Biography:
Sir Thomas Abney was Lord Mayor of London. Abney was born the son of James Abney in Willesley then in Derbyshire but now in Leicestershire. He was the younger brother of Edward Abney later MP for Leicester. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School where a house is named after him. In 1668 Abney was a freeman of the London Fishmongers' Company. In 1694 he was one of the original Directors of the Bank of England and was elected a Sheriff of London.
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