Sir John Rivers (died 27 February 1584) was a Tudor-era businessman who became Lord Mayor of London. He was born to Richard Rivers, steward of

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (3 February 1478 – 17 May 1521) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Katherine Woodville, and nephew of Elizabeth Woodville and King Edward IV. Thu ...

's lands. Alternate spelling includes John Ryvers. He was a grocer and member of the

Worshipful Company of Grocers The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the 110 Livery Companies of the City of London and ranks second in order of precedence. The Grocers' Company was established in 1345 for merchants occupied in the trade of grocer and is one of the Gr ...

, Sheriff of London in 1566, and Lord Mayor of London in 1573. He was knighted in 1574 and served as President of

St. Thomas' Hospital St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England. It is one of the institutions that compose the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. Administratively part of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foun ...

between 1580 and 1584. He also served as an Alderman for the London wards of Farringdon between 1565 and 1568, Broad Street between 1568 and 1574, and

Walbrook Walbrook is a City ward and a minor street in its vicinity. The ward is named after a river of the same name. The ward of Walbrook contains two of the City's most notable landmarks: the Bank of England and the Mansion House. The street runs ...

between 1574 and 1584. He married Elizabeth Barne, daughter of Sir

George Barne (died 1558) Sir George Barne (died 1558) (also called Barons or Barnes) was an English businessman in the City of London who was active in developing new trading links with Russia, West Africa and North America, far outside what had been traditional English ...

, and they had Sir

George Rivers Sir George Rivers (1553–1630) was an English politician. He was born the son of Sir John Rivers of Chafford and Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir George Barne, and probably educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Middle Temple in ...

, who was a Member of Parliament. Rivers was lay rector at St. Mary's Church,

Hadlow Hadlow is a village in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is situated in the Medway valley, north-east of Tonbridge and south-west of Maidstone. The Saxon name for the settlement was Haeselholte (in the Textus Roffens ...

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. His grandson, also John Rivers was made a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

on 19 July 1621. This title survived until the death of Sir Henry Chandos Rivers, 11th Baronet in 1870."Barne"
Visitation of England and Wales, p. 122, Retrieved 5 October 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers, John Year of birth unknown 1584 deaths People from Hadlow Sheriffs of the City of London 16th-century lord mayors of London English knights