Richard Chiverton

Also known as Sir Richard Chiverton

Sir Richard Chiverton of the Worshipful Company of Skinners was Lord Mayor of London in 1658.

Position held: Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of the City of London

Family

Anne Chivertonchild Elizabeth Chivertonchild

Lord Mayor of Londonposition held Sheriff of the City of Londonposition held

Overview

Sir Richard Chiverton (died 1679) of the Worshipful Company of Skinners was Lord Mayor of London in 1658. Biography Chiverton was the eldest(?) son of Richard Chiverton (died 1621), of Trehunsey in Quethiock, Cornwall and Isabella (died 1631), daughter of —— Polwhele. Chiverton of the Worshipful Company of Skinners was Lord Mayor of London in 1658. He was knighted on 22 March 1658 by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell at Whitehall. Chiverton officiated as mayor in proclaiming Richard Cromwell Lord Protector in September 1658. According to a long report in the Mercurius Politicus, (a newspaper which was sympathetic to the Commonwealth) the proclamation "was followed by loud shouts and acclamations of the people God Save the Lord Protector", but this was not the universal support implied, and when three days later the proclamation was read in Oxford the Oxford dignitaries and troopers "were pelted with carrot and turnip-tops, by young scholars and others, who stood at a distance".

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Also known as Sir Richard Chiverton