Sir Thomas Vyner, 1st Baronet
Monument to Sir Thomas Vyner, attributed to Jasper Latham in 1672, at All Saints' Church in Gautby.
Sir Thomas Vyner, 1st Baronet (1588–1665) was Lord Mayor of London in 1653.
Vyner came to London in 1600 and was brought up by Samuel Moore a goldsmith. He was alderman of London 1646–1660, sheriff in 1648, and Lord Mayor in 1653. He was knighted in 1664 and created baronet in 1661. He did much government banking business from James I's to Charles II's time and was a benefactor of the Goldsmiths Company.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Lee (1903), p. 1347.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Viner, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. Index and Epitome. Cambridge University Press. p. 1347.
Further reading
- Aylmer, G. E. (January 2008) [2004]. "Vyner , Sir Thomas, first baronet (1588–1665)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28319. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Welch, Charles (1899). "Viner, Thomas". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 368.
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