In answer to Pauline's question... Ald. = Alderman. This is a civic dignitary, one rung down in the hierarchy from the mayor. Bart. = Baronet. Bart. is still used nowadays. I'm not sure if there are still aldermen around, but I certainly remember the word being used when I was a boy in the 60's
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Sir John Robinson, Bart., his Majesty's Lieutenant of the Tower of London
Ald.? Bart.? What do these mean?
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In answer to Pauline's question...
Ald. = Alderman. This is a civic dignitary, one rung down in the hierarchy from the mayor.
Bart. = Baronet.
Bart. is still used nowadays. I'm not sure if there are still aldermen around, but I certainly remember the word being used when I was a boy in the 60's
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There are still Aldermen with municipal districts in the UK (also in the US in many older cities) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderman
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Ald. Sir John Robinson's wife
Anne, daughter of Alderman Sir George Whitmore (of Balmes), Lord Mayor 1631.
Wheatley ed., note to Feb 28 1663/4
For a character sketch of Robinson and wife, citing Pepys, see:-
Dixon, Her Majesty's Tower, Part 2, p. 262
http://books.google.com/books?id=MKb83jA9TQYC&p...
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Brief (and flattering) biographical sketch:-
Baddeley, The Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward from AD 1276 to AD 1900, 1900. p. 73
http://books.google.com/books?id=yDTGbcUgzV0C&p...