Francis Wyatt Truscott

Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (24 November 1824 – 3 March 1895) was Lord Mayor of London in 1879–80, a member of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and the father of George Wyatt Truscott, the Lord Mayor of London in 1908–09.

They had two sons and one daughter, His residences included an estate at East Grinstead, West Sussex; Essex Lodge, Upper Norwood; and Victoria Street, London.

He was elected a member of the Court of Common Council for the Dowgate Ward in 1858 and was Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1871.

Truscott was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate for the Dudley ward in 1865.

[5] Truscott died on 3 March 1895 aged 70 and is buried in Norwood cemetery