Sir James Sanderson
Lord Mayor of London
Died when: 56 years 173 days (677 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet (30 December 1741 – 21 June 1798) was an English banker, a Member of Parliament, an alderman and Lord Mayor of London.
He also served as president of Bridewell Hospital (now a school), and was a member of William Wilberforce's Proclamation Society for the Discouragement of Vice.
After he died his widow married William Huntington S.S., an eccentric and polemical preacher who regarded himself as a prophet.
Huntington used his new riches to build a £10,000 chapel.
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