1900 1900 The Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward From A.D. 276 to A.D. 1900. Together with Some Account of the Office of Alderman, Alderman's Deputy and the Common Councilman of the City of London

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

In the publisher's original red cloth binding.

This volume is a first edition.

This copy is inscribed and signed by the author, addressed to "Sir Henry Knight. Alderman of Cripplegate Ward. with the kind regards, the Author. Feb, 1901."

This is a privately issued historical reference work compiling every known Alderman of the City of London’s Cripplegate Ward from 1276 through 1900, with biographical notes, information on the office itself, and lists of Aldermen’s Deputies and the ward’s Common Councilmen.

Includes a monochrome frontispiece, a facsimile of the earliest recorded Cripplegate aldermanic election (1446), and in-text monochrome portraits of the ward’s aldermen, each accompanied by biographical notes.

John James Baddeley (1842-1926) served as Deputy for Cripplegate Ward Without and later as Lord Mayor of London (1921-1922).