Sir John Wollaston (died 26 April 1658) was an English merchant who was

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in 1643. Wollaston was a city of London merchant and a member of the

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. He was deputy-governor of the Irish Society from 1633 to 1634 and from 1636 to 1637. He was

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from 1638 to 1639. On 5 February 1639 he was elected an alderman of the City of London for

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ward and was Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths Company from 1639 to 1640. He became a colonel of the

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in 1641 and was knighted on 3 December 1641. In 1642 he became alderman for

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ward and colonel of the

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. He also became president of the Bethlem and Bridewell. In 1643, he was elected

. He became alderman for Aldersgate in 1644 until 1647. In 1649 he became president of

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. He was elected alderman for

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ward in 1657.Keith Roberts, ''London And Liberty: Ensigns of the London Trained Bands'', Eastwood, Nottinghamshire: Partizan Press, 1987, ISBN 0-946525-16-1, pp. 34–5.Yellow Rgt at British Civil War Project.
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