Erected by the Governor of the Seamen's Hospital Society, the Port of London. In memory of John Lydekker, Esq.r South Sea Ship Owner. Gratefully to record his munificent bequest to that institution. He died on the 23rd July 1832, and was burried in the North Vault of the Church of St Dionis, Backchurch, Fenchurch Street.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorial.cfm?Topic=30&MemorialPage=2&MemorialID=M5182The memorial originally hung on the staircase at The Royal Exchange. Lloyds vacated the building in the 1920's. It was removed from the building in the 1980's and was stored in various buildings until it was transferred to The Museum of London in 1997. It is now in pride of place at The Museum in Docklands, being recently restored and installed for the museum by Cliveden Conservation Workshop.