Sheriff of the City of London, 1894. Born Cornhill. Lord Mayor 1901-2. MP for the City of London from 1900 to 1906. Married Beatrice Eliza Bower Holdsworth in 1873.
Our correspondent, Alicia Collinson, for some years in the early 1990s a Common Councilman on the City of London Corporation, points out how odd it seems today, that the a-political City Corporation selected a sitting MP to hold the office of Lord Mayor, even if he was the next Alderman in order.
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Alderman Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale
In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...
Banker. Lived in Sheen. As Lord Mayor he decreed that on London Bridge carriages should drive on the left whereas, prior to this sensible ordnance, it was a free for all.
Lord Mayor in 1981-2. Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.
As Lord Mayor of London 1665-6 he was sorely tested and found wanting. As the fire advanced he alone had the authority to create fire-breaks by demolishing buildings but he refused to make such an...
Henry Edmund Knight was born in St Marylebone. 1882-3 the Lord Mayor of London. Sources: Wikitree, Grogono.
