Sir William Treloar, 1st Baronet

Sir William Purdie Treloar, 1st Baronet (13 January 1843 – 6 September 1923) was an English businessman who was Sheriff of London in 1889–1900 and Lord Mayor of London in 1906–1907.[1] He established an active "Cripples' Fund" as his mayoral appeal.

Career

Treloar was born in London, and educated at King's College School. He was head of the firm of Treloar and Sons (haberdashery), and Director and Trustee of T. Cook and Son. He was selected an Alderman of the City of London for the Ward of Farringdon Without from 1892, a Sheriff of the City of London in 1899 and Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1906–1907.[2][3]

On St Thomas's Day, 21 December 1881, he became a Common Councilman for the Ward of Farringdon Without. He served as a Common Councilman until he became its Alderman in 1892. As Alderman of the Ward it is said that one represents the World, the Flesh and the Devil i. e., Fleet Street, the home of the newspaper press; the Central Meat Market; and the Temple. He was the author of A Lord Mayor's Diary 1906-7 (1920)[4] and of the earlier works Ludgate Hill: Past and Present (1881), Prince of Palms (1884), With the Kaiser in the East, 1898 (1915) and Wilkes and the City (1917).[5]

Lord Mayor of London

Sir William Treloar established a "Cripples' Fund" as his mayoral appeal, for which he gained 10,000 pounds of donations for his Alton Hospital during his tenure as Lord Mayor of London 9 November 1906 to 1907. Sir William and Lady Treloar greeted their first patients at the railway station of Alton on 8 September 1908 and a new branch was opened at Sandy Point, Hayling Island, in September 1919, with 50 patients.

As a result of this in 1908 he opened Treloar College and Treloar School, near Alton, Hampshire, which has become part of the Treloar Trust a charity supporting the UK's leading specialist centre providing education, independence training and opportunities for young people with physical disabilities.

Treloar maintains its links with The City and Livery Companies: each Lord Mayor of the City of London automatically becomes a trustee of Treloar Trust and visits the college and school.

During his period of office as Lord Mayor he made a ceremonial visit to Cornwall, the county from which his ancestors came.[3] He was at Helston for the 1907 Furry Dance and had the honour of leading the full dress dance at noon on 8 May.[6]

Honours

He was knighted by Queen Victoria on 29 March 1900 at Windsor Castle as a Knight bachelor. On 8 May 1907 he was in Helston, Cornwall "the home of my fathers" and was given the Freedom of the Borough of Helston and then Freedom of the Borough of Truro. On 8 July 1907, Treloar conducted the opening of Simmons Park in Okehampton, Devon. After this date, a Swiss-style chalet – named Chalet Treloar – was built by the riverside in his honour. On 17 July 1907 he was created a baronet, of Grange Mount in the Parish of All Saints, Upper Norwood, in the Borough of Croydon.

Sir William died at his home in Upper Norwood on 6 September 1923 and was buried alongside his wife at Shirley, Surrey.[5]

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References

Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1926.
NEXT LORD MAYOR OF LONDON; Sir William Treloar, the "Children's Alderman," Elected New York Times, Sunday 30 September 1906
Sir William Purdie ancestry.com
A Lord Mayor's Diary, 1906-7; by William Purdie Treloar... To which is added the official diary of Micajah Perry, lord mayor 1738-9 (London: John Murray, 1920)
H. Gauvain, revised Vivienne Aldous: "Treloar, Sir William Purdie, baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: 2004 and 2006). Retrieved 13 January 2019.]
Fitzgibbon, Theodora (1973) A Taste of England, the West Country: traditional food. London: Pan Books; pp. 90–91 (account of the dances, recipe for Helston pudding, photograph of the dance led by Sir William)

Treloar, William P. (1920) A Lord Mayor's Diary, 1906–07, London: John Murray

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Preceded by Walter Morgan	Lord Mayor of London 1906–1907	Succeeded by John Charles Bell
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[burkegreatwar-1] Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1926.

[2] NEXT LORD MAYOR OF LONDON; Sir William Treloar, the "Children's Alderman," Elected New York Times, Sunday 30 September 1906

[freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com-3] Sir William Purdie ancestry.com

[4] A Lord Mayor's Diary, 1906-7; by William Purdie Treloar... To which is added the official diary of Micajah Perry, lord mayor 1738-9 (London: John Murray, 1920)

[ODNB-5] H. Gauvain, revised Vivienne Aldous: "Treloar, Sir William Purdie, baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: 2004 and 2006). Retrieved 13 January 2019.]

[6] Fitzgibbon, Theodora (1973) A Taste of England, the West Country: traditional food. London: Pan Books; pp. 90–91 (account of the dances, recipe for Helston pudding, photograph of the dance led by Sir William)