Alderman David Henry Stone (1812 - 26 February 1890).Aldermen of the City of London: Bassishaw ward
by Alfred P. Beaven, 1908 His family were the owners of a large amount of land near

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

for at least three centuries. He was the nephew of Thomas Farncomb the

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of 1849. Educated at

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, in

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. He practiced as a solicitor and an attorney from 1839 until 1864.Ye parish of Camerwell : a brief account of the parish of Camberwell : its history and antiquities
by William Harnett Blanch, page 407 He first became associated with the

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in 1840, when he was appointed

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to Alderman Farncombe. He was

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Bassishaw Bassishaw is a ward in the City of London. Small, it is bounded by wards: Coleman Street, east; Cheap, south; Cripplegate, north; Aldersgate, west. It first consisted of Basinghall Street with the courts and short side streets off it,

from 1864 until 1890 In 1867 he was appointed

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and in 1874 was elected to

.List of the Lord Mayors of London
He was Treasurer of

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from 1877 to 1890; Treasurer of the

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from 1880 to 1890; on the

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from 1866 to 1868 and again in 1871 to 1874, and the last Principal of

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. From 1863 he resided at 'Fairwood' on

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, in the affluent

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south of the city.

Further info

Aldermen of the City of London: Bassishaw ward
by Alfred P. Beaven, 1908
Survey of London: volume 25: St George's Fields (The parishes of St. George the Martyr Southwark and St. Mary Newington)
edited by Ida Darlington, 1955
Ye parish of Camerwell : a brief account of the parish of Camberwell : its history and antiquities
by William Harnett Blanch, page 407 *A search for his name i
The proceedings of the Old Bailey

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, David Henry 1812 births 1890 deaths People from Lewes People educated at St Olave's Grammar School British solicitors Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London Sheriffs of the City of London 19th-century lord mayors of London 19th-century English politicians