Sir John Baddeley, 1st Baronet

Sir John James Baddeley

Sir John James Baddeley, 1st Baronet JP (22 December 1842 28 June 1926)[1] was a British magistrate and baronet.

Background

He was the eldest son of John Baddeley and his wife Frances Beresford, fifth daughter of James Beresford.[2] Baddeley was educated at Cambridge House School in Hackney.[2]

Career

Baddeley was alderman of Farringdon Within and a member of the Court of Common Council from 1886.[3] He was nominated Sheriff of the City of London in 1908 and was made a Knight Bachelor in the following year.[4][5] In 1921, Baddeley was appointed the 593rd Lord Mayor of London.[5] After the end of his tenure in the following year, he was created a baronet, of Lakefield, in the Parish of St Mary, Stoke Newington, in the County of London on 24 November.[6] Baddeley was a Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of Vasa and of the Russian Order of St Anna.[3] He served as Justice of the Peace for the County of London.[5]

Family

On 13 August 1868, he married firstly Mary Elizabeth Locks, daughter of William Locks, and had by her nine children, four daughters and five sons.[7] After her death in 1906, Baddeley remarried Florence Bertha Mathews, daughter of Joseph Douglas Mathews on 25 July 1912.[7] He died in 1926 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.[8]

Works

References

  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.
  3. 1 2 Who is Who 1914. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1914. p. 75.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 28275. p. 5805. 30 July 1909.
  5. 1 2 3 Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companioage. J. Whitaker & Sons. 1923. p. 132.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 32779. p. 9029. 22 December 1922. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  7. 1 2 "ThePeerage - Sir John James Baddeley, 1st Bt". Retrieved 24 January 2007.
  8. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. vol. I. London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 68.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
James Roll
Lord Mayor of London
1921 1922
Succeeded by
Edward C. Moore
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Lakefield)
1922 1926
Succeeded by
John William Baddeley
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