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 ...
Lord Mayor in 1993-4, when the picture was taken.
Businessman and politician. Born in Maidstone. He founded a company of paper merchants. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894 and later, Chair. Elected as Lord Mayor of London in 1900.
Alderman and Lord Mayor of London, 1869 - 70. Typefounder and and punchcutter, credited with cutting the first Clarendon, a fat typeface with thick slabs, the first ever registered typeface. The ...
Lord Mayor 1971-2. Excelled at cricket in his youth. In 1967, while Studd was Alderman Sheriff of the City of London, the 1831 London Bridge which had been sold to Arizona was installed in its new ...
Lord Mayor of London, 1911. Married Lillie Hartnoll in 1900.
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