Richard Venn
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Sir Richard Venn or Fenn (died 18 August 1639) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

 in 1637.

Venn was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the senior Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation, following on from the Mercers' Company, another Livery Company connected with clothing and haberdashery, received a Royal Charter in 1448...

. He was a member of the committee of the East India Company from 1619 to 1626 and Master of the Haberdashers Company from 1625 to 1626. On 4 May 1626 he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Castle Baynard
Castle Baynard
Castle Baynard is one of the 25 wards of the City of London, the historic core of the English capital. It covers an irregular shaped area, somewhat akin to a tuning fork bounded on the east by the wards of Queenhithe and Bread Street, the River Thames to the south and Farringdon Without to the...

 ward and was Sheriff of London from 1626 to 1627. He was a member of the committee of the East India Company from 1627 to 1629 and from 1631 to 1637. In 1631 he became Colonel of the Trained Bands until his death, and was president of the Honourable Artillery Company
Honourable Artillery Company
The Honourable Artillery Company was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII. Today it is a Registered Charity whose purpose is to attend to the “better defence of the realm"...

 from 1633 to 1634. He was elected alderman for Tower
Tower (ward)
Tower is a ward of the City of London and is named from its propinquity to the Tower of London. The ward covers the area of the City that is closest to the Tower....

 ward in 1634. In 1637, he was elected Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

and was again Master of the Haberdashers Company. He was knighted on 27 May 1638. He was a member of the committee of the East India Company again in 1639 until his death that year.

Venn married a daughter of James Collymore who was alderman in 1610.
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