Edward Ironside (Lord Mayor of London) he died on 27 November 1753 and was buried in the chancel of the church of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Lombard Street. He had four sons and a daughter. His son Edward was a topographer. and his son Gilbert was a Colonel in the Bengal army. Edward Ironside (Lord Mayor of London) Edward Ironside (25 Feb 1705 – 1753) was a British banker and Lord Mayor of London in 1753. Ironside was born in the parish of St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, the son of Edward Ironside and his wife Mary Gatton. He was apprenticed to his father
Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London) year as Lord Mayor in 1589, succeeding Sir Martin Calthrop who had died in office. He was Prime Warden or head of the Goldsmiths' Company 1592–1593, chairing the Court of Wardens or governing body of the company, and served a second term as Lord Mayor in 1593–1594, succeeding Sir Cuthbert Buckell. His other municipal offices included President of Christ's Hospital and Comptroller-General of Hospitals 1594–1602. Martin was Warden of the Royal Mint by 1572, and was responsible for overseeing the workings of the mint and the quality of the coinage. John Stow's "Survey of London" records Martin's charges against John