Thomas Dunk
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Sir Thomas Dunk appointed Sheriff of London in 1711, and served under Mayor of London Sir Richard Hoare
. He lived at Tongs in Hawkhurst
, Kent
, England and was from a family of 'great clothiers'. In his will endowed six dwellings for poor people and a school for twenty boys and a house for a school master.
Richard Hoare
Sir Richard Hoare was the founder of C. Hoare & Co, one of the United Kingdom's oldest private banks.-Career:Having been raised near Smithfield Market in London, Richard Hoare began his working life apprenticed to a goldsmith. He was granted the Freedom of the Goldsmiths' Company on 5 July 1672....
. He lived at Tongs in Hawkhurst
Hawkhurst
Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. The parish lies to the south-east of Tunbridge Wells. Hawkhurst itself is virtually two villages...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England and was from a family of 'great clothiers'. In his will endowed six dwellings for poor people and a school for twenty boys and a house for a school master.