Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor of London)

He was the fourth son of Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh Castle, and Jane Dryhurst.

His brother, Sir Hugh Myddleton, was instrumental in the creation of the New River which supplied London with fresh water from 1613.

[2] Along with Rowland Heylyn, Myddelton financed the publication of a Welsh language Bible suitable for everyday use.

[2] By his fourth marriage, he gained another stepson, John Wittewrong, Myddelton died on 12 August 1631.

[13] Through his daughter Hester, he was a grandfather of Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet, MP for Denbighshire in the Short Parliament and served on Charles I’s council of war at the Battle of Edgehill.

Portrait of his eldest surviving son Sir Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle , c. 1650