Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers

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Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers
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Coat of Arms of the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers
MottoCum Scientia Servimus
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Date of formation1990 (Fellowship); February 2004 (Livery Company)
Company associationHackney carriage (taxicab) trade
Order of precedence104th
Master of companyDan Heath
Website thewchcd.co.uk

The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers is one of the 113 livery companies of the City of London. Its members are professional hackney carriage drivers, including London black taxicab drivers who have learnt the knowledge of London.

The Fellowship of Hackney Carriage Drivers was recognised by the City of London Corporation in 1990 and was granted livery in February 2004, becoming the Worshipful Company. The process started with an instruction from Oliver Cromwell to the City's Court of Aldermen in 1654 on regulating drivers. Legislation created the Fellowship of Master Hackney Coachmen, the first such society for taxi drivers.

The company's charity supports any deserving members and their immediate family. It has run an annual taxi tour to Disneyland Paris for children with life-threatening illnesses each year since 1994. Its education programme, The Cab Guide Course, teaches taxi drivers about the history of London in order to proceed to conduct London tours, and it seeks to promote public awareness about the high standards of the hackney carriage trade. The company also takes part in the annual Lord Mayor's Show.

The Hackney Carriage Drivers' Company ranks 104th in the order of precedence of City Livery Companies. [1]

References

  1. "https://liverycommittee.org/about/livery-companies-and-guilds/livery-companies-database-entry/". Livery Committee. Retrieved 28 May 2025.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)