Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet (18 February 1763 – 15 September 1834) was a British merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1808 to 1809.

Career Flower traded in salt meat, butter and cheese, and was described as having acquired "an ample fortune" by the time of his ascendency to the mayoralty. He was created a baronet, of the Flower baronets, of Lobb in the County of Oxford and of Woodford in the County of Essex, on 1 December 1809.

Flower was appointed an alderman in the City of London's Cornhill ward in 1801.

Flower was a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters.

Personal life Flower married Anne Squire of Plymouth (d. 1803) and they had seven children, James, Anne Mary Perceval (a noted botanist in Canada), Elizabeth, Caroline, Clarissa, Maria and Jemima.