3-074-825 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Alderman Finnis, 1883. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W. H. Tuck. 'The death of this esteemed member of the Corporation of the City of London was recorded in our last week's Obituary. Alderman Thomas Quested Finnis was in the eighty-third year of his age. He was, after being previously a member of the Court of Common Council, elected Alderman of Tower Ward in January, 1848. In the same year he served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in the mayoralty of Sir James Duke, and in 1856-7 he was Lord Mayor of London. In that year the Indian Mutiny broke out, and Lord Mayor Finnis opened a memorable relief fund at the Mansion House. His brother, Colonel Finnis, was the first officer killed in the mutiny. He became senior Alderman on the resignation of Mr. Alderman Sidney, in 1880, and now Sir Robert Carden, M.P., becomes the senior. Mr. Alderman Finnis was Deputy-Chairman of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, and of the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company. He was a widower, without family'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.