Christopher Magnay (lord mayor)

{{Short description|English merchant and Lord Mayor of London}}

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Christopher Magnay (bapt. 6 October 1767 – 27 October 1826){{cite book |last1=Boase |first1=Frederic |title=Modern English Biography: I-Q |date=1897 |publisher=Netherton and Worth |page=689 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IVmAAAAMAAJ&q=Christopher+Magnay++1767&pg=PA689 |accessdate=4 July 2018 |language=en}} was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London from 1821 to 1822.{{cite book |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage |date=1898 |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited. |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlhQAQAAMAAJ&q=Christopher+Magnay&pg=RA21-PA959 |accessdate=4 July 2018 |language=en}}

Magnay was the son of John Magnay and Ann Liddle of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, where he was baptised in October 1767.England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975 He was a City of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors. In 1809, he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Vintry ward. He was Sheriff of London from 1813 to 1814. He was master of the Stationers Company from 1816 to 1817. In 1821, he was elected Lord Mayor of London.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67244 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1801-1912', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 141-156. Date accessed: 23 April 2012]

Magnay was the father of William Magnay, who was also Lord Mayor of London, in 1843, and became a baronet.