Sir Leonard Holliday (also spelled Hollyday and Halliday) (c. 1550–1612) was a founder of the East India Company, and a Lord Mayor of London. Lord Mayor of London 1605 - during which he had the Moorfields area drained and developed. Member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, of which he was master in 1605, and the Levant Company. Article in Wikipedia [1], and on his cousin William Holliday [2].