David Stone

Alderman David Henry Stone (1812-1890) was a solicitor and an attorney from 1839 to 1864. He first became associated with the City of London Corporation in 1840, when he was appointed Under-Sheriff to Alderman Farncombe. He was Alderman of Bassishaw from 1864 until 1890. In 1867 he was appointed Sheriff of London and in 1874 was elected Lord Mayor of London. He was Treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital from 1877 to 1890; Treasurer of the Honourable Artillery Company from 1880 to 1890; on the Metropolitan Board of Works from 1866 to 1868 and again in 1871 to 1874; and the last Principal of Clifford's Inn.

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