Richard Stevens Sly (c1839 - 12 December 1907) was a businessman and politician. Sly entered business in Cable Street, St George in the East, an area in the East End of London close to the docks. He traded as a ship chandler, waterproofer, and manufacturer of tarpaulins and olicloths, and a dealer in ropes and canvas. A member of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers of the City of London, he served as junior warden in 1886-1887 and 1897-1898 and as senior warden in 1887-1888 and 1898-1899.
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| - Richard Stevens Sly (c1839 - 12 December 1907) was a businessman and politician. Sly entered business in Cable Street, St George in the East, an area in the East End of London close to the docks. He traded as a ship chandler, waterproofer, and manufacturer of tarpaulins and olicloths, and a dealer in ropes and canvas. A member of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers of the City of London, he served as junior warden in 1886-1887 and 1897-1898 and as senior warden in 1887-1888 and 1898-1899.
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| - Richard Stevens Sly (c1839 - 12 December 1907) was a businessman and politician. Sly entered business in Cable Street, St George in the East, an area in the East End of London close to the docks. He traded as a ship chandler, waterproofer, and manufacturer of tarpaulins and olicloths, and a dealer in ropes and canvas. A member of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers of the City of London, he served as junior warden in 1886-1887 and 1897-1898 and as senior warden in 1887-1888 and 1898-1899. A member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, in 1889 he was nominated as a candidate for the first elections to the London County Council. He was elected as a Progressive Party councillor representing Tower Hamlets (St George) Division. He served a single three-year term, retiring from the council in 1892. He died at his home in Sidcup in December 1907, aged 68. he was buried in Lewisham Cemetery (now Brockwell Cemetery).
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