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 Mayors in England, mayor of the City of London, England, and the Leader of the council, leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded Order of precedence, precedence over a ...

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

Sheriff of London Two Sheriffs of the City of London are elected annually by the members of the City livery companies. Today's Sheriffs have only ceremonial duties, but the historical officeholders held important judicial responsibilities. They have attended the ...

in 1929–30 and as

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

Cherry Hinton Cherry Hinton is a village and electoral ward in Cambridge, England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward's population was 9,343 people. History The rectangular parish of Cherry Hinton occupies the western corner of Flendish hundred on the ...

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