Sir John Silvester, 1st Baronet

[1] Born in Yardley House in Chingford,[2] Silvester was the son of Sir John Baptist Silvester M.D., FRS (died 1789), of Dutch descent and physician to the army in the Low Countries, under the Duke of Cumberland during the War of the Austrian Succession.

In 1753 aged 8 John Silvester attended Merchant Taylors' School when James Townley was the Headmaster.

On his death in 1822 his baronetcy passed to his nephew, Captain Philip Carteret Silvester, RN, CB.

His body was taken from his home in Bloomsbury Square to be buried with his family at All Saints Church in Chingford in Essex.

His bust was sculpted by Robert William Sievier and was displayed in the Old Bailey[4] but later moved to the Mansion House.