John Cutler ( c 1608 - 1693 )

Birth: c.1608 Death: Tothill Street, Westminster, London, England, Europe (15 April 1693) Burial: St Margaret's, Westminster, London, England, Europe (28 April 1693) Occupation: Merchant Financier Career: Common Councilman of the City of London (1654-1655, 1658-1659, 1661-1662); Commissioner for Assessment for London (1657, 1660-1661), for Kent and Westminster (1678-1680), for Middlesex (1689), for Cambridgeshire, Kent, Middlesex and West Riding of Yorkshire (1689-1690); Deputy-Lieutenant of London (1662-1688, 1690-death); Treasurer of St Paul's (1663); founded Lectureship on Mechanics at Gresham College (held by Robert Hooke); benefactor of the Grocers' Company, the Royal College of Physicians and St Margaret's, Westminster; rebuilt the Grocers' Company Hall at his own expense after the Fire of London Honours: Kt 1660; Bt 1660 Memberships: Grocers' Company (Master 1652-1653, 1685-1686); Honourable Artillery Company (1663) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/11/1664 Council: 1674 Other RSActivity: Funded Robert Hooke (FRS 1663) annually for the reading of the Histories of Trades in Gresham College (1664).