Henry Tulse (Lord Mayor)

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Henry Tulse's daughter Elizabeth (pictured) married Lord Onslow. Elizabeth Tulse.jpg
Henry Tulse's daughter Elizabeth (pictured) married Lord Onslow.

Sir Henry Tulse was an alderman of the City of London and was Lord Mayor of London in 1684.

Tulse was elected alderman for Bread Street Ward in the City of London in 1673. [1] He was knighted at the Guildhall on 18 October 1673. [2] In 1674 he was Sheriff of London. He became Lord Mayor in 1684. [1]

Tulse was involved in the west African slave trade. [3] Notably he was a member of the Court of Assistants (equivalent in modern terms to a company director [4] ) of the Royal African Company, the most prolific institution of the entire Atlantic slave trade, from 1675–77, 1680–82, and 1685-7, [5] and served on its shipping committee. [6] He held £500 of company stock [7] (worth £81,000 in purchasing power at 2019 prices [8] ), which entitled him to one vote in the quorum at the court meeting. [9]

The manors of Bodley, Upgrove and Scarletts, which formed part of the parish of Lambeth, were held by the Tulse family during the Commonwealth. These manors may at some stage have been held by Sir Henry, as there is evidence that portions of the manors were later held by two grandchildren of his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow. [10]

Tulse was the cousin of Henry Tulse, MP for Christchurch after the Restoration. [11]

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