William McArthur (Lord Mayor of London) William McArthur (Lord Mayor of London) Sir William McArthur, (6 July 1809 – 16 November 1887) was an Irish businessman and Lord Mayor of London, and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885. McArthur was born at Malin, County Donegal, the son of Rev. John McArthur, a Methodist minister in Londonderry. In 1821 he was apprenticed to a woollen draper in Enniskillen. He moved to Lurgan in 1825 where he was a merchant and in 1831 established a drapery business in Derry initially in a partnership, but later on his own. In
Edward Ironside (Lord Mayor of London) Ironside became an alderman of Cordwainer ward on 18 October 1745. He was one of the members of the so called ‘Benn’s Club’ a group of Aldermen with Jacobite sysmpathies under the leadership of Alderman William Benn. He was Sheriff of London in the year 1748 to 1749. He became Lord Mayor of London on 9th November1753. At his inauguration, he was so ill with gout that he had to be carried in a magnificent Sedan Chair. Alderman Benn rode in the State Coach and performed the honours of the day in his place. Ironside’s health did not improve and