"Now from all parts the swelling kennels flow,
And bear their trophies with them as they go:
Filth of all hues and odours seem to tell
What street they sail'd from, by their sight and smell ...
Sweepings from butchers' stalls, dung, guts, and blood,
Drown'd puppies, shaking sprats, all drenched in mud,
Dead cats, and turnip tops, come tumbling down the flood."
-- Jonathan Swift (describing the Fleet River)
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The Lord Mayor of London is an ancient elective office which dates from the reign of Richard the Lionheart. In the intervening eight centuries more than seven hundred men and one woman have held this important post. The City of London has always jealously guarded its independence from the Crown and to this day, within the City, the Lord Mayor is second in Precedence only to the reigning Monarch. This major series of nine articles presents a complete list of the Lord Mayors, arranged chronologically according to the reigns in which they served. This article reviews the political situation of London in the Twentieth century, presents the list of Lord Mayors in the reigns of George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth I and assesses the characters of each reign.
George V began his reign 6th May 1910
Regnal Year
Mayor
Term
1st George V
Sir Thomas V Strong
1910-1
2nd George V
Sir Thomas B Crosby
1911-2
3rd George V
Col Sir David Burnett
1912-3
4th George V
Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater MP
1913-4
5th George V
Col Sir Charles Johnston
1914-5
6th George V
Col Sir Charles Wakefield
1915-6
7th George V
Sir William Dunn
1916-7
8th George V
Charles Hanson MP
1917-8
9th George V
Sir Horace Marshall
1918-9
10th George V
Sir Edward Cooper
1919-20
11th George V
James Roll
1920-1
12th George V
Sir John Baddeley
1921-2
13th George V
Edward C. Moore
1922-3
14th George V
Col Sir Louis Newton
1923-4
15th George V
Sir Alfred Bower
1924-5
16th George V
Sir William Pryke
1925-6
17th George V
Sir (George) Rowland Blades
1926-7
18th George V
Sir Charles Batho
1927-8
19th George V
Sir John E.K. Studd
1928-9
20th George V
Sir William Waterlow
1929-30
21st George V
Sir William P Neal
1930-1
22nd George V
Sir Maurice Jenks
1931-2
23rd George V
Sir Percy Greenaway
1932-3
24th George V
Sir Charles Collett
1933-4
25th George V
Sir Stephen Killik
1934-5
26th George V
Sir Percy Vincent
1935-6
Edward VIII began his reign 20th January 1936 and abdicated 325 days later. George VI began his reign 10th December 1936
Regnal Year
Mayor
Term
1st Edward VIII 1st George VI
Sir George Broadbridge
1936-7
2nd George VI
Sir Harry Twyford
1937-8
3rd George VI
Maj Sir Frank Bowater
1938-9
4th George VI
Sir William Coxen
1939-40
5th George VI
Sir George Wilkinson
1940-1
6th George VI
Lt Col Sir John Laurie
1941-2
7th George VI
Sir Samuel Joseph
1942-3
8th George VI
Sir Frank Newson-Smith
1943-4
9th George VI
Sir Fank Alexander
1944-5
10th George VI
Sir Charles Davis
1945-6
11th George VI
Sir Bracewell Smith
1946-7
12th George VI
Sir Frederick M Wells
1947-8
13th George VI
Sir George Aylwen
1948-9
14th George VI
Sir Frederick Rowland
1949-50
15th George VI
Sir Denys Lowson
1950-1
16th George VI
Sir Leslie Boyce
1951-2
Elizabeth II began her reign 6th February 1952
Regnal Year
Mayor
Term
1st Elizabeth II
Sir Rubert De la Bere
1952-3
2nd Elizabeth II
Sir Noel Vansittart Bowater
1953-4
3rd Elizabeth II
(Harold W) Seymour Howard
1954-5
4th Elizabeth II
Cuthbert L. Ackroyd
1955-6
5th Elizabeth II
Sir Cullum Welch
1956-7
6th Elizabeth II
Sir Dennis Truscott
1957-8
7th Elizabeth II
Sir Harold Gillett
1958-9
8th Elizabeth II
Sir Edmund Stockdale
1959-60
9th Elizabeth II
Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen
1960-1
10th Elizabeth II
Sir Frederick Hoare
1961-2
11th Elizabeth II
Sir Ralph Perring
1962-3
12th Elizabeth II
Sir James Harman
1963-4
13th Elizabeth II
Sir James Miller
1964-5
14th Elizabeth II
Sir Lionel Denny
1965-6
15th Elizabeth II
Sir Robert Bellinger
1966-7
16th Elizabeth II
Sir Gilbert Inglefield
1967-8
17th Elizabeth II
Sir Charles Trinder
1968-9
18th Elizabeth II
Sir Ian F. Bowater
1969-70
19th Elizabeth II
Sir Peter Studd
1970-1
20th Elizabeth II
Sir Edward Howard
1971-2
21st Elizabeth II
The Lord Mais
1972-3
22nd Elizabeth II
Sir Hugh Wontner
1973-4
23rd Elizabeth II
Sir H. Murray Fox
1974-5
24th Elizabeth II
Sir Lindsay Roberts Ring
1975-6
25th Elizabeth II
Sir Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett
1976-7
26th Elizabeth II
Sir Peter Vanneck
1977-8
27th Elizabeth II
Sir Kenneth Cork
1978-9
28th Elizabeth II
Sir Peter Gadsden
1979-80
29th Elizabeth II
Sir Ronald L. Gardner-Thorpe
1980-1
30th Elizabeth II
Sir Christopher Leaver
1981-2
31st Elizabeth II
Sir Anthony Jolliffe
1982-3
32nd Elizabeth II
Dame Mary Donaldson
1983-4
33rd Elizabeth II
Sir Alan Towers Traill
1984-5
34th Elizabeth II
Sir William Allan Davis
1985-6
35th Elizabeth II
Sir David Rowe-Ham
1986-7
36th Elizabeth II
Sir Greville Spratt
1987-8
37th Elizabeth II
Sir Christopher Collett
1988-9
38th Elizabeth II
Sir Hugh Bidwell
1989-90
39th Elizabeth II
Sir Alexander Graham
1990-1
40th Elizabeth II
Sir Brian Jenkins
1991-2
41st Elizabeth II
Sir Francis McWilliams
1992-3
42nd Elizabeth II
Sir Paul Newall
1993-4
43rd Elizabeth II
Christopher Walford
1994-5
44th Elizabeth II
John Chalstrey
1995-6
45th Elizabeth II
Roger Cork
1996-7
46th Elizabeth II
Richard Nichols
1997-8
47th Elizabeth II
Lord Levene of Portsoken
1998-9
48th Elizabeth II
Clive Martin
1999-2000
49th Elizabeth II
David Howarth Seymour Howard
2000-1
50th Elizabeth II
James Michael Yorrick Oliver
2001-2002
51st Elizabeth II
Gavyn Farr Arthur
2002-2003
52nd Elizabeth II
Robert Finch
2003-2004
53rd Elizabeth II
Michael Savory
2004-2005
54th Elizabeth II
Sir David Brewer
2005-2006
55th Elizabeth II
Sir John Stuttard
2006-2007
56th Elizabeth II
David Lewis
2007-2008
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