The business continued to trade as an independent retailer, until it was taken over by the John Lewis Partnership in the early 1950s.

[5] He oversaw the switch of London's mass public transport from horse-drawn trams to self-propelled omnibuses.

[6] On 29 September 1904, it was announced that he would replace Sir James Ritchie as Lord Mayor of London.

[1] He died at his home in Highbury New Park on 18 September 1915, aged 86, and was buried at Ilford Cemetery.

[1][8] From foreign monarchies and governments, he received the following decorations:[1] Media related to Sir John Pound, 1st Baronet at Wikimedia Commons