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.
Richard Whittington of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal,City of London,was an English merchant and a politician of the late medieval period. He is also the real-life inspiration for the English folk tale Dick Whittington and His Cat. He was four times Lord Mayor of London,a member of parliament and a Sheriff of London. In his lifetime he financed a number of public projects,such as drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London,and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers. He bequeathed his fortune to form the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington which,nearly 600 years later,continues to assist people in need.
The City of London Corporation,officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London,is the municipal governing body of the City of London,the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.
Sir Clive Haydn Martin,is a British businessman who was Lord Mayor of London from 1999 to 2000.
Sir George Monoux College is a sixth form college located in Walthamstow,London. It is a medium-sized college with around 1,620 full-time students as of 2018.
Sir Robert Ian Bellinger,was a British politician and Lord Mayor of London.
Sir David Thomas Rowell Lewis was the Lord Mayor of London for 2007 and 2008.
Sir Joseph TerryJP was a British confectioner,industrialist and Conservative politician who served as Lord Mayor of York on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy mayor through his role as town sheriff in 1870,and served as Councillor for York's Monk Ward from 1860 until this appointment. He further acted as a Justice of the Peace for both the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1887 until his death.
Ian David Luder was the 681st Lord Mayor of London,serving from 2008 to 2009.
Sir Michael David Bear,HonFREng was the 683rd Lord Mayor of London,whose one-year term began on 12 November 2010 and ended on 11 November 2011. Until his resignation in 2017,he was the Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken and previously represented that Ward as Common Councilman and Deputy. In 2007 he was elected as Aldermanic Sheriff of London.
Sir David Hugh Wootton is an English lawyer and politician. He was the 684th Lord Mayor of London,from 2011 to 2012,and is the Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn.
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.
Dame Catherine Fiona Woolf,is a British corporate lawyer. She served as the Lord Mayor of London (2013–14),acting as global ambassador for UK-based financial and business services. She has held and still holds many other significant positions in the City of London.
Sir Michael Roger Gifford KStJ KNO was a British banker in London who served as the 685th Lord Mayor of London from 2012 to 2013.
Sir Alan Colin Drake Yarrow,FCSI was Lord Mayor of London 2014–15. He is an investment banker,who has served as Chairman of the Chartered Institute for Securities &Investment (CISI) since 2009.
Sir Peter Kenneth Estlin was the 691st Lord Mayor of the City of London. He is an alderman of the City of London Corporation where he represents the ward of Coleman Street. Having served as a Sheriff of the City of London for 2016–17,he was elected as the Lord Mayor of London on 1 October 2018 and took office at the Silent Ceremony on 9 November 2018. His mayoral theme was Shaping Tomorrow's City Today,promoting the sheer scale of innovation taking place in the UK,alongside championing digital skills,particularly to create a more inclusive society.
Sir Charles Edward Beck Bowman,is a British accountant who served as the 690th Lord Mayor of London.
Sean Brian Anstee is an English Conservative Party politician and businessman. He was formerly the Leader of the Council on Trafford council and between 2008 and 2021 was a Councillor for the Bowdon ward. Anstee is also executive director at Municipal Partners,Chairman of Trafford Housing Trust and a Non-Executive Director of London &Quadrant. He was appointed a CBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list for services to local government.
Sir William Anthony Bowater Russell is a British financier who served as the 692nd Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2019 to 2021.
Vincent Thomas Keaveny is an Irish commercial lawyer who served as the 693rd Lord Mayor of London for 2021–22.
