WAITHMAN
,
ROBERT
(
1764
-
1833
),
lord mayor of London
;
b. at
Wrexham
in
1764
, the son of
John
Waithman
, of
Warton, Lancs.
, a
joiner
at the
Bersham furnace
, and of his wife,
Mary
(
Roberts
)
. He
served in a linen-draper's shop
in
London
, and, about
1786
,
opened a shop
of his own, first in
Fleet Market
, and then at
103 and 104 Fleet Street
. He m., on
14 July 1787
, his cousin,
Mary
Davis
. He amassed a considerable fortune. Under the influence of the
French Revolution
he became a
strong advocate of radical reform
. He became
Member of Parliament
for the
city of London
in
1818
, and again won the seat in
1826
, holding it until his death. He was
sheriff
of
London
and
Middlesex
in
1820
, and
lord mayor
in
1823
. He d. on
6 Feb. 1833
, in
Woburn Place
, and was buried in the church of
S. Bride's
,
Fleet Street
.
Bibliography:
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
;
-
Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of
Eminent Welshmen
, 1852
;
-
A. N. Palmer
,
The History of the Parish Church of Wrexham.
Being the second part of "A History of the Town and Parish
of Wrexham."
, Wrexham and Oswestry, 1886
,
1886
;
-
The Satirist, or Monthly Meteor
,
London, 1808-14
,
1809
and
1810
has numerous attacks on him.
Author:
Emeritus Professor David Williams, D.Litt., (1900-78), Aberystwyth
