• Thumbnail for Hugh Myddelton
    Sir Hugh Myddelton (or Middleton), 1st Baronet (1560 – 10 December 1631) was a Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught...
    12 KB (1,054 words) - 12:39, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Myddelton family
    Thomas Myddelton, MP for Denbighshire and Weymouth. Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet Mary (née Cholmondeley) Myddelton, first wife of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st...
    6 KB (484 words) - 18:43, 26 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Islington
    Islington in Finsbury. The river was opened on 29 September 1613 by Sir Hugh Myddelton, the constructor of the project. His statue still stands where Upper...
    35 KB (4,045 words) - 16:19, 3 November 2024
  • War Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet (1560–1631), Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer Ririd Myddelton, MVO...
    2 KB (280 words) - 14:44, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for New River (London)
    sources. Originally conceived by Edmund Colthurst and completed by Hugh Myddelton, it was operated by the New River Company for nearly 300 years until...
    17 KB (2,215 words) - 23:13, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Myddelton Square
    Myddelton Square, the largest square in Central London's Clerkenwell, is a residential public garden square of the 1820s to 1840s, with playground, with...
    5 KB (654 words) - 23:47, 23 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Catacombs of London
    contained 286 prison cells. The prison is long gone, replaced by the Hugh Myddelton School, but the catacombs remain. Although the space was once open to...
    3 KB (352 words) - 13:10, 3 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for New River Company
    formed around 1609 and incorporated in 1619 by royal charter. Founded by Hugh Myddelton with the involvement of King James I, it was one of the first joint-stock...
    14 KB (1,596 words) - 17:52, 17 October 2024
  • Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh Castle, and Jane Dryhurst. Among his siblings were William Myddelton, a poet and seaman, Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet...
    12 KB (885 words) - 21:13, 15 April 2024
  • Parliament of England for Denbigh Boroughs in 1542. Myddelton was married Jane Dryhurst, a daughter of Hugh Dryhurst of Denbigh. Together, they were the parents...
    7 KB (475 words) - 19:10, 19 March 2023