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Sir Cuthbert Hacket
d. 1631Merchant and officialEurope · 1631Most named place: London
Cuthbert Hacket was an English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1626.
A member of the Worshipful Company of Dyers, and from 1623 of the Drapers’ Company, Hacket was initially involved in dying and later in trade of wool and cloth, becoming a master of the Drapers’ in 1626.
Hacket was also active in the public life and city government and served as alderman for Portsoken ward (1616) and Bridge ward (1624), sheriff of London (1616) and Lord Mayor of London (1626).
In 1627 he was made a knight.
