John Mayhall

Romany Rose · Post by **Romany Rose** » Fri 17 Jan, 2014 5:07 pm

HelloI am the 3x gt niece of John Mayhall born 16/10/1830 he married Elizabeth Johnson @ St Peters Leeds 19/5/1856,he died at his home Rose Villa,Scotland Lane,Horsforth, 7/6/1886.John was famous for writing several books ,the most noted one being The Annals of Yorkshireaccording to his obit in the Leeds MercuryJohn was employed has a lad at Messrs Marshalls,flaxmill at Holbeck ,then at William Ovens cloth finishing mill at Bean-ing Wellington Street.At 16 he worked for Mr T W Smith ,solicitor of Bank St Leeds,at the age of 23 he obtained work has a junior clerk at the Leeds County Court,3 years later he was promoted to chief cashier and chief clerk,in 1865 he accepted the post of High Bailiff/Sherrif of the court,and held this position until his death.In 1870 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1870was also involved with the Leeds Infirmary,and the Mechanics Instituteand for 19 years was a member of the board of directors of the Leeds Permanant Building SocietyHe is buried in Lawnwood Cemetery*******************Please,please may I have some help in locating a picture of him??

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Sun 19 Jan, 2014 2:27 pm

What a great ancester to have!I have used his annals of Yorkshire many times and recommended them.I will see if I can locate a picture.

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Mon 20 Jan, 2014 6:38 pm

As John Mayhall had been a Director of the Leeds Permanent it is always possible that there may be corporate potraits of him (photos, sketches or even a painting?) therefore it could be worth contacting the archives of of Lloyds Banking GroupSee http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about ... s.aspMight be worth contacting the curators of Leeds Museums & Galleries too

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Mon 20 Jan, 2014 7:03 pm

R.R. have you tried Googling "John Mayhall of Leeds"? I just did and it came up with some interesting results. It may be worth a try.

Romany Rose · Post by **Romany Rose** » Mon 20 Jan, 2014 7:24 pm

Hello To everyone,thank you for your offers of help and the suggetions toI have contacted Leeds c/council who have informed me that it may be possible that they do have a portrait of John-but that it would be impossible to know for sure has when the portraits were removed for building repairs many lost their name platesRomany Rose

Romany Rose · Post by **Romany Rose** » Mon 20 Jan, 2014 7:29 pm

message for JohnnyThanks for the tipwith regards to Googling him Through this method over the years I have collected some wonderful items about him and have also found the google newspaper archives(free) and when looking up John in The Leeds Mercury -found 1 of an attempt to `blow him up in court¬Romany Rosex