of London in 1629 and 1630. In 1640 he became Lord Mayor of London after his predecessor was displaced by parliament. He was knighted on 20 June 1641 and was president of St. Thomas' Hospital from 1642 to 1643.^[1]

Wright had three daughters who married respectively Sir James Harrington, 3rd Baronet, Sir Richard Atkyns and Sir Robert Cordell.^[2]

References

^ 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
^ 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011

Civic offices
Preceded by Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet	Lord Mayor of the City of London 1640	Succeeded by Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet

Persondata
Name	Wright, Edmund
Alternative names
Short description	Lord Mayot of London
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1643
Place of death