Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
Honorific Suffix: | Bt |
Frederick Wells | |
Office: | Lord Mayor of London |
Term Start: | 1947 |
Term End: | 1948 |
Predecessor: | Sir Bracewell Smith |
Successor: | Sir George Aylwen |
Sir Frederick Michael Wells, 1st Baronet (11 March 1884 – 13 September 1966) was a British businessman who served Lord Mayor of London from 1947 to 1948.
The son of Henry Francis Wells, a City merchant, he was educated at St Bonaventure's and City of London College.[1] He was at one time one of Sir Thomas Lipton's secretaries. He later became managing director of The Sanitas Co., Ltd and all associated companies.
Wells was an alderman of the City of London since 1941, a sheriff of the City of London from 1945 to 1946, and Lord Mayor of London from 1947 to 1948. He was knighted in 1947 and created a baronet in 1948.