Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet (1763–1834) was a merchant who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1808.[1] Flower traded in salt meat, butter and cheese, and was described as having acquired "an ample fortune" by the time of his ascendency to the mayoralty.[2][3] He was created a baronet, of the Flower baronets, in 1809.[4]

Flower was appointed an alderman in the City of London's Cornhill ward in 1801.[1] He was previously been elected one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1799.[5]

Flower was a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters.[6] Flower's daughter, Anne Mary, became a noted horticulturist in Canada.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1845. pp. 546–.
  2. ↑ Janet MacDonald (2010). The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815: Management Competence and Incompetence. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-84383-553-0.
  3. ↑ The National register. 1808. pp. 731–.
  4. ↑ Norfolk Lists from the Reformation to the Present Time. Matchett, Stevenson, and Matchett. 1837. pp. 11–.
  5. ↑ Henry Thomas (1830). The Ancient Remains, Antiquities, and Recent Improvements, of the City of London. Sears. pp. 91–.
  6. ↑ The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature, for the Year ... G. Robinson. 1808. pp. 1–.
  7. ↑ Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1004–. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
Civic offices
Preceded by
John Ansley		 Lord Mayor of London
1808–1809 		Succeeded by
Thomas Smith
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