Sir Thomas Cambell (c. 1536 – 13 February 1614) was an English merchant who was

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in 1609.

Life

Cambell was a city of London merchant and a member of the

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. He was auditor for the city from 1584 to 1586, from 1588 to 1590 and from 1596 to 1598 and member of the committee of the East India Company from 1599 to 1600. On 14 November 1599 he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Bridge Without ward and elected

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for 1602. In 1601 he became a member of the committee of the East India Company again until 1607 and was governor of the East India Company for 1603 and 1604. He was knighted on 26 July 1603. In 1604 he was Master of the Ironmongers Company. In 1609, he was elected

, and organised a pageant for Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales on the

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called ''

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''. He became alderman for Bread Street in 1610 and for Coleman Street in 1611. In 1613 he was Master of the Ironmongers Company again.

Family

Cambell married Alice Bugle, daughter of Edward Bugle, merchant of London.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He was the father of James Cambell Lord Mayor in 1629 and Robert Cambell who was father of two baronets. His daughters married John Gore,

Christopher Clitherow Sir Christopher Clitherow (10 January 1578 – 11 November 1641) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1635. Clitherow was the son of Henry Clitherow and his wife ...

and Anthony Abdy. 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cambell, Thomas 1530s births 1614 deaths Year of birth uncertain Sheriffs of the City of London 17th-century lord mayors of London English merchants Directors of the British East India Company 16th-century English businesspeople 17th-century English businesspeople Masters of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers