Editing HM Customs and Excise (section)

==Notable Customs and Excise officers==
Historically, some of the more well-known figures to have served as Customs officers or Excise men are [[Robert Burns]], [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], [[William Congreve]], [[Daniel Defoe]], [[John Dryden]], [[Thomas Paine]] and [[Adam Smith]].<ref name="OHL">{{cite web|title=Custom House|url=https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/2988|website=Open House London|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172050/https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/2988|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Other literary figures included [[William Allingham]], [[John Oldmixon]], [[Matthew Prior]] and [[Maurice Walsh]]. A number of senior officers in London went on to serve as [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]], including Sir [[Nicholas Brembre]], Sir [[William Walworth]] and Sir [[Richard Whittington|Richard ('Dick') Whittington]].<ref name="Smith1980" />