MONGREDIEN

August us (son of a French officer). b. London 1807; ed. at R.C. college, Penn, Bucks.; owner of the first screw steamers to the Levant; member of firm of Hugh and John Johnston, corn merchants, London 1859–64; a corn factor as A. Mongredien and co. 61 Mark lane, London 1864; purchased Heather side, Surrey 1862; member of National political union 1831; member of the Cobden club 1872; president of London Che club 1839; granted civil list pension of £100, 28 July 1886; author of Trees and shrubs for English plantations 1870; England’s foreign policy 1871; The Heather side manual of hardy trees and shrubs 1874–5; Frank Allerton: an autobiography 3 vols. 1878; History of the free-trade movement in England 1881; Wealth creation 1882. d. 31 Park road, Forest Hill near London 30 March 1888. Illust. news of the world , viii 164 (1861), portrait .