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6 unusual facts about mayor of London


Grand Contour Canal

In 2012 the scheme was brought back to attention after Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, showed his support for the scheme as a way to transport water from the higher, and wetter, areas of Wales, Scotland, and northern England to the 'breadbasket' of the south east.

Isabel Dedring

Isabel Dedring is the Mayor of London’s Environment Advisor.

John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope

He profited greatly from the ransoms of prisoners, and used the spoils to build Ampthill Castle, and to buy Oyster Hill Manor from the Mayor of London, William Walworth.

Kiyan Prince

The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, in response to the killing, has said that he will discuss with the Home Secretary and the Lord Chancellor about assigning maximum imprisonment sentences for those who carry knives.

London Plan

The London Plan is the statutory spatial development strategy for the Greater London area in the United Kingdom that is written by the Mayor of London and published by the Greater London Authority.

Warwick Lightfoot

He has been a councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea since 1986, and has stood for numerous other positions, including Member of Parliament, Mayor of London, and the European Parliament.


Benjamin Cronyn

Cronyn was also father to Benjamin Cronyn, Jr. a former mayor of London, Ontario and relative of Robert Whitehead.

Crystal Palace Park

In 2005 the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency (LDA) took control of the NSC as part of London's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and it is now managed by Greenwich Leisure on their behalf.

Frank Dobson

He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999, and was the official Labour Party candidate for Mayor of London in 2000, ultimately finishing third in the election, behind Conservative Steven Norris and winner Ken Livingstone.

George Wenige

George Albert Wenige (1874-1952) was an eccentric mayor of London, Ontario, Canada, who served nine terms, mostly non-consecutively.

Greater London Council

The GLA has a very different structure to the GLC, consisting of a directly elected Mayor of London and a London Assembly.

Highbury Avenue

For a time the expressway portion of the road was unofficially named "George Wenige Expressway" after a former mayor of London, George Wenige.

John Cavendish

Although Wat Tyler, the leader of the revolt was struck down by William Walworth, mayor of London, during negotiations on 15 June, John Cavendish, the second son of the Chief Justice, gave the finishing stroke to Wat Tyler, the lord mayor having only wounded him in the neck.

Lee Jasper

In July 2011, Jasper suggested there were similarities between the extremist Anders Behring Breivik and Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

Localism Act 2011

It abolishes the London Development Agency to be replaced by a subsidiary corporation (GLA Land and Property) and requires the Mayor of London to prepare and publish an "Economic development strategy for London” and "The London Environment Strategy". The section also allows the Mayor of London to create "Mayoral development corporations" whose object is to regenerate parts of London identified as "Mayoral development areas".

Mark Francois

He stood for Brent East during the 1997 general election, and lost to Ken Livingstone (who later became the Mayor of London).

Old Oak Common railway station

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has been non-committal in supporting the Old Oak Common site, and takes the view that further evaluation is required.

Pamela Chesters

From May 2009 to May 2012, Chesters served as Advisor for Health and Youth Opportunities to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

The Londoner

The current Mayor Boris Johnson scrapped The Londoner as part of his mayoral manifesto pledge, describing it as "the Mayor's ludicrous Pyongyang-style newspaper".


see also

2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles final

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, the Queen, Sir Chris Hoy, Fred Perry's daughter, Penny, television presenters Ant and Dec, Mayor of London Boris Johnson, WTA players Laura Robson and Victoria Azarenka, and Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, were also among those who paid tribute.

Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, Frances O'Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary, Allan Cook CBE, Chairman Atkins Plc, and John Armitt, Chairman, Olympic Development Authority also received Honorary Apprenticeship Awards for 2011 at a ceremony at Lancaster House on 14 December 2011.

Asgill

Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet (1713–1788), English banker and Lord Mayor of London

Baselard

Wat Tyler was slain with a baselard by the mayor of London, William Walworth, in 1381, and the original weapon was "still preserved with peculiar veneration by the Company of Fishmongers" in the 19th century.

British Hospitality Association

The 2012 event attracted some well-known names including, for example, John Penrose MP (The UK Minister for Tourism & Heritage), Kit Malthouse (The Deputy Mayor of London), Willie Walsh (CEO, British Airways), Taleb Rifai (Secretary of the UN World Tourism Organisation), Simon Vincent (Europe President of Hilton), Robin Rowland (CEO of Yo!Sushi), etc.

Charles Asgill

Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet (1713–1788), merchant banker and Lord Mayor of London (1757–1758)

Cindy Villarreal

Some of her clients have included the NBA, NFL, British Soccer Team, Super League, Gladiators (TV Show), the Offshore Super Series, the United States All-Star Federation and International All-Star Federation, and individuals as NFL player Chris Houston, Hall of Famer Ted Ginn Sr., The Lord Mayor of London, and Sir Richard Branson, London business giant and owner of Virgin Entertainment.

Data.gov.uk

On the 29 January 2010 Boris Johnson, mayor of London, opened an online data warehouse containing more than 200 data sets from London city authorities.

Francis Crick Institute

A dedication ceremony for the new building was held on 11 October 2011, attended by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, David Willetts MP and Sir Paul Nurse.

Harry Barton

Henry Barton, appointed Sheriff of London in 1406 and elected Lord Mayor of London in 1416

Hymenochirus curtipes

British Labour politician and first elected mayor of London Ken Livingstone was the first ever person to breed Hymenochirus curtipes in captivity.

Islam Expo

There was also a fun fair in the grounds and lectures by various people from within and outside the Islamic population like Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens and Muslim BBC news reporter Asad Ahmad.

James Frederick Gosnell

His son Tom Gosnell was the mayor of London from 1986 to 1994 and is the present deputy mayor and budget chief.

James Shaw

Sir James Shaw, 1st Baronet (1764–1843), Lord Mayor of London and MP for the City of London 1806–1818

John Studd

John Edward Kynaston Studd 1858–1944), British cricketer, businessman and Lord Mayor of London

Lord Marshall

Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead (1865–1936), British publisher, newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London

Mark Watts

Mark Watts, Executive Director of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, previously Director of Arup, and Climate Change and Transport adviser to the former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone

Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition

The president of the exhibition was the lord mayor of London (then Charles Johnston) and the vice president Admiral Edmund Fremantle.

Olantigh

In 1773, John Sawbridge, the then ruling squire, became Lord Mayor of London; he extended the mansion.

Oliver Foot

Many high profile customers frequented the location including the then Mayor of London Ken Livingston, Suggs, Ian Brown, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Joe Strummer and the rocksteady musician Alton Ellis.

Robert Large

Robert Large also served as Lord Mayor of London in 1439-1440.

Robert Vyner

Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet, (1631–1688), Lord Mayor of London 1653-1654

Samuel Garrard

Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Baronet (1651–1725), of the Garrard baronets, Member of Parliament for Amersham, Lord Mayor of London (1709)

Taptu

One of its successful videos depicts the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, riding a “Boris Bike” Danny MacAskill-style at a local London skate park.

The Banqueting House

Mansion House, London, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London

Thomas Gabriel

Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet (1811–1891), British timber merchant and Lord Mayor of London

West London Free School

The school was formally opened by Mayor of London Boris Johnson in September 2011 and is currently home to 360 pupils.

Wren Natsworthy

There they meet Cruwys Morchard, who is actually Clytie Potts, and Chudleigh Pomeroy, the former head of Tom's Guild, who is now the Lord Mayor of London.