John Gresham
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Sir John Gresham was an English merchant, courtier and financier who worked for King Henry VIII, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and Thomas Cromwell. He was Lord Mayor of London and founded Gresham's School.
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Thomas Gresham
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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exc
John Gresham
…at Holt by the fifteenth century. Gresham had two brothers, William Gresham, and Sir Richard Gresham, Lord Mayor of London in 1537 and father of Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange and Gresham College, both in the City of London. Gresham married firstly, in 1521, Mary Ipswell, with whom he had twelve…
Portrait of Thomas Gresham, aged approximately 41. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
18th century engraving of Sir Thomas Gresham
Gresham's bust at Stowe School
Gresham's initials "TG" and date 1563 with his golden grasshopper emblem, serving as the sign of a bank in Lombard Street, the historic centre of banking in the City of London