The Right Hon. Sir Sydney Waterlow, Lord Mayor of London, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins. 'At fourteen years of age he was apprenticed, at Stationers' Hall, to Mr. Harrison, printer to the Government, in whose establishment he had charge of the private press of the Foreign Office...Having spent some time in travel, he retained to London in 1841, and, with his father and brothers, commenced business in London-wall. When the firm opened a West-End house he conceived the idea of erecting a telegraph between the two establishments, and was the first to employ the over-house system, which he afterwards applied to the connection of the City police-stations by telegraph...Sir Sydney Waterlow's name is well known in connection with many philanthropic, charitable, and religious institutions, and for his successful exertions in the erection of improved dwellings for the artisan class in various parts of London...His experience as an employer of a large number of mechanics, during a commercial career in the city of London extending over more than twenty-five years, has enabled him to carry out many schemes for assisting the working classes, without in any way prejudicing their independence or injuring their self-reliance'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.
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