Sir Henry Garway or Garraway (died July 1646) was an English merchant who was

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in 1639. Garaway was the son of Sir William Garraway, farmer of the customs. Garraway was a city of London merchant and a member of the

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. He was one of the Court Assistants from 1614 to 1628 and a member of the committee of the

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from 1614 to 1643. On 30 January 1627, Garraway was elected an alderman of the City of London for

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. He was Sheriff of London and Master of the Drapers Company from 1627 to 1628. In 1631 he became colonel of the Trained Bands. He was Governor of the

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from 1635 to 1643 and Deputy Governor of the East India Company from 1636 to 1639. In 1639 he became alderman of Broad Street ward, Master of the Drapers Company and

. He was knighted on 31 May 1640. 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
/ref> His son was

William Garway William Garway or Garraway (1617 – 4 August 1701), of Ford, Sussex was an English politician. He was the son of Sir Henry Garraway, Lord Mayor of London in 1639–40. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1632. He was a Memb ...

and his daughter was Elizabeth Garraway, mother of William Hale .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garraway, Henry Year of birth unknown 1646 deaths 17th-century English merchants Sheriffs of the City of London 17th-century lord mayors of London