William Hunter, Lord Mayor of London

1782 - 1856  (74 years)

• Name	William Hunter  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Lord Mayor of London
  Alternate birth	1781  [5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1782	Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England   [8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Sep 1856  [9, 10, 11, 12]
  Burial	30 Sep 1856	West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium, Lambeth, Surrey, England   [7, 13]
  Person ID	I38035	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TS
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Andrew Hunter,   b. 19 Mar 1754, Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1839 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susan Ridley,   b. Abt 1759   d. 5 Feb 1831, Norwich, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1780	St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England   [14]
  Family ID	F22357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ridley,   b. 1783   d. Bef 6 May 1815 (Age < 32 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1804	St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England   [15]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ann Hunter,   b. Bef 1 Nov 1805   d. Jul 1871, Kensington And Chelsea, London, England (Age > 65 years) + 2. William Hunter,   b. 3 May 1807, St. Mary Parish, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England d. 24 Feb 1878, Purley Lodge, Near Croydon, Surrey, England (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F22349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2022

  
  

• Notes

  From "Connections and Influence in the Victorian City of London" by Dr. Peter Claus, currently offline but archived at archive.org: "Hunter, William, citizen and City activist, was born in Bury St. Edmunds of uncertain date. Like his father, Andrew Hunter, he was an upholsterer by trade. Free of the Upholders' Company by redemption in 1809, he was Master of the Company, 1845-6. He lived at 76 Coleman Street until 1854 and represented that ward at the Court of Common Council between 1825-1843. He was selected here as an Alderman in 1843 and died in office. He was also Deputy Governor of the Irish Society, 1842-43, Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1844-45 and Lord Mayor, 1851-52. Having given so much of his life to the communality of the City, he removed to 13 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park around 1855. He died here on 22 September 1856, aged 75 years." (Wikipedia's list of sheriffs of London says he served in 1842, not 1844-45.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S6452] British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices, on familysearch.org. [S2737] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, on familysearch.org. [S6455] England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977, on familysearch.org. [S6544] Andrew Hunter Dunn, Fifth Bishop of Quebec: A Memoir by Percival Joliffe. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1919. [S6457] "W. and J.R. Hunter." In Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Accessed 6 Jul 2022. Last edited 16 Jan 2022. [S6469] Hunter-Dunn Family Tree, from hunterdunn.com. [S6567] Find a Grave page for William Hunter. [S307] 1851 England census, on ancestry.com. [S6458] The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 by Alfred B. Beaven. London: Corporation of the City of London, 1908. At British History Online. [S6457] "W. and J.R. Hunter." In Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Accessed 6 Jul 2022. Last edited 16 Jan 2022., year only. [S6469] Hunter-Dunn Family Tree, from hunterdunn.com., year only. [S6567] Find a Grave page for William Hunter., year only. [S6541] London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, on ancestry.com. [S6557] Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1850, on ancestry.com. [S6556] Suffolk Marriage Index, on findmypast.co.uk.