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Dictionary of National Biography, /Saltonstall, Richard (?)
&#;SALTONSTALL, Sir RICHARD (?–), lord mayor of London, second son of Gilbert Saltonstall of Halifax, was born about He came to London in early life, and became a member of the Skinners' Company, of which he was master in , , , and He was elected alderman of Aldgate ward 26 Sept.
(City Records, Rep. 21, f.
Richard saltonstall biography
), and removed 28 Feb. to Tower ward, which he represented till his death (ib. Rep. 22, f. * b). In he was one of the city parliamentary representatives, and became sheriff in and lord mayor in , being knighted during his mayoralty, 30 April Saltonstall rose to a position of great affluence as a London merchant, and was engaged in numerous financial transactions with the government, both individually and on behalf of the Merchant Adventurers' Company, of which he was the governor (State Papers, Spanish, –79 p.
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, Dom. –90 p. ). In his official capacity he was frequently abroad at Hamburg, Stade, Emden, and oth