Sir George Tyler, 1st Baronet
Appearance
Sir George Robert Tyler, 1st Baronet (26 August 1835 – 26 November 1897) was a baronet and Lord Mayor of London.
Career
[edit]Tyler was a founder of the firm of Venables, Tyler and Son, papermakers of 17 Queenhithe. He was a councilman and alderman from 1887 to his death, a Sheriff of London for 1891–2, and Lord Mayor of London for 1893–4. After a state visit to Antwerp they named a street Rue lord mayor Tyler in his honour. He was Master of the Stationers' Company for 1893–4. He was made a baronet, of Queenhithe, in 1894.
Death
[edit]He died at his home at Earls Court and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Modern English Biography, edited by Boase