Thomas Abney
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. He married Sarah Caryl in 1668, by which date he was a freeman of the London Fishmongers' Company[1]; she died in 1698.In 1694 he was one of the original Directors of the bank of England. In 1700 he married Mary Gunston, who was surprisingly independent. Abney was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1700 and was knighted by William III. 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.
References
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography