Sir John Pound, 1st Baronet was a businessman, the owner of luggage manufacturer and retailer John Pound & Co. of London, and Lord Mayor of London 1904-5. The business was then run by his sons until it was taken over by the John Lewis Partnership in the early 1950s.
Pound became a director of the London General Omnibus Company, and was its chairman for over 30 years.
Died at his home in Highbury New Park.
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John Pound
This foundation stone was laid by the Right Honorable John Pound, Lord Mayor ...
Sheriff of the City of London, 1894. Born Cornhill.  Lord Mayor 1901-2. MP for the City of London from 1900 to 1906. Married Beatrice Eliza Bower Holdsworth in 1873. Our correspondent, Alicia Col...
Lord Mayor of London 1934-5.  From the Fanmakers: "elected Lord Mayor in 1934 (George V’s Silver Jubilee year), having previously been Master of the Fan Makers in 1917, and Sheriff in 1922; in 1927...
Lord Mayor of London in 1995, from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.
Sydney Harold Gillett was Lord Mayor in 1958. He seems to have not used the 'Sydney' in his name. Alderman, and Sheriff in the City of London in 1952. Awarded the MC in 1916 and knighted in 1953. ...
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