Edward Ironside (Lord Mayor of London) 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 on 8 November 1720 for seven years and was granted freedom of the City on 2 October 1728 and admitted to the Goldsmiths Company on 5 March 1729. He became a Banker in business at the Black Lion, 65 Lombard Street. In 1730, he married Anne Newman.
Samuel Birch (Lord Mayor of London) Samuel Birch (Lord Mayor of London) Samuel Birch (1757–1841) was Lord Mayor of London, England. Birch began his career as a pastrycook, and was known also as a dramatist. He was the son of Lucas Birch, who carried on the business of a pastrycook and confectioner at 16 Cornhill. This shop, though the upper portion of the house had been rebuilt, still (1885) retains its old-fashioned front, and is probably the oldest shop of the kind in the city. The business was established in the reign of George I by a Mr. Horton, the immediate predecessor of Lucas Birch. Samuel