Sir George Tyler, 1st Baronet
Sir George Tyler, 1st Baronet | |
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| Born | 26 August 1835  |
| Died | 26 November 1897 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Position held | Sheriff of the City of London, Lord Mayor of London (1893–1894) |
| Titles | baronet |
Sir George Robert Tyler, 1st Baronet (26 August 1835 – 26 November 1897) was a baronet and Lord Mayor of London.
Career
[edit]Tyler was a founder of the firm of Venables, Tyler and Son, papermakers of 17 Queenhithe. He was a councilman and alderman from 1887 to his death, a Sheriff of London for 1891–2, and Lord Mayor of London for 1893–4. After a state visit to Antwerp they named a street Rue lord mayor Tyler in his honour. He was Master of the Stationers' Company for 1893–4. He was made a baronet, of Queenhithe, in 1894.
Death
[edit]He died at his home at Earls Court and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Boase, Frederic (1892–1921). Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. With an index of the most interesting matter. Vol. 3. Truro: Netherton and Worth. p. 1060.