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George Whitmore
died 1654Merchant and officialEurope · 1654Most named place: London
George Whitmore was a London haberdasher and Lord Mayor of London in 1631. He was born in a family of William Withmore, who was a haberdasher by trade and owned Apley Hall in Shropshire. Whitmore quickly rose in the ranks of the company and was elected master of the Haberdashers Company in 1621 and 1631. He also participated in the city government and during his public career he served as alderman, Sheriff (1621) and Lord Mayor of London (1631). The next year Withmore was made a knight.
As a strong supporter of the King during the well-known English Civil War, Whitmore was described as “delinquent” and imprisoned by the Parliament.