| Authorised form of name | Cutler; Sir; John (c 1608 - 1693); merchant and financier |
| Dates | c 1608 - 1693 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of death | Tothill Street, Westminster, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 15 April 1693 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
St Margaret's, Westminster, London, England, Europe (28 April 1693) |
| Occupation | Merchant; Financier |
| Activity | Career:
Common Councilman of the City of London (1654-1655, 1658-1659, 1661-1662); Commissioner for Assessment for London (1657, 1660-1661), for Kent and Westminster (1678-1680), for Middlesex (1689), for Cambridgeshire, Kent, Middlesex and West Riding of Yorkshire (1689-1690); Deputy-Lieutenant of London (1662-1688, 1690-death); Treasurer of St Paul's (1663); founded Lectureship on Mechanics at Gresham College (held by Robert Hooke); benefactor of the Grocers' Company, the Royal College of Physicians and St Margaret's, Westminster; rebuilt the Grocers' Company Hall at his own expense after the Fire of London
Honours:
Kt 1660; Bt 1660
Memberships:
Grocers' Company (Master 1652-1653, 1685-1686); Honourable Artillery Company (1663)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/11/1664 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1674 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Funded Robert Hooke (FRS 1663) annually for the reading of the Histories of Trades in Gresham College (1664); Proposed as an honorary member of the Society on 2 November 1664 |
| Relationships | Parents: Thomas Cutler
Married: 1) Elizabeth Foote; 2) Alicia Tipping
Children: Elizabeth Cutler; Elizabeth Cutler
Additional relatives: son-in-law Sir William Portman (FRS 1664); son-in-law Charles Bodvill Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor (FRS 1663) |
| General context | Cutler was not noted for any strong political convictions and was not a particularly active member of parliament. His designation as an Honorary Fellow of the Society likely stemmed from his annual fund towards Hooke's lectureship at Gresham College. At the time of his death, his wealth is estimated at £30,000, which he mostly amassed by lending money to landowners on the security of their estates. This way, he acquired the Harewood estate in Yorkshire, from a creditor Lord Strafford. His will included instructions for many charitable bequests, including to the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich, and poorer parishioners and relatives. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Henning; ODNB
References:
Hall, M B. 1990. 'The Early Years of the Royal Society, review of Michael Hunter, Establishing the New Science: the Experience of the Early Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 44, pp. 265-268 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/76268464 |
| Royal Society code | NA7301 |