Talk:Joshua Smith (English politician)

Clarification
Was he the Lord Mayor of London 1810-11? Jackiespeel (talk) 15:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I took a look and my conclusion is 'no'.
 * 1) Born 1732 makes him about 78 in 1810 which is getting on a bit.
 * 2) History of Parliament (2nd ref in article) has no mention of his being alderman or mayor. He's a timber merchant, not one of the prestigious trades.
 * 3) Google Books found Smith the mayor in the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers and he died in 1834, so a younger man.
 * The latter is also mentioned in Notes and Queries, 1894. Wire723 (talk) 18:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Stranger things have happened.
 * Until there is sufficient information on the Mayor for a WP article perhaps a mention of the London Wiki page will suffice. Jackiespeel (talk) 13:05, 7 October 2022 (UTC)