Sir Francis Wyatt Trustcott by Charles Bell Birch

Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (24 November 1824 – 3 March 1895) was Lord Mayor of London in 1879–80, a member of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and the father of George Wyatt Truscott, the Lord Mayor of London in 1908–09.

Family

Truscott was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1824 to James Truscott and educated at

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. In 1847 he married Eliza Freeman. They had two sons and one daughter, # George Wyatt (1857–1941), 1st Baronet # a son # Louisa Edith, married Homewood Crawford, later Sir Homewood, City Solicitor. His residences included an estate at

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, West Sussex; Essex Lodge,

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; and Victoria Street, London.

Career

Truscott was a wholesale stationer and head of the firm, Messrs James Truscott and Sons, of Suffolk Lane, London. He was elected a member of the Court of Common Council for the Dowgate Ward in 1858 and was

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in 1871. Truscott was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate for the Dudley ward in 1865. A keen

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, he was Grand Bard of England. Wyatt was appointed Worshipful Master of No. 1 Grand Masters Lodge at the resumption of his mayoralty. In November 1880, Griffins, also known as Truscott's Folly, were unveiled at Temple Bar by the Duke of Albany. He was also the first President of the London Society of Artists. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor. In 1883 he was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. Truscott died on 3 March 1895 aged 70 and is buried in Norwood cemetery

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