List of Lord Mayors of Westminster
This is a list of Mayors and the later Lord Mayors of the City of Westminster.
After having elected a mayor since its creation as a Metropolitan Borough in 1900, the City of Westminster was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 11 March 1966. [1]
The Lord Mayor of Westminster is ex-officio the deputy High Steward of Westminster Abbey. By tradition, the Lord Mayor of Westminster visits Oslo every year in the late autumn to take part in the felling of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree.
Mayors of Westminster
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Duke of Norfolk | 1st Mayor of Westminster |
| 1901 | Colonel Clifford Probyn | |
| 1902 | Captain Herbert Merton Jessel | MP for St Pancras South 1896–1906, 1910–18 |
| 1903 | Walter Emden | Architect |
| 1904 | Major-General Lord Cheylesmore | Army officer |
| 1905 | George William Tallents | |
| 1907 | John William Dennis | MP for Birmingham, Deritend 1918-22 |
| 1908 | Robert Woolley Walden | |
| 1909 | Rev. Frederick Harcourt Hillersdon | |
| 1910 | Edward Lygon Somers Cocks | |
| 1911 | John Maria Gatti | Theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman |
| 1912 | Harold Lyon Thomson | |
| 1913 | Reginald White Granville-Smith | |
| 1914 | George Booth Heming | |
| 1915-1918 | George Earle Welby | 3 terms |
| 1918 | George William Tallents | 2nd term |
| 1919 | Edward St Leger, 6th Viscount Doneraile | |
| 1920 | Samuel Gluckstein | |
| 1921 | George Washington Lawrence | |
| 1922 | Frank Gibbs Rye | |
| 1923 | William Edgar Horne | |
| 1924 | Silvio Paul Bernini Bucknall | |
| 1925 | George Henry Heilbuth | |
| 1926 | Silvio Paul Bernini Bucknall | 2nd term |
| 1927 | Jacques Abady | Lawyer |
| 1928 | Major Vivian Barry Rogers | |
| 1929-1930 | Captain Julien Frederick Charles Bennett | 2 terms |
| 1931-1932 | Rev. Edward St George Schomberg | 2 terms |
| 1933-1934 | Frederick George Rudler | 2 terms |
| 1935 | James Cornelius Dalton | |
| 1936 | Arthur Jared Palmer Howard | MP for Westminster St George's 1945 –1950 |
| 1937 | Harry Sheil Elster Vanderpant | |
| 1938 | George Frederick Jerdain | |
| 1939 | Major Richard Rigg | MP for Appleby division, 1900–05 |
| 1940 | Leonard Eaton Smith | Killed in an air raid in May 1941. Post left vacant for rest of term. |
| 1941 | George Frederick Jerdain | 2nd term |
| 1942 | W Stanley Edgson | |
| 1943 | Hubert Victor Day | |
| 1944 | Maurice G Giles | |
| 1945 | Edward Herbert Keeling | MP for Twickenham, 1935–54 |
| 1946 | Greville Reginald Charles Howard | MP for St Ives, 1950–66 |
| 1947-1948 | Hal Gutteridge | 2 terms |
| 1949 | Colonel J Allan Mulholland | |
| 1950 | Wilfred Eric Rice | |
| 1951 | Albert Sciver | |
| 1952 | Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Norman Edwards | |
| 1953 | Charles Pearce Russell | |
| 1954 | John Gordon Elsworthy | |
| 1955-1956 | Patrick Stirling | 2 terms |
| 1957 | Sir Charles Norton | |
| 1958 | David Neville Cobbold | Lawyer |
| 1959 | Group Captain Gordon Pirie | |
| 1960 | Robert L Everest | |
| 1961 | Jack Lodewyk Charles Dribbell | |
| 1962 | Paul Antony Negretti | |
| 1963 | Leslie Farmiloe | |
| 1964 | Brian Fitzgerald-Moore |
Lord Mayors of Westminster
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Sir Charles Norton | 2nd term. First Lord Mayor. |
| 1966 | Anthony L. Burton | |
| 1966 | A. C. Barrett | |
| 1967 | Christopher Anthony Prendergast | |
| 1968 | Leonard Pearl | |
| 1970 | Brian Fitzgerald-Moore | 2nd term |
| 1971 | John Wells | |
| 1972 | John E. Guest | |
| 1973 | David Neville Cobbold | 2nd term |
| 1974 | Group Captain Gordon Pirie | 2nd term |
| 1975 | Councillor Roger M. Dawe | |
| 1976 | Jack Gillett | |
| 1977 | Hugh Cubitt | |
| 1978 | Wing Commander William Henry Kearney | |
| 1979 | Reginald Forrester | |
| 1980 | Donald du Parc Braham | |
| 1981 | G. I. Harley | |
| 1982 | Thomas Whipham | |
| 1983 | Phoebette Sitwell | |
| 1984 | John Bull | |
| 1985 | Roger Bramble | |
| 1986 | Mrs Terence Mallinson | |
| 1987 | Kevin Gardner | |
| 1988 | Elizabeth Flach | |
| 1989 | Simon Mabey | |
| 1990 | Dr David Avery | |
| 1991 | Dame Shirley Porter | |
| 1992 | Dr Cyril Nemeth | |
| 1993 | Jenny Bianco | |
| 1994 | Angela Hooper | |
| 1995 | Alan Bradley | |
| 1996 | Robert Davis | |
| 1997 | Ronald Raymond-Cox | |
| 1998 | David Harvey | |
| 1999 | Alex Segal | |
| 2000 | Michael Brahams | |
| 2001 | Harvey Marshall | |
| 2002 | Frances Blois | |
| 2003 | Jan Prendergast | |
| 2004 | Catherine Longworth | |
| 2005 | Tim Joiner | |
| 2006 | Alexander Nicoll | |
| 2007 | Carolyn Keen | |
| 2008 | Louise Hyams | |
| 2009 | Duncan Sandys | |
| 2010 | Judith Warner | |
| 2011 | Susie Burbridge | |
| 2012 | Angela Harvey | |
| 2013 | Sarah Richardson | |
| 2014 | Audrey Lewis | |
| 2015 | Lady Christabel Flight | |
| 2016 | Steve Summers |
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43921. p. 2704. 11 March 1966. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
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