Fitz-Stephen Burns his Boats, 1169 AD Christopher Park William Thompson was Lord Mayor

William Thompson was Lord Mayor in 1828-29

with a sign for the Star Printing Office on the left

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saw the peak of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the British Empire into the world's pre-eminent power From 'The Illustrated London News'

Fitz-Stephen Burns his Boats, 1169 AD Christopher Park William Thompson was Lord Mayor'Fitz Stephen Burns his Boats, 1169 AD', (c1920). 'The Norman Fitz Stephen Sent by Strongbow to Pacify Ireland Burns His Boats'. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s).