THE LORD MAYORS of the CITY of LONDON

A note about Dick

Whittington

Probably the best known of London’s Lord Mayors was Richard Whittington. Contrary to popular belief, he was not three times Lord Mayor, but four. He was elected to serve three times in 1397, 1406 and 1419. But before his first elected term the serving Mayor Adam Bamme died in office in 1396. The King then appointed Whittington to take his place so in effect he was four times Mayor. Gregory de Rokesley was Eight times Mayor in the 13th. century.

2000 - 2023

2023 Raymond Mainelli 2022 Nicholas Lyons 2021 Vincent Keavery 2019 William Russell also 2020 Second term added due to Covid-19 pandemic 2018 Peter Estlin 2017 Charles Bowman 2016 Andrew Parmley 2015 Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans 2014 Allan Yarrow 2013 Fiona Woolf 2012 Roger Gifford 2011 David Wooton 2 010 Michael Bear 2009 Nicholas Anstee 2008 Ian Luder 2007 David Lewis 2006 John Stuttard 2005 David Brewer 2004 Michael Savoury 2003 Robert Finch 2002 Gavyn Farr Arthur MA 2001 James Oliver 2000 David Howard

1900 - 1999

1999 Clive Martin OBE 1998 Lord Levene of Portsoken KBE 1997 Richard Nichols 1996 Roger Cork 1995 John Chalstrey 1994 Christopher Walford 1993 Sir Paul Newall 1992 Sir Francis McWilliams 1991 Sir Brian Jenkins 1990 Sir Alexander Graham 1989 Sir Hugh Bidwell 1988 Sir Christopher Collett 1987 Sir Greville Spratt 1986 Sir David Rowe-Ham 1985 Sir Allan Davis 1984 Sir Alan Traill 1983 Dame Mary Donaldson 1982 Sir Anthony Jolliffe 1981 Sir Christopher Leaver 1980 Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe 1979 Sir Peter Gadsden 1978 Sir Kenneth Cork 1977 Sir Peter Vanneck 1976 Sir Robin Gillett 1975 Lindsay Ring 1974 Sir Murray Fox 1973 Sir Hugh Wontner 1972 Lord Mais 1971 Sir Edward Howard 1970 Sir Peter Studd 1969 Lt. Col. Sir Ian F. Bowater 1968 Sir Charles Trinder 1967 Sir Gilbert Inglefield 1966 Sir Robert Bellinger 1965 Sir Lionel Denny 1964 Sir James Miller 1963 Sir James Harman 1962 Sir Ralph Perring 1961 Sir Frederick Hoare 1960 Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen 1959 Sir Edmund Stockdale 1958 Sir Harold Gillett 1957 Sir Denis Truscott 1956 Sir Cullum Welch 1955 Cuthbert L. Ackroyd 1954 H. W. Seymour Howard 1953 Sir Noel V. Bowater 1952 Sir Rupert de La Bôre 1951 Sir Leslie Boyce 1950 Denys Lowson 1949 Sir Frederick Rowland 1948 Sir George Aylwen 1947 Sir Frederick Wells 1946 Sir Bracewell Smith 1945 Sir Charles Davis 1944 Sir Frank Alexander 1943 Sir Frank Newson-Smith 1942 Sir Samuel Joseph 1941 Lt. Col. Sir John Laurie 1940 Sir George Wilkinson 1939 Sir William Coxen 1938 Maj. Sir Frank H. Bowater 1937 Sir Harry Twyford 1936 Sir George Broadbridge 1935 Sir Percy Vincent 1934 Sir Stephen Killik 1933 Sir Charles Collett 1932 Sir Percy Greenaway 1931 Sir Maurice Jenks 1930 Sir William P. Neal 1929 Sir William Waterlow 1928 Sir John E. K. Studd 1927 Sir Charles Batho 1926 Sir George R. Blades 1925 Sir William Pryke 1924 Sir Alfred Bower 1923 Col. Sir Louis Newton 1922 Edward C. Moore 1921 Sir John Baddeley 1920 James Roll 1919 Sir Edward Cooper 1918 Sir Horace Marshall 1917 Charles Hanson 1916 Sir William Dunn, Bt 1915 Col. Sir Charles Wakefield 1914 Col. Sir Charles Johnston 1913 Sir Thomas V. Bowater 1912 Col. Sir David Burnett 1911 Sir Thomas B. Crosby 1910 Sir Thomas V. Strong 1909 Sir John Knill 1908 Sir George Truscott 1907 Sir John Bell 1906 Sir William Treloar 1905 Walter Morgan 1904 John Pound 1903 Sir James Ritchie 1902 Sir Marcus Samuel 1901 Sir Joseph Dimsdale 1900 Frank Green

1800 - 1899

1899 Alfred Newton 1898 Sir John Moore 1897 Lt. Col. Horatio Davies 1896 George Faudel-Phillips 1895 Sir Walter Wilkin 1894 Sir Joseph Renals 1893 George Tyler 1892 Stuart Knill 1891 David Evans 1890 Joseph Savory 1889 Sir Henry Isaacs 1888 James Whitehead 1887 Polydore de Keyser 1886 Sir Reginald Hanson 1885 John Staples 1885 Robert Fowler Second Term 1884 George Nottage 1883 Robert Fowler 1882 Henry Knight 1881 John Ellis 1880 William McArthur 1879 Sir Francis W. Truscott 1878 Sir Charles Whetham 1877 Thomas Owden 1876 Sir Thomas White 1875 William Cotton 1874 David Stone 1873 Andrew Lusk 1872 Sir Sydney Waterlow 1871 Sills Gibbons 1870 Thomas Dakin 1869 Robert Besley 1868 James Lawrence 1867 William Allen 1866 Thomas Gabriel 1865 Benjamin Phillips 1864 Warren Hale 1863 William Lawrence 1862 William Rose 1861 William Cubitt 1860 William Cubitt 1859 John Carter 1858 David Wire 1857 Sir Robert Carden 1856 Thomas Finnis 1855 David Salomons 1854 Francis Graham Moon 1853 Thomas Sidney 1852 Thomas Challis 1851 William Hunter 1850 John Musgrove 1849 Thomas Farncomb 1848 Sir James Duke 1847 John Kinnersley Hooper 1846 Sir George Carroll 1845 John Johnson 1844 Michael Gibbs 1843 William Magnay 1842 John Humphrey 1841 John Pirie 1840 Thomas Johnson 1839 Sir Chapman Marshall 1838 Samuel Wilson 1837 John Cowan 1836 Thomas Kelly 1835 William Taylor Copeland 1834 Henry Winchester 1833 Charles Farebrother 1832 Sir Peter Laurie 1830 John Key Serving 2 Years 1829 John Crowder 1828 William Thompson 1827 Matthias Prime Lucas 1826 Anthony Brown 1825 William Venables 1824 John Garratt 1823 Robert Waithman 1822 William Heygate 1821 Christopher Magnay 1820 John Thomas Thorp 1819 George Bridges 1818 John Atkins 1817 Christopher Smith 1816 Matthew Wood 1815 Matthew Wood 1814 Samuel Birch 1813 William Domville 1812 George Scholey 1811 Claudius Stephen Hunter 1810 Joshua Smith 1809 Thomas Smith 1808 Charles Flower 1807 John Ansley 1806 Sir William Leighton 1805 James Shaw 1804 Peter Perchard 1803 John Perring 1802 Charles Price 1801 Sir John Eamer 1800 Sir William Staines

1700 - 1799

1799 Harvey Christian Combe 1798 Sir Richard Glyn 1797 John Anderson 1796 Brook Watson 1795 William Curtis 1794 Thomas Skinner 1793 Paul le Mesurier 1792 Sir James Sanderson 1791 John Hopkins 1790 John Boydell 1789 William Pickett 1788 William Gill 1787 John Burnell 1786 Thomas Sainsbury 1785 Thomas Wright 1784 Richard Clark 1783 Robert Peckham 1782 Nathaniel Newnham 1781 William Plomer 1780 Sir Watkin Lewe 1779 Brackley Kennett 1778 Samuel Plumbe 1777 Sir James Esdaile 1776 Sir Thomas Hallifax 1775 John Sawbridge 1774 John Wilkes 1773 Frederick Bull 1772 James Townsend 1771 William Nash 1770 Brass Crosby 1770 Barlow Trecothick 1769 William Beckford 1768 Samuel Tumer 1767 Thomas Harley 1766 Sir Robert Kite 1765 George Nelson 1764 Sir William Stephenson 1763 William Bridgen 1762 William Beckford 1761 Sir Samuel Fludyer 1760 Sir Mathew Blakiston 1759 Sir Thomas Chitty 1758 Sir Richard Glyn 1757 Sir Charles Asgill 1756 Marshe Dickinson 1755 Slingsby Bethell 1754 Stephen T. Janssen 1753 Thomas Rawlinson 1753 Edward Ironside 1752 Crisp Gascoyne 1752 Robert Alsop 1751 Thomas Winterbottom 1750 Francis Cockayne 1750 John Blachford 1749 Sir Samuel Pennant 1748 Sir William Calvert 1747 Sir Robert Ladbroke 1746 William Benn 1745 Richard Hoare 1744 Henry Marshall 1743 Robert Westley 1742 Robert Willimott 1742 George Heathcote 1741 Sir Robert Godschall 1741 Daniel Lambert 1740 Humphrey Parsons 1739 Sir John Salter 1738 Micajah Perry 1737 Sir John Bamard 1736 Sir John Thompson 1735 Sir John Williams 1734 Sir Edward Bellamy 1733 Sir William Billers 1732 John Barber 1731 Francis Child 1730 Humphrey Parsons 1729 Sir Robert Brocas 1728 Sir Robert Baylis 1727 Sir Edward Becher 1726 Sir John Eyles 1725 Sir Francis Forbes 1724 Sir George Merttins 1723 Sir Peter Delme 1722 Sir Gerard Conyers 1721 Sir William Stewart 1720 Sir John Fryer 1719 Sir George Thorold 1718 Sir John Ward 1717 Sir William Lewen 1716 Sir James Bateman 1715 Sir Charles Peers 1714 Sir William Humfreys 1713 Sir Samuel Stanier 1712 Sir Richard Hoare 1711 Sir Robert Beachcroft 1710 Sir Gilbert Heathcote 1709 Sir Samuel Garrard 1708 Sir Charles Duncombe 1707 Sir William Withers 1706 Sir Robert Bedingfeld 1705 Sir Thomas Rawlinson 1704 Sir Chnen Buckingham 1703 Sir John Parsons 1702 Sir Samuel Dashwood 1701 Sir William Gore 1700 Sir Thomas Abney

1600 - 1699

1699 Sir Richard Levett 1698 Sir Francis Child 1697 Sir Humphrey Edwin 1696 Sir Edward Clarke 1695 Sir John Houblon 1694 Sir Thomas Lant 1693 Sir William Ashurst 1692 Sir John Fleet 1691 Sir Thomas Stampe 1690 Thomas Pilkington 1689 Thomas Pilkington 1688 Sir John Chapman 1688 Sir John Eyles 1687 Sir John Shorter 1686 Sir John Peake 1685 Sir Robert Geffery 1684 Sir James Smyth 1683 Sir Henry Tulse 1682 Sir William Prichard 1681 Sir John Moore 1680 Sir Patience Ward 1679 Sir Robert Clayton 1678 Sir James Edwards 1677 Sir Francis Chaplin 1676 Sir Thomas Davies 1675 Sir Joseph Sheldon 1674 Sir Robert Vyner 1673 Sir William Hooker 1672 Sir Robert Hanson 1671 Sir George Waterman 1670 Sir Richard Ford 1669 Sir Samuel Starling 1668 Sir William Turner 1667 Sir William Peake 1666 Sir William Bolton 1665 Sir Thomas Bludworth 1664 Sir John Lawrence 1663 Sir Anthony Bateman 1662 Sir John Robinson 1661 Sir John Frederick 1660 Sir Richard Browne 1659 Thomas Alleyn 1658 Sir John Ireton 1657 Richard Chiverton 1656 Robert Tichborne 1655 John Dethick 1654 Christopher Pack 1653 Thomas Vyner 1652 John Fowke 1651 John Kendricke 1650 Thomas Andrewes 1649 Thomas Foot 1649 Thomas Andrewes 1648 Abraham Reynardson 1647 John Warner 1646 Sir John Gayre 1645 Thomas Adams 1644 Thomas Atkyn 1643 Sir John Wollaston 1642 Isaac Penington 1641 Richard Gurney 1640 Edmund Wright 1639 Henry Garraway 1638 Sir Morris Abbot 1637 Richard Ven 1636 Edward Bromfield 1635 Christopher Clitherow 1634 Robert Parkhurst 1634 Thomas Moulson 1633 Ralph Freeman 1632 Nicholas Rainton 1631 George Whitmore 1630 Sir Robert Ducye 1629 James Cambell 1628 Richard Deane 1627 Hugh Hammersley 1626 Cuthbert Hacket 1625 Allan Cotton 1624 John Gore 1623 Martin Lumley 1622 Peter Probie 1621 Edward Barkham 1620 Sir Frances Jones 1619 Sir William Cokayne 1618 Sir Sebastian Harvey 1617 George Bolles 1616 John Leman 1615 Sir John Jolles 1614 Sir Thomas Hayes 1613 Sir Thomas Middleton 1612 Sir John Swynnerton 1611 Sir James Pemberton 1610 Sir William Craven 1609 Sir Thomas Cambell 1608 Sir Humphrey Weld 1607 Sir Henry Rowe 1606 Sir John Watts 1605 Sir Leonard Halliday 1604 Sir Thomas Lowe 1603 Sir Thomas Bennett 1602 Robert Lee 1601 John Garrarde 1600 William Ryder

1500 - 1599

1599 Nicholas Mosley 1598 Stephen Soame 1597 Richard Saltonstall 1596 Henry Billingsley 1596 Thomas Skinner 1595 Stephen Slanye 1594 John Spencer 1594 Sir Richard Martin 1593 Cuthbert Buckell 1592 William Rowe 1591 William Webbe 1591 Sir Rowland Heyward 1590 John Allot 1589 John Harte 1589 Richard Martin 1588 Martin Calthorp 1587 George Bonde 1586 George Barne 1585 Wolstan Dixie 1584 Thomas Pullyson 1583 Edward Osborne 1582 Thomas Blanke 1581 James Harvye 1580 John Branche 1579 Nicholas Woodroffe 1578 Richard Pype 1577 Thomas Ramsay 1576 John Langley 1575 Ambrose Nicholas 1574 James Hawes 1573 John Ryvers 1572 Lionel Duckett 1571 William Allen 1570 Rowland Heyward 1569 Alexander Avenon 1568 Thomas Rowe 1567 Roger Martyn 1566 Christopher Draper 1565 Richard Champyon 1564 Richard Malorye 1563 John Whyte 1562 Thomas Lodge 1561 William Harper 1560 Sir William Chester 1559 William Hewet 1558 Thomas Leigh 1557 Thomas Curtes 1556 Thomas Offley 1555 William Garrarde 1554 John Lyon 1553 Thomas Whyte 1552 George Barne 1551 Richard Dobbis 1550 Andrew Judde 1549 Sir Rowland Hill 1548 Henry Amcotts 1547 Sir John Gresham 1546 Henry Huberthorn 1545 Sir Martin Bowes 1544 William Laxton 1544 Sir Ralph Warren 1543 William Bowyer 1542 John Cotes 1541 Michael Dormer 1540 William Roche 1539 Sir William Hollyes 1538 William Forman 1537 Sir Richard Gresham 1536 Ralph Warren 1535 Sir John Aleyn 1534 Sir John Champneys 1533 Christopher Ascue 1532 Stephen Pecocke 1531 Nicholas Lambarde 1530 Thomas Pargeter 1529 Ralph Dodmer 1528 John Rudstone 1527 James Spencer 1526 Sir Thomas Semer 1525 John Aleyn 1524 William Bayley 1523 Thomas Baldry 1522 John Mundy 1521 John Milborne 1520 John Brugge 1519 James Yarford 1518 Thomas Mirfyn 1517 Thomas Exmewe 1516 John Rest 1515 William Boteler 1514 George Monoux 1514 Sir John Tate 1513 William Browne 1513 Sir Richard Haddon 1512 William Copynger 1511 Roger Achleley 1510 Henry Kebyll 1510 Sir William Capel 1509 Thomas Bradbury 1508 Stephen Jenyns 1508 Sir Lawrence Aylmer 1507 William Browne 1506 Sir Richard Haddon 1505 Thomas Kneseworth 1504 John Wynger 1503 Sir William Capel 1502 Bartholomew Rede 1501 Sir John Shaa 1500 William Remyngton

1400 - 1499

1499 Nicholas Ailwyn 1498 Sir John Percyvale 1497 William Purchase 1496 John Tate 1495 Sir Henry Colet 1494 Richard Chawry 1493 Ralp Astry 1492 William Martin 1491 Hugh Clopton 1490 John Mathewe 1489 William White 1488 Robert Tate 1487 William Horne 1486 Henry Colet 1485 Sir Hugh Bryce 1485 John Warde 1485 Sir William Stokker 1484 Thomas Hill 1483 Robert Billesdon 1482 Edmund Shaa 1481 William Haryot 1480 John Browne 1479 Sir Bartholomew James 1478 Sir Richard Gardiner 1477 Humphrey Hayford 1476 Sir Ralph Josselyn 1475 Robert Bassett 1474 Robert Drope 1473 John Tate 1472 Sir William Hampton 1471 William Edward 1470 John Stockton 1469 Richard Lee 1468 William Taillour 1467 Thomas Oulegrave 1466 John Yonge 1465 Ralph Verney 1464 Ralph Josselyn 1463 Matthew Philip 1462 Thomas Cooke 1461 Hugh Wiche 1460 Richard Lee 1459 William Hulyn 1458 Thomas Scott 1457 Geoffrey Boleyn 1456 Thomas Canynges 1455 William Marowe 1454 Stephen Forster 1453 John Norman 1452 Geoffrey Feldynge 1451 William Gregory 1450 Nicholas Wyfold 1449 Thomas Chalton 1448 Stephen Broun 1447 John Gedney 1446 John Olney 1445 Simon Eyre 1444 Henry Frowyk 1443 Thomas Catworth 1442 John Hatherle 1441 Robert Clopton 1440 John Paddesle 1439 Robert Large 1438 Stephen Broun 1437 William Estfeld 1436 John Michell 1435 Henry Frowyk 1434 Robert Otele 1433 John Brokle 1432 John Perneys 1431 John Welles 1430 Nicholas Wotton 1429 William Estfeld 1428 Henry Barton 1427 John Gedney 1426 John Reynwell 1425 John Coventre 1424 John Michell 1423 William Crowmere 1422 William Walderne 1421 Robert Chichele 1420 William Cauntbrigge 1419 Richard Whittington (third term) 1418 William Sevenoke 1417 Richard Merlawe 1416 Henry Barton 1415 Nicholas Wotton 1414 Thomas Fauconer 1413 William Crowmere 1412 William Walderne 1411 Robert Chichele 1410 Thomas Knolles 1409 Richard Merlawe 1408 Drugo Barentyn 1407 William Staundon 1406 Richard Whittington (second term) 1405 John Woodcock 1404 John Heende Second Term 1403 William Askham 1402 John Walcote 1401 John Shadworth 1400 John Fraunceys

1300 -1399

1399 Thomas Knolles 1398 Drew Barentyn 1397 Richard Whittington 1396 Adam Bamme 1395 William More 1394 John Fresshe 1393 John Hadle 1392 William Staundon 1392 Sir Baldwin Radyngton 1392 Sir Edward Dalyngrigge 1391 John Heende 1390 Adam Bamme 1389 William Venour 1388 Sir Nicholas Twyford 1386 Nicholas Exton 1383-1385 Sir Nicholas Brembre 1381-1382 John de Northampton 1380 William Walworth 1379 John Hadle 1378 John Philipot 1377 Nicholas Brembre 1376 Adam Stable 1375 John Warde 1374 William Watworth 1373 Adam de Bury 1372 John Pyel 1370/71 John Bernes 1369 John de Chichester 1368 Simon de Mordone 1367 James Andreu 1366 John Lovekyn (third term) 1364/65 Adam de Bury 1363 John Nott 1362 Stephen Cavendisshe 1361 John Pecche 1360 John Wroth 1359 Simon Dolseley 1358 John Lovekyn (second term) 1357 John de Stodeye 1356 Henry Picard 1355 Simon Frauncis 1354 Thomas Leggy 1352/53 Adam Fraunceys 1351 Andrew Aubrey 1350 Richard de Kislingbury 1349 Walter Turke 1348 John Lovekyn 1347 Thomas Leggy 1346 Geoffrey de Wichingham 1345 Richard le Lacer 1343/44 John Hamond 1342 Simon Frauncis 1341 John de Oxenford 1339/40 Andrew Aubrey 1337/38 Henry Darci 1336 John de Pulteney 1334/45 Reginald de Conduit 1333 John de Pulteney 1332 John de Prestone 1330/31 John de Pulteney 1329 Simon Swanlond 1328 John de Grantham 1327 Hamo de Chigwell 1326 Richard de Betoyne 1323 Hamo de Chigwell 1323 Nicholas de Farndone 1321/22 Hamo de Chigwell 1321 Robert de Kendale 1320 Nicholas de Farndone 1319 Hamo de Chigwell 1316/18 John de Wengrave 1315 Stephen de Abyndon 1314 John de Gisors 1313 Nicholas de Farndone 1311/12 John de Gisors 1310 Richer de Refham 1309 Thomas Romeyn 1308 Nicholas de Farndone 1301-1307 John le Blund 1299-1300 Elias Russell

1189 - 1299

1299 Elias Russell 1298 Henry le Waleys 1293-1297 John le Breton 1289-1292 Ralph de Sandwich 1289 John le Breton 1285 Ralph de Sandwich 1284 Gregory de Rokesley 1281 Henry le Waleys 1274-1280 Gregory de Rokesley 1273 Henry le Waleys 1271/72 Walter Hervey 1270 John Adrien 1269 Hugh Fitzotho 1268 Stephen de Eddeworth 1268 Thomas de Lppegrave 1267 Alan La Zuche 1266 William Fitzrichard 1265 John de La Linde 1265 John Walerand 1265 Hugh Fitzotho 1261-1265 Thomas Fitzthomas 1259/1260 William Fitzrichard 1259 John Gisors 1258 William Fitzrichard 1254-1257 Ralph Hardel 1253 Nicholas Bat 1252 John Tulesan 1251 Adam de Basing 1250 John Norman 1249 Roger Fitzroger 1247/48 Michael Tovy 1246 Peter Fitzalan 1246 John Gisors 1244/45 Michael Tovy 1241-1243 Ralph Ashwy 1240 Reginald de Bungheye 1240 Gerard Bat 1239 William Joynier 1238 Richard Renger 1231-1237 Andrew Buckerel 1227-1231 Roger le Duke 1222-1226 Richard Renger 1218-1221 Serlo le Mercer 1217 Salomon de Basing 1216 James Alderman 1215 William Hardel 1215 Serlo le Mercer 1212-1214 Roger Fitzalan 1189-1211 Henry Fitzailwyn