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, of Lobb in the County of Oxford and of Woodford in the County of Essex, on 1 December 1809.[4][5]
Flower was appointed an alderman in the City of London's Cornhill ward in 1801.[1] He had previously been elected one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1799.[6]
Flower was a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters.[7] Flower's daughter, Anne Mary, became a noted horticulturist in Canada.[8]
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- ^ a b The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1845. pp. 546–.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The National register. 1808. pp. 731–.
- ^ "No. 16311". The London Gazette. 4 November 1809. p. 1721.
- ^ Norfolk Lists from the Reformation to the Present Time. Matchett, Stevenson, and Matchett. 1837. pp. 11–.
- ^ Henry Thomas (1830). The Ancient Remains, Antiquities, and Recent Improvements, of the City of London. Sears. pp. 91–.
- ^ The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature, for the Year ... G. Robinson. 1808. pp. 1–.
- ^ 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.