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
Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor of London) in the creation of the New River which supplied London with fresh water from 1613. He married four times. By his first wife Hester, a daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, he was the father of Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle. His younger son, Timothy, inherited his estates in Essex. By his third marriage he gained a stepson, Miles Hobart. Along with Rowland Heylyn, Myddelton financed the publication of a Welsh language Bible suitable for everyday use. Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor of London) Sir Thomas Myddelton (1550 – 12 August 1631) was the fourth son of Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh,