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
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
Lady Mary Grey
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Lady Mary Keyes was the youngest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Frances Brandon, and through her mother had a claim on the crown of England.
