Thomas Abney
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Sir Thomas Abney (January 1640 – 6 February 1721) was Lord Mayor of London.
Abney was born in Willesley, which at the time was in Derbyshire but is now in Leicestershire. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, where a house is named after him.
In 1668 he was a freeman of the London Fishmongers' Company. In 1694 he was one of the original Directors of the Bank of England. and was elected a Sheriff of London. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1700 and was knighted by William III.
He married Sarah Caryl in 1668 [1] who died in 1698. In 1700 he married Mary Gunston, who was surprisingly independent. It was Mary Abney who gave his name to Abney Park in Stoke Newington. Abney had a nephew also named Thomas Abney, who was a judge.
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- ^ Dictionary of National Biography
