Edmund Wright (lord mayor)
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Sir Edmund Wright was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1640.
Swakeleys House
Swakeleys House
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Swakeleys House is a Grade I-listed 17th-century mansion in Ickenham, London Borough of Hillingdon, England, built in 1638 for the future Lord Mayor of London, Sir Edmund Wright. The house is a leadin
Edmund Wright (lord mayor)
…he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Cordwainer ward. He was Sheriff of London in 1629 and 1630. In 1629, he purchased the grounds of Swakeleys House from John Bingley, who had undertaken extensive remedial work on an existing 13th century structure in the grounds—probably timber-framed and wattle…
View of the west side of Swakeleys House
Swakeleys Lake, to the west of the house
The house
Driveway approaching Swakeleys House from the south