Sir Charles Hanson, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Augustin Hanson, 1st Baronet (1846 – 17 January 1922) of Fowey was a British politician and 590th Lord Mayor of London.
He was born in Cornwall to master mariner Joseph Hanson and Mary Ann Hicks and was educated at Fowey School. He emigrated to Canada, where he made his fortune in the lumber business and returned to Cornwall c.1890. Whilst in Canada he married Martha Sabine Applebe, a wealthy Canadian heiress, with whom he had a son and a daughter. On his return he bought a tract of land in Cornwall and built Fowey Hall in 1899. However he spent much of his time in London as a stockbroker.[1]
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Trivia
- Fowey Hall was the inspiration behind Toad Hall in the 1908 children's book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.[6]
- There have been 3 Lord Mayors of London called Hanson
- Sir William Purdie Treloar was another Cornish Lord mayor of London.[7]
- Sir Charles owned the first Troy class boat
References
- ^ "THE HANSON FAMILY". Fowey Hall Hotel. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "No. 28178". The London Gazette. 18 September 1908. p. 6757.
- ^ "No. 30958". The London Gazette. 18 October 1918. p. 12250.
- ^ "No. 32176". The London Gazette. 31 December 1920. p. 12756.
- ^ "No. 31928". The London Gazette. 4 June 1920. p. 6176.
- ^ Cornwall Marine Directory – Fowey
- ^ Sir William Purdie
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