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'''John Ansley''' (1774 – |
'''John Ansley''' (1774 – 23 September 1845) served as [[Lord Mayor of London]] from 1807 to 1808.<ref name="Gent45">{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7E5IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA546|year=1845|publisher=W. Pickering|pages=546–}}</ref> |
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Ansley was appointed an [[Court of Aldermen|alderman]] in the [[City of London]]'s [[Bread Street]] [[Wards of the City of London|ward]] in 1800 |
Ansley was a [[Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors|Merchant Taylor]].<ref name=Gent04>{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XegRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74|year=1804|accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature, for the Year ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acM7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA198|year=1808|publisher=G. Robinson|pages=1–}}</ref> He was appointed an [[Court of Aldermen|alderman]] in the [[City of London]]'s [[Bread Street]] [[Wards of the City of London|ward]] in 1800 at the age of 26,<ref name="Gent45"/> and subsequently elected one of the [[Sheriffs of the City of London]] in 1805, before being elected Lord Mayor in 1807.<ref name="Gent45"/> |
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Ansley served as vice-president of the [[Royal Literary Fund]] for many years,<ref name="Gent45" /> and was a patron of the [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6pAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP11|title=The History of the Merchant Taylors School|accessdate=23 October 2015|last1=Wilson|first1=Harry Bristow|year=1814}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:55, 5 December 2023
John Ansley (1774 – 23 September 1845) served as Lord Mayor of London from 1807 to 1808.[1]
Ansley was a Merchant Taylor.[2][3] He was appointed an alderman in the City of London's Bread Street ward in 1800 at the age of 26,[1] and subsequently elected one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1805, before being elected Lord Mayor in 1807.[1]
Ansley served as vice-president of the Royal Literary Fund for many years,[1] and was a patron of the Merchant Taylors' School.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1845. pp. 546–.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. 1804. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature, for the Year ... G. Robinson. 1808. pp. 1–.
- ^ Wilson, Harry Bristow (1814). The History of the Merchant Taylors School. Retrieved 23 October 2015.