This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London). Until 1354, the title held was mayor of London. The dates are those of being elected to office on 29 September, excepting those years when it fell on the Sabbath; the office is not actually entered until the second week of November. Therefore, the years elected below do not represent the main calendar year of service. In 2006, the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title and style remains Lord Mayor of London.
This list details which livery company each Lord Mayor was associated with.
Term | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
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1189–1212 | Henry FitzAilwin | (Draper) [a] | First Mayor of London. Died in his twenty-fourth term. |
1212–1214 | Roger FitzAlan | (Mercer) [b] | |
1214 [1] | Serlo le Mercer | (Mercer) [b] | First of five terms. |
1215 [1] | William Hardell | (Draper) [a] | |
1216 | Jacob Alderman | unknown | Served until Trinity Sunday, when he died in office. His successor served as Mayor for the rest of the year. [1] |
1216 | Salomon de Basing | unknown | Succeeded Jacob Alderman on or shortly after Trinity Sunday, and continued in office till the end of the year. |
1217–1221 [1] | Serlo le Mercer | (Mercer) | Second to fifth terms of five. |
1222–1226 | Richard Renger | unknown | First five terms of six. |
1227–1230 | Roger le Duke | unknown | Four terms. |
1231–1237 | Andrew Buckerell | (Pepperer) [c] | Seven terms; died in office [2] |
1237-1238 | Richard Renger | unknown | Sixth and final term; died in office [2] |
1238-1239 | William Joynier | unknown | |
1239-1240 | Gerard Bat | unknown | First term began 13 Jan 1239. [2] Re-elected but not admitted to office in 1240 [3] |
1240 | Reginald de Bungay | unknown | |
1241–1243 | Ralph Ashley | (Mercer) [b] | Three terms. Was a Grocer when Sheriff. Also "Eswy" |
1244–1245 | Michael Tovey | unknown | First and second terms of four. |
1246 | John Gisors I | (Pepperer) [c] | First of two terms. |
1246 | Peter FitzAlan | unknown | |
1247–1248 | Michael Tovey | unknown | Third and fourth terms of four. |
1249 | Roger FitzRoger | unknown | |
1250 | John le Norman | unknown | |
1251 | Adam de Basing | (Mercer) [b] | |
1252 | John Tulesan | (Draper) [a] | |
1253 | Nicholas de La Beche | unknown | |
1254–1257 | Ralph Hardell | (Draper) [a] | Served four terms; deposed. |
1258 | William FitzRichard | (Draper) [a] | First of four terms as Royal Nominee. |
1258 | John Gisors | (Pepperer) [c] | Second of two terms. |
1259–1260 | William FitzRichard | (Draper) [a] | Second and third terms of four as Royal Nominee. |
1261–1264 | Thomas Fitzthomas | unknown | Four terms; deposed and imprisoned. |
1265 | Hugh FitzOtho | n/a | First of two terms as Royal Warden. |
1265 | John Walerand | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1265 | John de La Lynde | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1266 | William FitzRichard | (Draper) [a] | Fourth and final term as Royal Nominee. |
1267 | Alan la Zouche | (Pepperer) [c] | Royal Warden. |
1268 | Thomas de Ippegrave | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1268 | Stephen de Eddeworth | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1269 | Hugh FitzOtho | n/a | Second of two terms as Royal Warden. |
1270 | John Adrien | (Draper) [a] | |
1271–1272 | Walter Hervey | unknown | Two terms; deposed. |
1273 | Henry le Walleis | unknown | First of five terms. |
1274–1280 | Gregory de Rokesley | (Goldsmith) [d] | First seven terms of eight. |
1281–1283 | Henry le Walleis | unknown | Second to fourth of five terms. |
1284 | Gregory de Rokesley | (Goldsmith) [d] | Eighth and final term. |
1285–1289 | Sir Ralph Sandwich | n/a | First five terms of nine as Royal Warden. |
1289 | John le Breton | n/a | First of seven terms as Royal Warden. |
1289–1292 | Sir Ralph Sandwich | n/a | Sixth to ninth terms as Royal Warden. |
1293–1298 | John le Breton | n/a | Second to seventh terms of seven as Royal Warden. |
1298 | Henry le Wallis | unknown | Fifth and final term. |
1299–1301 | Elias Russell | (Draper) [a] |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
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1301–1307 | Sir John le Blund | (Draper) [a] | |
1308 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith) [b] | First of four terms. |
1309 | Thomas Romayn | (Pepperer) [c] | |
1310 | Sir Richard de Refham | (Mercer) [d] | Deposed. |
1311–1312 | Sir John de Gisors | (Pepperer) [c] | First and second terms of three. |
1313 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith) [b] | Second of four terms. |
1314 | Sir John de Gisors | (Pepperer) [c] | Third and final term. |
1315 | Stephen de Abyngdon | (Draper) [a] | |
1316–1318 | Sir John de Wengrave | n/a | Royal Warden; two terms. |
1319 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | First of seven terms. |
1320 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith) [b] | Third of four terms. |
1321 | Robert de Kendale | n/a | Royal Warden |
1321–1322 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Second and third of seven terms. |
1323 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith) [b] | Fourth and final term. |
1323–1325 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Fourth to sixth terms of seven. |
1326 | Sir Richard de Betoyne | (Pepperer) [c] | |
1327 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Seventh and final term. |
1328 | Sir John de Grantham | (Pepperer) [c] | |
1329 | Sir Simon Swanland | (Draper) [a] | |
1330–1331 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper) [a] | First and second of four terms. |
1332 | Sir John de Preston | (Draper) [a] | |
1333 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper) [a] | Third of four terms. |
1334–1335 | Sir Reginald de Conduit | (Vintner) [e] | Two terms. |
1336 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper) [a] | Fourth and final term. |
1337–1338 | Sir Henry Darcy | (Draper) [a] | Two terms. |
1339–1340 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey | (Pepperer) [c] | First and second of three terms. |
1341 | John d'Oxenford | (Vintner) [e] | Died in office. |
1342 | Simon Francis | (Mercer) [d] | First of two terms; the latter was in 1355 as Lord Mayor. |
1343–1344 | Sir John Hammond | (Pepperer) [c] | Two terms. |
1345 | Richard le Lacer | (Mercer) [d] | |
1346 | Sir Geoffrey de Wychingham | (Mercer) [d] | |
1347 | Sir Thomas Legge | Skinner | First of two terms; the latter was in 1354 as the first Lord Mayor. |
1348 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | First of three terms; the latter two were Lord Mayorships. |
1349 | Sir Walter Turke | Fishmonger | |
1350 | Richard de Kislingbury | (Draper) [a] | |
1351 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey | (Pepperer) [c] | Third and final term. |
1352–1353 | Sir Adam Fraunceys | (Mercer) [d] | Two terms. |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
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1354 | Sir Thomas Legge | Skinner | First Lord Mayor of London. Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1355 | Simon Fraunceys | (Mercer) [a] | Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1356 | Sir Henry Picard | (Vintner) [b] | |
1357 | John de Stodeye | (Vintner) [b] | |
1358 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | Second of three terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1359 | Simon Dolseley | (Pepperer) [c] | |
1360 | Sir John Wroth | Fishmonger | |
1361 | Sir John Pecche | Fishmonger | |
1362 | Stephen Cavendisshe | (Draper) [d] | |
1363 | John Nott | (Pepperer) [c] | |
1364–1365 | Sir Adam de Bury | Skinner | First two terms of three; impeached. |
1366 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | Third and final term. |
1367 | James Andrewes | (Draper) [d] | |
1368 | Simon de Montfort | Fishmonger | |
1369 | Sir John de Chichester | Goldsmith | |
1370–1371 | Sir John Bernes | (Mercer) [a] | Two terms. |
1372 | John Pyel | (Mercer) [a] | |
1373 | Sir Adam de Bury | Skinner | Third and final term. |
1374 | Sir William Walworth | Fishmonger | First of two terms. |
1375 | John Warde | Grocer | |
1376 | Adam Stable | (Mercer) [a] | |
1377 | Sir Nicholas Brembre | Grocer | First of four terms. |
1378 | Sir John Philpot | Grocer | |
1379 | John Hadley | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1380 | Sir William Walworth | Fishmonger | Second of two terms. |
1381–1382 | John de Northampton | (Draper) [d] | Two terms. |
1383–1385 | Sir Nicholas Brembre | Grocer | Second to fourth terms of four. |
1386–1387 | Sir Nicholas Exton | Fishmonger | Two terms. |
1388 | Sir Nicholas Twyford | Goldsmith | |
1389 | William Venour | Grocer | |
1390 | Adam Bamme | Goldsmith | First of two terms. |
1391 | Sir John Hende | (Draper) [d] | First of two terms; deposed and imprisoned. |
1392 | Sir Edward Dalyngrigge | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1392 | Sir Baldwin Radyngton | knight [4] | Royal Warden. |
1392 | Sir William de Staunton | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1393 | John Hadley | Grocer | Second of two terms. |
1394 | John Fresshe | Mercer | |
1395 | Sir William More | Vintner | |
1396 | Adam Bamme | Goldsmith | Second of two term; died in office. |
1397 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | First of four terms; appointed by Richard II. |
1397 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Second of four terms; elected. |
1398 | Sir Drugo Barentyn | Goldsmith | First of two terms. |
1399 | Sir Thomas Knollys | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1400 | John Fraunceys | Goldsmith |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
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1401 | John Shadworth | Mercer | |
1402 | John Walcote | (Draper) [a] | |
1403 | William Little | Fishmonger | |
1404 | Sir John Hende | (Draper) [a] | Second of two terms. |
1405 | Sir John Woodcock | Mercer | |
1406 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Third of four terms. |
1407 | Sir William de Staunton | (Grocer) [b] | Second of two terms. |
1408 | Sir Drugo Barentyn | Goldsmith | Second of two terms. |
1409 | Sir Richard Marlowe | (Ironmonger) [c] | First of two terms. |
1410 | Sir Thomas Knollys | (Grocer) [b] | Second of two terms. |
1411 | Sir Robert Chichele | (Grocer) [b] | First of two terms. |
1412 | Sir William Walderne | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1413 | Sir William Cromer | (Draper) [a] | First of two terms. |
1414 | Sir Thomas Fauconer | Mercer | |
1415 | Sir Nicholas Wotton | (Draper) [a] | First of two terms. |
1416 | Sir Henry Barton | Skinner | First of two terms. |
1417 | Sir Richard Marlowe | (Ironmonger) [c] | Second of two terms. |
1418 | Sir William Sevenoke | (Grocer) [b] | |
1419 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Fourth and final term. |
1420 | Sir William de Cambridge | (Grocer) [b] | |
1421 | Sir Robert Chichele | (Grocer) [b] | Second of two terms. |
1422 | Sir William Walderne | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1423 | Sir William Cromer | (Draper) [a] | Second of two terms. |
1424 | Sir John Michell | Fishmonger | First of two terms. |
1425 | Sir John Coventry | Mercer | |
1426 | Sir John Reynwell | Fishmonger | |
1427 | Sir John Gedney | (Draper) [a] | First of two terms. |
1428 | Sir Henry Barton | Skinner | Second of two terms. |
1429 | Sir William Eastfeld | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1430 | Sir Nicholas Wotton | (Draper) [a] | Second of two terms. |
1431 | Sir John Welles | Grocer | |
1432 | Sir John Verney | Fishmonger | |
1433 | Sir John Brokley | (Draper) [a] | |
1434 | Sir Robert Ottele | Grocer | |
1435 | Sir Henry Frowick | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1436 | Sir John Michell | Fishmonger | Second of two terms. |
1437 | Sir William Eastfeld | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1438 | Sir Stephen Browne | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1439 | Robert Large | Mercer | |
1440 | Sir John Paulet | Goldsmith | |
1441 | Sir Robert Clopton | Draper | |
1442 | Sir John Atherley | (Ironmonger) [c] | |
1443 | Sir Thomas Catworth | Grocer | |
1444 | Sir Henry Frowick | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1445 | Sir Simon Eyre | Draper | |
1446 | Sir John Olney | Mercer | |
1447 | Sir John Gedney | Draper | Second of two terms. |
1448 | Sir Stephen Browne | Grocer | Second of two terms. |
1449 | Sir Thomas Chalton | Mercer | |
1450 | Sir Nicholas Wyfold | Grocer | |
1451 | Sir William Gregory | Skinner | |
1452 | Sir Geoffrey Fielding | Mercer | |
1453 | Sir John Norman | Draper | |
1454 | Sir Stephen Foster | Fishmonger | |
1455 | Sir William Marlowe | Grocer | |
1456 | Sir Thomas Canynges | Grocer | |
1457 | Sir Geoffrey Boleyn | Mercer | |
1458 | Sir Thomas Scott | Draper | |
1459 | Sir William Hewlyn | Fishmonger | |
1460 | Sir Richard Leigh | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1461 | Sir Hugh Wyche | Mercer | |
1462 | Sir Thomas Cooke | Draper | |
1463 | Sir Matthew Phillip | Goldsmith | |
1464 | Sir Ralph Josselyn | Draper | First of two terms. |
1465 | Sir Ralph Verney | Mercer | |
1466 | Sir John Yonge | Grocer | Half-brother of Sir William Canynges. |
1467 | Sir Thomas Walgrave | Skinner | |
1468 | Sir William Taylour | Grocer | |
1469 | Sir Richard Leigh | Grocer | Second of two terms. |
1470 | Sir John Stockton | Mercer | |
1471 | William Edwardes | Grocer | |
1472 | Sir William Hampton | Fishmonger | |
1473 | Sir John Tate | Mercer | Uncle of Sir Robert Tate (1488) and Sir John Tate (1496, 1514). |
1474 | Sir Robert Drope | Draper | |
1475 | Sir Robert Basset | Salter | |
1476 | Sir Ralph Josselyn | Draper | Second of two terms. |
1477 | Sir Humphrey Heyford | Goldsmith | |
1478 | Sir Richard Gardiner | Mercer | |
1479 | Sir Bartholomew James | Draper | |
1480 | Sir John Browne | Mercer | Uncle of Sir William Browne (1513) |
1481 | Sir William Harryot | Draper | [5] |
1482 | Sir Edmund Shaa | Goldsmith | |
1483 | Sir Robert Billesdon | Haberdasher [d] | |
1484 | Sir Thomas Hill | Grocer | Died in office. |
1485 | Sir William Stoker | Draper | Died in office. |
1485 | Sir John Warde | Grocer | |
1485 | Sir Hugh Bryce | Grocer | |
1486 | Sir Henry Colet | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1487 | Sir William Horne | Salter | |
1488 | Sir Robert Tate | Mercer | Brother of Sir John Tate (1496, 1514); nephew of Sir John Tate (1473). |
1489 | Sir William White | Draper | |
1490 | Sir John Mathew [6] [7] | Mercer | |
1491 | Sir Hugh Clopton | Mercer | |
1492 | Sir William Martyn | Skinner | |
1493 | Sir Ralph Astley | Fishmonger | |
1494 | Sir Richard Chawry | Salter | |
1495 | Sir Henry Colet | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1496 | Sir John Tate | Mercer | First of two terms. Brother of Sir Robert Tate (1488); nephew of Sir John Tate (1473). |
1497 | Sir William Purchas | Mercer | |
1498 | Sir John Percival | Merchant Taylor | |
1499 | Nicholas Ailwyn | Mercer | Died in office. |
1500 | Sir William Remyngton | Fishmonger |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1501 | Sir John Shaw | Goldsmith | ||
1502 | Sir Bartholomew Reade | Goldsmith | ||
1503 | Sir William Capell | Draper | First of two terms. | |
1504 | Sir John Wyngar | Grocer | ||
1505 | Sir Thomas Kneesworth | Fishmonger | ||
1506 | Sir Richard Haddon | Mercer | First of two terms. | |
1507 | Sir William Browne | Mercer | Uncle of Sir William Browne (1514); died in office. | |
1508 | Sir Lawrence Aylmer | Merchant Taylor | ||
1508 | Sir Stephen Jenyns | Merchant Taylor | ||
1509 | Sir Thomas Bradbury | Mercer | ||
1510 | Sir William Capell | Draper | Second of two terms. | |
1510 | Sir Henry Keble | Grocer | ||
1511 | Sir Roger Ashley | Draper | ||
1512 | Sir William Copinger | Fishmonger | ||
1513 | Sir Richard Haddon | Mercer | Second of two terms. | |
1513 | Sir William Browne | Mercer | Nephew of Sir William Browne (1507); died in office. | |
1514 | Sir John Tate | Mercer | Second of two terms. | |
1514 | Sir George Monoux | Draper | ||
1515 | Sir William Butler [8] | Grocer | ||
1516 | John Rest [9] | Grocer | ||
1517 | Sir Thomas Exmewe | Goldsmith | ||
1518 | Sir Thomas Mirfyn | Skinner | ||
1519 | Sir James Yarford | Mercer | ||
1520 | Sir John Brydges | Draper | Born Brugge; also "Bridges. Father in law of Richard Sackville. | |
1521 | Sir John Milburne | Draper | ||
1522 | Sir John Mundy | Goldsmith | ||
1523 | Sir Thomas Baldry | Mercer | ||
1524 | Sir William Bailey | Draper | ||
1525 | Sir John Alleyn | Mercer | First of two terms. | |
1526 | Sir Thomas Seymour, MP [10] | Mercer | ||
1527 | Sir James Spencer | Vintner | ||
1528 | Sir John Rudston | Draper | ||
1529 | Sir Ralph Dodmer | Brewer | ||
1530 | Sir Thomas Pargiter | Salter | ||
1531 | Sir Nicholas Lombard | Grocer | ||
1532 | Sir Stephen Peacock | Haberdasher | ||
1533 | Sir Christopher Askew | Draper | ||
1534 | Sir John Champneys | Skinner | ||
1535 | Sir John Alleyn | Mercer | Second of two terms. | |
1536 | Sir Ralph Warren | Mercer | First of two terms. | |
1537 | Sir Richard Gresham | Mercer | ||
1538 | Sir William Forman | Haberdasher | ||
1539 | Sir William Holles | Mercer | ||
1540 | Sir William Roche | Draper | ||
1541 | Sir Michael Dormer | Mercer | ||
1542 | Sir John Coates | Salter | ||
1543 | Sir William Bowyer [11] | Draper | Died in office | |
1544 | Sir Ralph Warren | Mercer | 2nd term: completed Bowyer's term. | |
1544 | Sir William Laxton | Grocer | ||
1545 | Sir Martin Bowes | Goldsmith | ||
1546 | Sir Henry Huberthorn | Merchant Taylor | ||
1547 | Sir John Gresham | Mercer | ||
1548 | Sir Henry Amcotes | Fishmonger | ||
1549 | Sir Rowland Hill [12] | Mercer | Publisher of the Geneva Bible; considered the inspiration for the Old Sir Rowland character in As You Like It by William Shakespeare; polymath | |
1550 | Sir Andrew Judd | Skinner | ||
1551 | Sir Richard Dobbs | Skinner | ||
1552 | Sir George Barne | Haberdasher | Father of George Barne III (1586) | |
1553 | Sir Thomas White | Merchant Taylor | ||
1554 | Sir John Lyon | Grocer | ||
1555 | Sir William Garrard | Haberdasher | ||
1556 | Sir Thomas Offley | Merchant Taylor | ||
1557 | Sir Thomas Curtis | Fishmonger | Previously Pewterer. | |
1558 | Sir Thomas Leigh | Mercer | ||
1559 | Sir William Hewett | Clothworker | ||
1560 | Sir William Chester | Draper | ||
1561 | Sir William Harpur | Merchant Taylor | ||
1562 | Sir Thomas Lodge | Grocer | ||
1563 | Sir John Whyte | Grocer | ||
1564 | Sir Richard Mallory | Mercer | Ancestor of the Leigh-Mallory family.[ citation needed ] | |
1565 | Sir Richard Champion | Draper | ||
1566 | Sir Christopher Draper | Ironmonger | ||
1567 | Sir Roger Martyn | Mercer | ||
1568 | Sir Thomas Rowe | Merchant Taylor | ||
1569 | Sir Alexander Avenon | Ironmonger | ||
1570 | Sir Rowland Hayward | Clothworker | First of two terms. | |
1571 | Sir William Allen | Mercer | Grandfather of Mary Box school founder [13] | |
1572 | Sir Lionel Duckett | Mercer | ||
1573 | Sir John Rivers | Grocer | ||
1574 | Sir James Hawes | Clothworker | ||
1575 | Sir Ambrose Nicholas | Salter | ||
1576 | Sir John Langley | Goldsmith | ||
1577 | Sir Thomas Ramsey | Grocer | ||
1578 | Sir Richard Pype | Draper | ||
1579 | Sir Nicholas Woodroffe | Haberdasher | ||
1580 | Sir John Branche | Draper | ||
1581 | Sir James Harvey | Ironmonger | ||
1582 | Sir Thomas Blanke | Haberdasher | ||
1583 | Sir Edward Osborne | Clothworker | ||
1584 | Sir Thomas Pullyson | Draper | ||
1585 | Sir Wolstan Dixie | Skinner | ||
1586 | Sir George Barne, MP | Haberdasher | Son of George Barne II (1552) | |
1587 | Sir George Bond | Haberdasher | ||
1588 | Sir Martin Calthrop [14] [15] | Draper | Died in office | |
1589 | Sir Richard Martin | Goldsmith | First term, completing the term of Sir Martin Calthorpe. | |
1589 | Sir John Harte | Grocer | ||
1590 | Sir John Allot | Fishmonger | Died in office. | |
1591 | Sir Rowland Heyward | Clothworker | Second of two terms. | |
1591 | Sir William Webbe | Salter | ||
1592 | Sir William Rowe | Ironmonger | ||
1593 | Sir Cuthbert Buckell | Vintner | Died in office. | |
1594 | Sir Richard Martin | Goldsmith | Second of two terms, completing that of Sir Cuthbert Buckle. | |
1594 | Sir John Spencer | Clothworker | ||
1595 | Sir Stephen Slaney | Skinner | ||
1596 | Thomas Skinner | Clothworker | Died in office. | |
1596 | Sir Henry Billingsley | Haberdasher | ||
1597 | Richard Saltonstall, MP [16] | Skinner | Uncle of Sir Richard Saltonstall. | |
1598 | Sir Stephen Soame | Grocer | ||
1599 | Nicholas Mosley | Clothworker | ||
1600 | Sir William Ryder | Haberdasher |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
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2001 | Sir Michael Oliver | Ironmonger | |
2002 | Sir Gavyn Arthur | Gardener | |
2003 | Sir Robert Finch | Solicitor | |
2004 | Sir Michael Savory | Poulter | |
2005 | Sir David Brewer | Merchant Taylor | |
2006 | Sir John Stuttard | Glazier | |
2007 | Sir David Lewis | Solicitor | |
2008 | Ian Luder | Cooper | |
2009 | Nick Anstee | Butcher | |
2010 | Sir Michael Bear | Pavior | |
2011 | Sir David Wootton | Fletcher | |
2012 | Sir Roger Gifford | Musician | |
2013 | Dame Fiona Woolf | Solicitor | Second female Lord Mayor. |
2014 | Sir Alan Yarrow | Fishmonger | |
2015 | The Lord Mountevans | Shipwright | Also a Goldsmith and elected Hereditary Member of the House of Lords. |
2016 | Sir Andrew Parmley | Musician | also Glass Seller. |
2017 | Sir Charles Bowman [30] | Grocer | |
2018 | Sir Peter Estlin [31] | Banker | |
2019–2020 | Sir William Russell | Haberdasher | Served a two-year term due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2021 | Vincent Keaveny | Woolman | |
2022 | Sir Nicholas Lyons | Merchant Taylor | |
2023–2024 | Michael Mainelli | World Trader | First American-born Lord Mayor. |
2024–present | Alastair King | Mason |
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Sir Nicholas Brembre was a wealthy magnate and a chief ally of King Richard II in 14th-century England. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1377, and again from 1384–5,6. Named a "worthie and puissant man of the city" by Richard Grafton, he became a citizen and grocer of London, and in 1372-3 purchased from the Malmains family the estates of Mereworth, Maplescomb, and West Peckham, in Kent. His ties to Richard ultimately resulted in his downfall, as the anti-Richard Lords Appellant effectively took control of the government and imprisoned, exiled, or executed most of Richard's court. Despite Richard's efforts, Brembre was executed in 1388 for treason at the behest of the Lords Appellant.
Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet (1603–1693) was an English grocer, financier and Member of Parliament.
Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, 1st Baronet was a Lord Mayor of London in the coronation year 1902, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London from 1900 to 1906.
Sir William Garrard (1507–1571), also Garrett, Gerrarde, etc., was a Tudor magnate of London, a merchant citizen in the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, who became alderman, Sheriff (1552–1553) and Lord Mayor of London (1555–1556) and was returned as an MP for the City of London. He was a senior founding officer of the Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands in 1554/55, having been involved in its enterprises since the beginnings in King Edward VI's time, and for the last decade of his life was one of its permanent governors. He worked hard and invested largely to expand English overseas trade not only to Russia and the Levant but also to the Barbary Coast and to West Africa and Guinea.
Sir Martin Bowes was a very prominent and active civic dignitary of Tudor London whose career continued through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Born into the citizenry of York, Bowes was apprenticed in London and made his career at the Royal Mint, as a master-worker and under-treasurer, and personally implemented the debasement of English currency which became a fiscal imperative in the later reign of Henry.
Sir Thomas Lodge, was Lord Mayor of London.
Sir John Fleet was an English merchant who served as Lord Mayor, Sheriff and MP for London.
John Pecche (1332–1380) was a 14th-century merchant who was a Sheriff of London in 1352, Lord Mayor of London for 1361–62 and a Member of Parliament for four annual terms between 1361 and 1372.
Sir William Chester was one of the leading English Merchants of the Staple and Merchant Adventurers of the mid-16th century, five times Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers, Lord Mayor of London in the year 1560–61 and Member of Parliament for the City of London. He should not be confused with his contemporary, William Chester, merchant of Bristol, M.P.
Sir William Sevenoke was a grocer and politician who served as Mayor of London in 1418, and as warden of London Bridge, alderman of Bishopsgate Ward, alderman of Tower Ward, Warden of the Grocers' Company, Sheriff of London, Member of Parliament for the City of London and Surveyor of the King's works at Isleworth.
William Cromer was an English Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament for the city.
Sir George Barne was an English businessman in the City of London who was active in developing new trading links with Russia, West Africa and North America, far outside what had been traditional English trading patterns. Created a knight in 1553, he served as Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor of London. He was the father of Sir George Barne and grandfather of Sir William Barne. Nicholas Culverwell was probably a nephew.