Sir William Phené Neal, 1st Baronet (22 October 1860 – 7 July 1942), was a British businessman and 603rd

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...

. Neal published ''The Food Supply of the Nation'' in 1924. He served as

Sheriff of London Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery company, livery companies. Today's sheriffs have only nominal duties, but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities. They have ...

in 1929–30 and as

between 1930 and 1931. He was created a baronet, of

Cherry Hinton Cherry Hinton is a suburban area of the city of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. It is around southeast of Cambridge city centre. History The rectangular parish of Cherry Hinton occupies the western corner of Flendish hundred on the so ...

in the County of Cambridge, in 1931. He died in July 1942, aged 81, when the baronetcy became extinct.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neal, William Phene 1860 births 1942 deaths People from Cherry Hinton Sheriffs of the City of London 20th-century lord mayors of London 20th-century English politicians Members of London County Council Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom