Sir Charles Stone (20 August 1850 – 9 January 1931) was an
English solicitor
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ...
who served as
Mayor of
Greenwich through most of the
First World War.
Stone was educated at the
City of London School and was admitted a solicitor in 1872. He was elected an
alderman of Greenwich in 1900 and served as
Mayor of Greenwich The mayor of Greenwich leads Greenwich Council.
The following were mayors of Greenwich, Greater London:
* Charles Stone, 1903–1904, 1906–1907, 1911–1912, and 1915–1920
* Ernest Dence, 1922-23
* Peggy Middleton
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in 1903–1904, 1906–1907, 1911–1912, and 1915–1920. For these services he was
knighted
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in the
1920 New Year Honours
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.
In 1882, he married Alice Elizabeth Hart, daughter of Edward Hart. He died at his home in
Blackheath Blackheath may refer to:
Places England
*Blackheath, London, England
** Blackheath railway station
**Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England
*Blackheath, Surrey, England
** Hundred of Blackh ...
.
Footnotes
1850 births
1931 deaths
People educated at the City of London School
English solicitors
Mayors of places in Greater London
Knights Bachelor
Members of Greenwich Metropolitan Borough Council
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