Edward Ironside (topographer) explained

Edward Ironside (c. 1736–1803) was a British topographer.

Ironside was the eldest son of Edward Ironside a banker of Lombard Street, who died in office as Lord Mayor of London^[1] on 27 November 1753.

Ironside was in the service of the East India Company. He lived at Twickenham for many years, and wrote ‘The History and Antiquities of Twickenham; being the First Part of Parochial Collections for the County of Middlesex’. It was to have been followed by a history of Isleworth, which he did not complete. Ironside died at Twickenham on 20 June 1803, aged 67, and was buried on 28 June.^[2]

Publications

• The History and Antiquities of Twickenham (1797)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Notes on the aldermen, 1701-1838', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 195-211 . Alfred P Beaven . British History Online. 11 December 2018 .
2. Gentlemen's Magazine vol. LXXIII. Pt. 1. p. 603).