Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet (4 March 1795- 3 April 1871) was an English merchant who was

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in 1843. Magnay was the son of

Christopher Magnay Christopher Magnay (1767 – 27 October 1826) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London from 1821–22. Magnay was a City of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors. In 1809, he was elected an alderman ...

who was Lord Mayor of London from 1821 to 1822.Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant'' (1910), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), p. 1424 He became a city of London merchant and was a member of the

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of which company he was master from 1817 to 1818. In 1838 he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Vintry ward. He was

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from 1841 to 1842. In 1843, he was elected

. He was treasurer of the

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from 1843 to 1857. 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1801-1912', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 141-156. Date accessed: 22 April 2012
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of Postford House in the County of Surrey on 8 November 1844. He was a major in the HAC from 1845 to 1848. Magnay died at the age of 76. Magnay was the father of

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who was a novelist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnay, William 1795 births 1871 deaths Sheriffs of the City of London 19th-century lord mayors of London 19th-century English politicians Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom