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George Scholey (died 1839) was a banker who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1812. Scholey was appointed an alderman in the City of London's Dowgate ward in 1804. He had previously been elected one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1804. Scholey was born in 1758, the son of the Cock and Bottle's landlord in Sandal, Wakefield. Scholey died in 1839, leaving £10,000 to Sandal, half for the poor of Sandal and half to the trustees of the Sandal Endowed School."Sandal History". "George Scholey Biography".

References

1. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1839. pp. 655–.

• 1750s births
• 1839 deaths
• Aldermen of the City of London
• 19th-century lord mayors of London
• 19th-century English politicians
• Sheriffs of the City of London
• English bankers
• People from Clapham
• People from Wakefield