Sir Charles Hanson, 1st Baronet
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Sir Charles Augustin Hanson, 1st Baronet of Fowey was an alderman of the City of London . He was made Sheriff in 1911-12 and Lord Mayor of London in 1917-18.. He was also a coalition M.P. for Bodmin in Cornwall in 1916.
[edit] Trivia
- He built Fowey Hall in Fowey which was the inspiration behind Toad Hall in Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.[1]
- There have been 3 Lord Mayors of London called Hanson
- Sir William Purdie Treloar was another Cornish Lord mayor of London.[2]
- Sir Charles owned the first Troy class boat
