1720 - 1804 (84 years)
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| Name |
John (Lord Mayor of london) Boydell |
| Birth |
19 Jan 1720 |
Dorrington, Shropshire, England  |
- Boydell was born, according to his monument in St Olave Old Jewry, London, (later removed to St Margaret Lothbury after St Olave's demolition) at Dorrington, in the parish of Woore, Shropshire, to Josiah and Mary Boydell (n?e Milnes)
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| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
12 Dec 1804 |
| Burial |
Church of St. Olave Old Jewry, London |
| Person ID |
I190825 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 May 2022 |
| Father |
Josiah Boydell, b. 5 Apr 1694, Shropshire, England d. 16 Dec 1757, Flintshire, Wales (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Milnes, b. Abt 1696, Tarnditch, Derbyshire d. Dec 1777 (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Jan 1719 |
Scapton, Derbyshire |
| Family ID |
F78458 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- John Boydell (/'b??d?l/; 19 January 1720 (New Style) ? 12 December 1804) was a British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated a British tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered.
Throughout his life, Boydell dedicated time to civic projects: he donated art to government institutions and ran for public office. In 1790 he became Lord Mayor of London. The French Revolutionary Wars led to a cessation in Continental trade at the end of the 1790s. Without this business, Boydell's firm declined and he was almost bankrupt at his death in 1804.
Boydell's nephew and business partner, Josiah Boydell, continued his uncle's business for some time at 90 Cheapside, but by 1818, the business was wound up by Jane Boydell, and the assets purchased by Hurst, Robinson, and Co
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