The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London,England,and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City,the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers,rights,and privileges,including the title and style The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London.
Bishopsgate was one of the eastern gates in London's former defensive wall. The gate's name is traditionally attributed to Earconwald,who was Bishop of London in the 7th century. It was first built in Roman times and marked the beginning of Ermine Street,the ancient road running from London to York (Eboracum). The gate was rebuilt twice in the 15th and 18th centuries,but was permanently demolished in 1760.
Peter Keith Levene,Baron Levene of Portsoken KStJ is a businessman who was chairman of Lloyd's of London from 2003 until 2011 and Lord Mayor of London from 1998 to 1999.
Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver is a retired investment banker who was Lord Mayor of London for 2001–02.
Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen,1st Baronet was a British businessman. He was the 633rd Lord Mayor of London,elected in 1960.
Farringdon Within is one of the 25 wards of the City of London,the historic and financial centre of London,England. It was formed in the 14th century from the sub-division of the pre-existing Farringdon Ward into Farringdon Within,and Farringdon Without,beyond the Wall.
Portsoken,traditionally referred to with the definite article as the Portsoken,is one of the City of London,England's 25 ancient wards,which are still used for local elections. Historically an extra-mural ward,lying east of the former London Wall,the area is sometimes considered to be part of the East End of London.
Castle Baynard is one of the 25 wards of the City of London,the historic and financial centre of London,England.
Michael Raymond Mainelli is an American-born British scientist,economist,and accountant,known for being Chairman of Z/Yen,Sheriff of London for 2019–21,and 695th Lord Mayor of the City of London for 2023–24.
Sir James Shaw,1st Baronet,became Lord Mayor of London in 1805. From humble beginnings in a farming family in Ayrshire,he became a successful merchant and politician;he was a relation of Robert Burns and used his wealth to support Burns's orphaned children. As Lord Mayor of London,he led the funeral procession of Lord Nelson in 1806,having established his right to do so and was created baronet twice,in 1809 and 1813. While later Chamberlain of London,he almost lost his own fortune due to injudicious investments,and died,exonerated,in 1843.
The City of London is divided into 25 wards. The city is the historic core of the much wider metropolis of Greater London,with an ancient and sui generis form of local government,which avoided the many local government reforms elsewhere in the country in the 19th and 20th centuries. Unlike other modern English local authorities,the City of London Corporation has two council bodies:the now largely ceremonial Court of Aldermen,and the Court of Common Council.
Sir David Hugh Wootton is an English lawyer and politician. He was the 684th Lord Mayor of London,from 2011 to 2012,and is was Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn until 2nd November 2024,when he retired from the Court of Aldermen. .
Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans,4th Baron Mountevans,,is a British hereditary peer and shipbroker,who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.
Sir Cuthbert Hacket was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1626.
Sir Michael Berry Savory was Lord Mayor of London for 2004–2005.
The 2017 City of London Corporation election took place on 23 March 2017 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation. The election was the first time apart from a 2014 by-election that partisan candidates were elected to the body. Fifteen of the hundred seats on the council were won by political parties:the newly created Temple &Farringdon Together party and the Labour Party.
Portsoken Ward is an electoral district in the City of London,England.. It returns an Alderman and four Councilmen to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.
The All People's Party (APP) was a political party established in the United Kingdom in 2013. When it was founded it had two sitting councillors in the London Borough of Southwark:Althea Smith had formerly been a member of the Labour Party. In the Southwark London Borough Council election,2014 the APP stood 15 candidates. However,despite gaining 2,828 votes,they failed to get any councillors elected.
Sir Charles Edward Beck Bowman,is a British accountant who served as the 690th Lord Mayor of London.
Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs was an Alderman,Sheriff of the City of London and Lord Mayor of London in 1889.
