Samuel Birch (Lord Mayor of London) the lord mayor, and on the reverse a representation of a wheatsheaf, with the legend, 'Free Importation, Peace and Plenty.' During his mayoralty the marble statue of George III by Chantrey, the inscription on which was written by Birch, was placed in the council chamber of Guildhall. Almost his last act as lord mayor was to lay the foundation-stone of the London Institution in Finsbury Circus (then called the Amphitheatre, Moorfields) on 4 November 1815. In 1836 Birch, who had for many years carried on his father's old business in Cornhill, disposed of it to Messrs. Ring & Brymer, the
Henry Tulse (Lord Mayor) Christchurch after the Restoration. Henry Tulse (Lord Mayor) Sir Henry Tulse was an alderman of the City of London and was Lord Mayor of London in 1684. Tulse was elected alderman for Bread Street Ward in the City of London in 1673. He was knighted at the Guildhall on 18 October 1673. In 1674 he was Sheriff of London. He became Lord Mayor in 1684. Tulse owned estates in South London which were named Tulse Hill after him. His daughter Elizabeth married Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow, and the Onslow family subsequently owned the estates. Tulse was the cousin of