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List of lord mayors of London

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List of lord mayors of London

Summary

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the mayors and lord mayors of the City of London

[[John Boydell]], the lord mayor of London in 1790

This is a list of all mayors and lord/lady mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London). Until 1354, the title held was mayor of London. The dates are those of being elected to office on 29 September, excepting those years when it fell on the Sabbath; the office is not actually entered until the second week of November. Therefore, the years elected below do not represent the main calendar year of service. In 2006, the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title and style remains Lord/Lady Mayor of London.

Mayors

This list details which livery company each Lord Mayor was associated with.

Before 1300

TermNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1189–1212
1212–1214
1214
1215
1216
1216
1217–1221
1222–1226
1227–1230
1231–1237
1237-1238
1238-1239
1239-1240
1240
1241–1243
1244–1245
1246
1246
1247–1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254–1257
1258
1258
1259–1260
1261–1264
1265
1265
1265
1266
1267
1268
1268
1269
1270
1271–1272
1273
1274–1280
1281–1283
1284
1285–1289
1289
1289–1292
1293–1298
1298
1299–1301

;Notes

14th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1301–1307
1308
1309
1310
1311–1312
1313
1314
1315
1316–1318
1319
1320
1321
1321–1322
1323
1323–1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330–1331
1332
1333
1334–1335
1336
1337–1338
1339–1340
1341
1342
1343–1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352–1353

;Notes

Lord mayors

14th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1354
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361
1362
1363
1364–1365
1366
1367
1368
1369
1370–1371
1372
1373
1374
1375
1376
1377
1378
1379
1380
1381–1382
1383–1385
1386–1387
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1392
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396
1397
1397
1398
1399
1400

;Notes

15th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1401
1402
1403
1404
1405
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410
1411
1412
1413
1414
1415
1416
1417
1418
1419
1420
1421
1422
1423
1424
1425
1426
1427
1428
1429
1430
1431
1432
1433
1434
1435
1436
1437
1438
1439
1440
1441
1442
1443
1444
1445
1446
1447
1448
1449
1450
1451
1452
1453
1454
1455
1456
1457
1458
1459
1460
1461
1462
1463
1464
1465
1466
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
1475
1476
1477
1478
1479
1480
1481
1482
1483
1484
1485
1485
1485
1486
1487
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494
1495
1496
1497
1498
1499
1500

;Notes

16th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1501
1502
1503
1504
1505
1506
1507
1508
1508
1509
1510
1510
1511
1512
1513
1513
1514
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518
1519
1520
1521
1522
1523
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531
1532
1533
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
1572
1573
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578
1579
1580
1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1589
1589
1590
1591
1591
1592
1593
1594
1594
1595
1596
1596
1597
1598
1599
1600

17th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1601
1602
1603
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610
1611
1612
1613
1614
1615
1616
1617
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1640
1640
1641
1642
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
1648
1649
1649
1650
1651
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
1678
1679
1680
1681
1682
1683
1684
1685
1686
1687
1688
1688
1689-
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700

18th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1741
1742
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1750
1751
1752
1752
1753
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800

19th century

ElectedNameMother livery companyNotes
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815–1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830–1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860–1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900

;Notes

20th century

ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000

21st century

City of London coat of arms
ElectedNameMother Livery CompanyNotes
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019–2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Notes

References

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