Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet explained

Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet (18 February 1763 – 15 September 1834) was a merchant who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1808–09.^{[1] [2]}

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.^{[3] [4]} 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.^[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]

His son Sir James Flower, 2nd Baronet inherited the baronetcy, which became extinct upon his death without heirs in 1850.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1845. W. Pickering. 546–.
2. Book: Burke . John . A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1833 . H. Colburn . 481 . 26 July 2024 . en.
3. Book: Janet MacDonald. The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815: Management Competence and Incompetence. 2010. Boydell & Brewer. 978-1-84383-553-0. 35–.
4. Book: The National register. 1808. 731–.
5. Book: Norfolk Lists from the Reformation to the Present Time. 1837. Matchett, Stevenson, and Matchett. 11–.
6. Book: Henry Thomas. The Ancient Remains, Antiquities, and Recent Improvements, of the City of London. 1830. Sears. 91–.
7. Book: The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature, for the Year .... 1808. G. Robinson. 1–.
8. Book: Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Dorothy Harvey. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Joy Dorothy Harvey. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. 2000. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-92040-7. 1004–.
9. Book: Burke . J. Bernard . The Heraldic Register . 29 March 2017 . 978-0-9957246-5-5 . 61 . 26 July 2024 . en.