Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Lord mayor of london and merchant
Was Merchant 
Mayor 
Noble 
From United Kingdom 
Type Business 
Royals 
Politics 
Gender male
Birth 1 January 1763
Death 1 January 1834
(aged 71 years)

Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet (1763–1834) was a merchant who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1808. 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. He was created a baronet, of the Flower baronets, in 1809.

Flower was appointed an alderman in the City of London’s Cornhill ward in 1801. He had previously been elected one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1799.

Flower was a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters. Flower’s daughter, Anne Mary, became a noted horticulturist in Canada.

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