Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet
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Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet (18 February 1763 – 15 September 1834) was a British merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1808 to 1809.[1][2]
Career
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][6]
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.[7]
Flower was a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters.[8]
Personal life
Flower married Anne Squire of Plymouth (d. 1803) and they had seven children, James, Anne Mary Perceval (a noted botanist in Canada),[9] Elizabeth, Caroline, Clarissa, Maria and Jemima.[10]
His son Sir James Flower, 2nd Baronet inherited the baronetcy, which became extinct upon his death without heirs in 1850.[10]