List of lord mayors of London

This article is about the mayors and lord mayors of the City of London. For a list of mayors of Greater London, see List of mayors of London.

This is a list of all mayors and lord 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 Mayor of London.

John Boydell, the lord mayor of London in 1790

Mayors

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

Before 1300

Term	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1189–1212	Henry FitzAilwin	(Draper)[a]	First Mayor of London. Died in his twenty-fourth term.
1212–1214	Roger FitzAlan	(Mercer)[b]
1214[1]	Serlo le Mercer	(Mercer)[b]	First of five terms.
1215[1]	William Hardell	(Draper)[a]
1216	Jacob Alderman	unknown	Served until Trinity Sunday, when he died in office. His successor served as Mayor for the rest of the year.[1]
1216	Salomon de Basing	unknown	Succeeded Jacob Alderman on or shortly after Trinity Sunday, and continued in office till the end of the year.
1217–1221[1]	Serlo le Mercer	(Mercer)	Second to fifth terms of five.
1222–1226	Richard Renger	unknown	First five terms of six.
1227–1230	Roger le Duke	unknown	Four terms.
1231–1237	Andrew Buckerell	(Pepperer)[c]	Seven terms; died in office[2]
1237-1238	Richard Renger	unknown	Sixth and final term; died in office[2]
1238-1239	William Joynier	unknown
1239-1240	Gerard Bat	unknown	First term began 13 Jan 1239.[2] Re-elected but not admitted to office in 1240[3]
1240	Reginald de Bungay	unknown
1241–1243	Ralph Ashley	(Mercer)[b]	Three terms. Was a Grocer when Sheriff. Also "Eswy"
1244–1245	Michael Tovey	unknown	First and second terms of four.
1246	John Gisors I	(Pepperer)[c]	First of two terms.
1246	Peter FitzAlan	unknown
1247–1248	Michael Tovey	unknown	Third and fourth terms of four.
1249	Roger FitzRoger	unknown
1250	John le Norman	unknown
1251	Adam de Basing	(Mercer)[b]
1252	John Tulesan	(Draper)[a]
1253	Nicholas de La Beche	unknown
1254–1257	Ralph Hardell	(Draper)[a]	Served four terms; deposed.
1258	William FitzRichard	(Draper)[a]	First of four terms as Royal Nominee.
1258	John Gisors	(Pepperer)[c]	Second of two terms.
1259–1260	William FitzRichard	(Draper)[a]	Second and third terms of four as Royal Nominee.
1261–1264	Thomas Fitzthomas	unknown	Four terms; deposed and imprisoned.
1265	Hugh FitzOtho	n/a	First of two terms as Royal Warden.
1265	John Walerand	n/a	Royal Warden.
1265	John de La Lynde	n/a	Royal Warden.
1266	William FitzRichard	(Draper)[a]	Fourth and final term as Royal Nominee.
1267	Alan la Zouche	(Pepperer)[c]	Royal Warden.
1268	Thomas de Ippegrave	n/a	Royal Warden.
1268	Stephen de Eddeworth	n/a	Royal Warden.
1269	Hugh FitzOtho	n/a	Second of two terms as Royal Warden.
1270	John Adrien	(Draper)[a]
1271–1272	Walter Hervey	unknown	Two terms; deposed.
1273	Henry le Walleis	unknown	First of five terms.
1274–1280	Gregory de Rokesley	(Goldsmith)[d]	First seven terms of eight.
1281–1283	Henry le Walleis	unknown	Second to fourth of five terms.
1284	Gregory de Rokesley	(Goldsmith)[d]	Eighth and final term.
1285–1289	Sir Ralph Sandwich	n/a	First five terms of nine as Royal Warden.
1289	John le Breton	n/a	First of seven terms as Royal Warden.
1289–1292	Sir Ralph Sandwich	n/a	Sixth to ninth terms as Royal Warden.
1293–1298	John le Breton	n/a	Second to seventh terms of seven as Royal Warden.
1298	Henry le Wallis	unknown	Fifth and final term.
1299–1301	Elias Russell	(Draper)[a]

Notes

1. The Drapers are recognised as having formed a fraternity from 1180, were incorporated in 1361, and received a Royal Charter in 1438.
2. The Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
3. The Grocers were known as the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, and incorporated under a Royal Charter of 1428.
4. The Goldsmiths formed as a guild in the 12th century and received their first Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1327.

14th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1301–1307	Sir John le Blund	(Draper)[a]
1308	Sir Nicholas de Farndone	(Goldsmith)[b]	First of four terms.
1309	Thomas Romayn	(Pepperer)[c]
1310	Sir Richard de Refham	(Mercer)[d]	Deposed.
1311–1312	Sir John de Gisors	(Pepperer)[c]	First and second terms of three.
1313	Sir Nicholas de Farndone	(Goldsmith)[b]	Second of four terms.
1314	Sir John de Gisors	(Pepperer)[c]	Third and final term.
1315	Stephen de Abyngdon	(Draper)[a]
1316–1318	Sir John de Wengrave	n/a	Royal Warden; two terms.
1319	Sir Hamo de Chigwell	Fishmonger	First of seven terms.
1320	Sir Nicholas de Farndone	(Goldsmith)[b]	Third of four terms.
1321	Robert de Kendale	n/a	Royal Warden
1321–1322	Sir Hamo de Chigwell	Fishmonger	Second and third of seven terms.
1323	Sir Nicholas de Farndone	(Goldsmith)[b]	Fourth and final term.
1323–1325	Sir Hamo de Chigwell	Fishmonger	Fourth to sixth terms of seven.
1326	Sir Richard de Betoyne	(Pepperer)[c]
1327	Sir Hamo de Chigwell	Fishmonger	Seventh and final term.
1328	Sir John de Grantham	(Pepperer)[c]
1329	Sir Simon Swanland	(Draper)[a]
1330–1331	Sir John de Pulteney	(Draper)[a]	First and second of four terms.
1332	Sir John de Preston	(Draper)[a]
1333	Sir John de Pulteney	(Draper)[a]	Third of four terms.
1334–1335	Sir Reginald de Conduit	(Vintner)[e]	Two terms.
1336	Sir John de Pulteney	(Draper)[a]	Fourth and final term.
1337–1338	Sir Henry Darcy	(Draper)[a]	Two terms.
1339–1340	Sir Andrew d'Aubrey	(Pepperer)[c]	First and second of three terms.
1341	John d'Oxenford	(Vintner)[e]	Died in office.
1342	Simon Francis	(Mercer)[d]	First of two terms; the latter was in 1355 as Lord Mayor.
1343–1344	Sir John Hammond	(Pepperer)[c]	Two terms.
1345	Richard le Lacer	(Mercer)[d]
1346	Sir Geoffrey de Wychingham	(Mercer)[d]
1347	Sir Thomas Legge	Skinner	First of two terms; the latter was in 1354 as the first Lord Mayor.
1348	Sir John Lovekyn	Fishmonger	First of three terms; the latter two were Lord Mayorships.
1349	Sir Walter Turke	Fishmonger
1350	Richard de Kislingbury	(Draper)[a]
1351	Sir Andrew d'Aubrey	(Pepperer)[c]	Third and final term.
1352–1353	Sir Adam Fraunceys	(Mercer)[d]	Two terms.

Notes

1. The Drapers are recorded as forming a fraternity by 1180, were formally incorporated in 1361, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1438.
2. The Goldsmiths originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1327.
3. The Grocers were the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
4. The Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
5. The Vintners probably originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1364.

Lord mayors

14th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1354	Sir Thomas Legge	Skinner	First Lord Mayor of London. Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London.
1355	Simon Fraunceys	(Mercer)[a]	Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London.
1356	Sir Henry Picard	(Vintner)[b]
1357	John de Stodeye	(Vintner)[b]
1358	Sir John Lovekyn	Fishmonger	Second of three terms, having initially served as Mayor of London.
1359	Simon Dolseley	(Pepperer)[c]
1360	Sir John Wroth	Fishmonger
1361	Sir John Pecche	Fishmonger
1362	Stephen Cavendisshe	(Draper)[d]
1363	John Nott	(Pepperer)[c]
1364–1365	Sir Adam de Bury	Skinner	First two terms of three; impeached.
1366	Sir John Lovekyn	Fishmonger	Third and final term.
1367	James Andrewes	(Draper)[d]
1368	Simon de Montfort	Fishmonger
1369	Sir John de Chichester	Goldsmith
1370–1371	Sir John Bernes	(Mercer)[a]	Two terms.
1372	John Pyel	(Mercer)[a]
1373	Sir Adam de Bury	Skinner	Third and final term.
1374	Sir William Walworth	Fishmonger	First of two terms.
1375	John Warde	Grocer
1376	Adam Stable	(Mercer)[a]
1377	Sir Nicholas Brembre	Grocer	First of four terms.
1378	Sir John Philpot	Grocer
1379	John Hadley	Grocer	First of two terms.
1380	Sir William Walworth	Fishmonger	Second of two terms.
1381–1382	John de Northampton	(Draper)[d]	Two terms.
1383–1385	Sir Nicholas Brembre	Grocer	Second to fourth terms of four.
1386–1387	Sir Nicholas Exton	Fishmonger	Two terms.
1388	Sir Nicholas Twyford	Goldsmith
1389	William Venour	Grocer
1390	Adam Bamme	Goldsmith	First of two terms.
1391	Sir John Hende	(Draper)[d]	First of two terms; deposed and imprisoned.
1392	Sir Edward Dalyngrigge	n/a	Royal Warden.
1392	Sir Baldwin Radyngton	knight[4]	Royal Warden.
1392	Sir William de Staunton	Grocer	First of two terms.
1393	John Hadley	Grocer	Second of two terms.
1394	John Fresshe	Mercer
1395	Sir William More	Vintner
1396	Adam Bamme	Goldsmith	Second of two term; died in office.
1397	Sir Richard Whittington	Mercer	First of four terms; appointed by Richard II.
1397	Sir Richard Whittington	Mercer	Second of four terms; elected.
1398	Sir Drugo Barentyn	Goldsmith	First of two terms.
1399	Sir Thomas Knollys	Grocer	First of two terms.
1400	John Fraunceys	Goldsmith

Notes

1. The Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
2. The Vintners probably originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1364.
3. The Grocers were the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
4. The Drapers are recorded as forming a fraternity by 1180, were formally incorporated in 1361, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1438.

15th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1401	John Shadworth	Mercer
1402	John Walcote	(Draper)[a]
1403	William Little	Fishmonger
1404	Sir John Hende	(Draper)[a]	Second of two terms.
1405	Sir John Woodcock	Mercer
1406	Sir Richard Whittington	Mercer	Third of four terms.
1407	Sir William de Staunton	(Grocer)[b]	Second of two terms.
1408	Sir Drugo Barentyn	Goldsmith	Second of two terms.
1409	Sir Richard Marlowe	(Ironmonger)[c]	First of two terms.
1410	Sir Thomas Knollys	(Grocer)[b]	Second of two terms.
1411	Sir Robert Chichele	(Grocer)[b]	First of two terms.
1412	Sir William Walderne	Mercer	First of two terms.
1413	Sir William Cromer	(Draper)[a]	First of two terms.
1414	Sir Thomas Fauconer	Mercer
1415	Sir Nicholas Wotton	(Draper)[a]	First of two terms.
1416	Sir Henry Barton	Skinner	First of two terms.
1417	Sir Richard Marlowe	(Ironmonger)[c]	Second of two terms.
1418	Sir William Sevenoke	(Grocer)[b]
1419	Sir Richard Whittington	Mercer	Fourth and final term.
1420	Sir William de Cambridge	(Grocer)[b]
1421	Sir Robert Chichele	(Grocer)[b]	Second of two terms.
1422	Sir William Walderne	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1423	Sir William Cromer	(Draper)[a]	Second of two terms.
1424	Sir John Michell	Fishmonger	First of two terms.
1425	Sir John Coventry	Mercer
1426	Sir John Reynwell	Fishmonger
1427	Sir John Gedney	(Draper)[a]	First of two terms.
1428	Sir Henry Barton	Skinner	Second of two terms.
1429	Sir William Eastfeld	Mercer	First of two terms.
1430	Sir Nicholas Wotton	(Draper)[a]	Second of two terms.
1431	Sir John Welles	Grocer
1432	Sir John Verney	Fishmonger
1433	Sir John Brokley	(Draper)[a]
1434	Sir Robert Ottele	Grocer
1435	Sir Henry Frowick	Mercer	First of two terms.
1436	Sir John Michell	Fishmonger	Second of two terms.
1437	Sir William Eastfeld	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1438	Sir Stephen Browne	Grocer	First of two terms.
1439	Robert Large	Mercer
1440	Sir John Paulet	Goldsmith
1441	Sir Robert Clopton	Draper
1442	Sir John Atherley	(Ironmonger)[c]
1443	Sir Thomas Catworth	Grocer
1444	Sir Henry Frowick	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1445	Sir Simon Eyre	Draper
1446	Sir John Olney	Mercer
1447	Sir John Gedney	Draper	Second of two terms.
1448	Sir Stephen Browne	Grocer	Second of two terms.
1449	Sir Thomas Chalton	Mercer
1450	Sir Nicholas Wyfold	Grocer
1451	Sir William Gregory	Skinner
1452	Sir Geoffrey Fielding	Mercer
1453	Sir John Norman	Draper
1454	Sir Stephen Foster	Fishmonger
1455	Sir William Marlowe	Grocer
1456	Sir Thomas Canynges	Grocer
1457	Sir Geoffrey Boleyn	Mercer
1458	Sir Thomas Scott	Draper
1459	Sir William Hewlyn	Fishmonger
1460	Sir Richard Leigh	Grocer	First of two terms.
1461	Sir Hugh Wyche	Mercer
1462	Sir Thomas Cooke	Draper
1463	Sir Matthew Phillip	Goldsmith
1464	Sir Ralph Josselyn	Draper	First of two terms.
1465	Sir Ralph Verney	Mercer
1466	Sir John Yonge	Grocer	Half-brother of Sir William Canynges.
1467	Sir Thomas Walgrave	Skinner
1468	Sir William Taylour	Grocer
1469	Sir Richard Leigh	Grocer	Second of two terms.
1470	Sir John Stockton	Mercer
1471	William Edwardes	Grocer
1472	Sir William Hampton	Fishmonger
1473	Sir John Tate	Mercer	Uncle of Sir Robert Tate (1488) and Sir John Tate (1496, 1514).
1474	Sir Robert Drope	Draper
1475	Sir Robert Basset	Salter
1476	Sir Ralph Josselyn	Draper	Second of two terms.
1477	Sir Humphrey Heyford	Goldsmith
1478	Sir Richard Gardiner	Mercer
1479	Sir Bartholomew James	Draper
1480	Sir John Browne	Mercer	Uncle of Sir William Browne (1513)
1481	Sir William Harryot	Draper	[5]
1482	Sir Edmund Shaa	Goldsmith
1483	Sir Robert Billesdon	Haberdasher[d]
1484	Sir Thomas Hill	Grocer	Died in office.
1485	Sir William Stoker	Draper	Died in office.
1485	Sir John Warde	Grocer
1485	Sir Hugh Bryce	Grocer
1486	Sir Henry Colet	Mercer	First of two terms.
1487	Sir William Horne	Salter
1488	Sir Robert Tate	Mercer	Brother of Sir John Tate (1496, 1514); nephew of Sir John Tate (1473).
1489	Sir William White	Draper
1490	Sir John Mathew[6][7]	Mercer
1491	Sir Hugh Clopton	Mercer
1492	Sir William Martyn	Skinner
1493	Sir Ralph Astley	Fishmonger
1494	Sir Richard Chawry	Salter
1495	Sir Henry Colet	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1496	Sir John Tate	Mercer	First of two terms. Brother of Sir Robert Tate (1488); nephew of Sir John Tate (1473).
1497	Sir William Purchas	Mercer
1498	Sir John Percival	Merchant Taylor
1499	Nicholas Ailwyn	Mercer	Died in office.
1500	Sir William Remyngton	Fishmonger

Notes

1. The Drapers are recorded as forming a fraternity by 1180, were formally incorporated in 1361, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1438.
2. The Grocers did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
3. The Ironmongers did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1463.
4. The Haberdashers are on record as having formed a fraternity before 1371 and first received a Royal Charter in 1448.

16th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1501	Sir John Shaw	Goldsmith
1502	Sir Bartholomew Reade	Goldsmith
1503	Sir William Capell	Draper	First of two terms.
1504	Sir John Wyngar	Grocer
1505	Sir Thomas Kneesworth	Fishmonger
1506	Sir Richard Haddon	Mercer	First of two terms.
1507	Sir William Browne	Mercer	Uncle of Sir William Browne (1514); died in office.
1508	Sir Lawrence Aylmer	Merchant Taylor
1508	Sir Stephen Jenyns	Merchant Taylor
1509	Sir Thomas Bradbury	Mercer
1510	Sir William Capell	Draper	Second of two terms.
1510	Sir Henry Keble	Grocer
1511	Sir Roger Ashley	Draper
1512	Sir William Copinger	Fishmonger
1513	Sir Richard Haddon	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1513	Sir William Browne	Mercer	Nephew of Sir William Browne (1507); died in office.
1514	Sir John Tate	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1514	Sir George Monoux	Draper
1515	Sir William Butler[8]	Grocer
1516	John Rest[9]	Grocer
1517	Sir Thomas Exmewe	Goldsmith
1518	Sir Thomas Mirfyn	Skinner
1519	Sir James Yarford	Mercer
1520	Sir John Brydges	Draper	Born Brugge; also "Bridges. Father in law of Richard Sackville.
1521	Sir John Milburne	Draper
1522	Sir John Mundy	Goldsmith
1523	Sir Thomas Baldry	Mercer
1524	Sir William Bailey	Draper
1525	Sir John Alleyn	Mercer	First of two terms.
1526	Sir Thomas Seymour, MP[10]	Mercer
1527	Sir James Spencer	Vintner
1528	Sir John Rudston	Draper
1529	Sir Ralph Dodmer	Brewer
1530	Sir Thomas Pargiter	Salter
1531	Sir Nicholas Lombard	Grocer
1532	Sir Stephen Peacock	Haberdasher
1533	Sir Christopher Askew	Draper
1534	Sir John Champneys	Skinner
1535	Sir John Alleyn	Mercer	Second of two terms.
1536	Sir Ralph Warren	Mercer	First of two terms.
1537	Sir Richard Gresham	Mercer
1538	Sir William Forman	Haberdasher
1539	Sir William Holles	Mercer
1540	Sir William Roche	Draper
1541	Sir Michael Dormer	Mercer
1542	Sir John Coates	Salter
1543	Sir William Bowyer[11]	Draper	Died in office
1544	Sir Ralph Warren	Mercer	2nd term: completed Bowyer's term.
1544	Sir William Laxton	Grocer
1545	Sir Martin Bowes	Goldsmith
1546	Sir Henry Huberthorn	Merchant Taylor
1547	Sir John Gresham	Mercer
1548	Sir Henry Amcotes	Fishmonger
1549	Sir Rowland Hill[12]	Mercer
1550	Sir Andrew Judd	Skinner
1551	Sir Richard Dobbs	Skinner
1552	Sir George Barne	Haberdasher	Father of George Barne III (1586)
1553	Sir Thomas White	Merchant Taylor
1554	Sir John Lyon	Grocer
1555	Sir William Garrard	Haberdasher
1556	Sir Thomas Offley	Merchant Taylor
1557	Sir Thomas Curtis	Fishmonger	Previously Pewterer.
1558	Sir Thomas Leigh	Mercer
1559	Sir William Hewett	Clothworker
1560	Sir William Chester	Draper
1561	Sir William Harpur	Merchant Taylor
1562	Sir Thomas Lodge	Grocer
1563	Sir John Whyte	Grocer
1564	Sir Richard Mallory	Mercer	Ancestor of the Leigh-Mallory family.[citation needed]
1565	Sir Richard Champion	Draper
1566	Sir Christopher Draper	Ironmonger
1567	Sir Roger Martyn	Mercer
1568	Sir Thomas Rowe	Merchant Taylor
1569	Sir Alexander Avenon	Ironmonger
1570	Sir Rowland Hayward	Clothworker	First of two terms.
1571	Sir William Allen	Mercer	Grandfather of Mary Box school founder[13]
1572	Sir Lionel Duckett	Mercer
1573	Sir John Rivers	Grocer
1574	Sir James Hawes	Clothworker
1575	Sir Ambrose Nicholas	Salter
1576	Sir John Langley	Goldsmith
1577	Sir Thomas Ramsey	Grocer
1578	Sir Richard Pype	Draper
1579	Sir Nicholas Woodroffe	Haberdasher
1580	Sir John Branche	Draper
1581	Sir James Harvey	Ironmonger
1582	Sir Thomas Blanke	Haberdasher
1583	Sir Edward Osborne	Clothworker
1584	Sir Thomas Pullyson	Draper
1585	Sir Wolstan Dixie	Skinner
1586	Sir George Barne, MP	Haberdasher	Son of George Barne II (1552)
1587	Sir George Bond	Haberdasher
1588	Sir Martin Calthrop[14][15]	Draper	Died in office
1589	Sir Richard Martin	Goldsmith	First term, completing the term of Sir Martin Calthorpe.
1589	Sir John Harte	Grocer
1590	Sir John Allot	Fishmonger	Died in office.
1591	Sir Rowland Heyward	Clothworker	Second of two terms.
1591	Sir William Webbe	Salter
1592	Sir William Rowe	Ironmonger
1593	Sir Cuthbert Buckell	Vintner	Died in office.
1594	Sir Richard Martin	Goldsmith	Second of two terms, completing that of Sir Cuthbert Buckle.
1594	Sir John Spencer	Clothworker
1595	Sir Stephen Slaney	Skinner
1596	Thomas Skinner	Clothworker	Died in office.
1596	Sir Henry Billingsley	Haberdasher
1597	Richard Saltonstall, MP[16]	Skinner	Uncle of Sir Richard Saltonstall.
1598	Sir Stephen Soame	Grocer
1599	Nicholas Mosley	Clothworker
1600	Sir William Ryder	Haberdasher

17th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1601	Sir John Gerard	Haberdasher
1602	Sir Robert Lee	Merchant Taylor
1603	Sir Thomas Bennet	Mercer
1604	Sir Thomas Lowe	Haberdasher
1605	Sir Leonard Halliday	Merchant Taylor
1606	Sir John Watts	Clothworker
1607	Sir Henry Rowe	Mercer
1608	Sir Humphrey Weld	Grocer
1609	Sir Thomas Cambell	Ironmonger
1610	Sir William Craven	Merchant Taylor
1611	Sir James Pemberton	Goldsmith
1612	Sir John Swynnerton	Merchant Taylor
1613	Sir Thomas Myddelton	Grocer
1614	Sir Thomas Hayes	Draper
1615	Sir John Jolles	Draper
1616	Sir John Leman	Fishmonger
1617	Sir George Bolles	Grocer
1618	Sir Sebastian Hervey	Ironmonger
1619	Sir William Cockayne	Skinner
1620	Sir Francis Jones	Haberdasher
1621	Sir Edward Barkham	Draper
1622	Sir Peter Proby	Grocer
1623	Sir Martin Lumley	Draper
1624	Sir John Gore	Merchant Taylor
1625	Sir Allen Cotton[17]	Draper
1626	Sir Cuthbert Hacket	Draper
1627	Sir Hugh Hamersley	Haberdasher
1628	Sir Richard Deane	Skinner
1629	Sir James Cambell	Ironmonger
1630	Sir Robert Ducie, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor
1631	Sir George Whitmore	Haberdasher
1632	Sir Nicholas Rainton	Haberdasher
1633	Sir Ralph Freeman	Clothworker	Died in office.
1634	Sir Thomas Moulson	Grocer
1634	Sir Robert Parkhurst	Clothworker
1635	Sir Christopher Clitherow	Ironmonger
1636	Sir Edward Bromfield	Fishmonger
1637	Sir Richard Fenn	Haberdasher
1638	Sir Maurice Abbot	Draper
1639	Sir Henry Garraway	Draper
1640	Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor	Elected, but displaced by Parliament.
1640	Sir Edmund Wright	Grocer
1641	Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet	Clothworker
1642	Sir Isaac Penington	Fishmonger
1643	Sir John Wollaston	Goldsmith
1644	Sir Thomas Atkins	Mercer
1645	Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet	Draper
1646	Sir John Gayre	Fishmonger
1647	Sir John Warner, 1st Baronet	Grocer
1648	Sir Abraham Reynardson	Merchant Taylor	Deposed April 1649.
1649	Sir Thomas Andrewes	Leatherseller
1649	Sir Thomas Foote, 1st Baronet	Grocer
1650	Sir Thomas Andrewes	Leatherseller
1651	Sir John Kendrick	Grocer
1652	John Fowke MP[18]	Haberdasher
1653	Sir Thomas Vyner, 1st Baronet	Goldsmith
1654	Sir Christopher Packe	Draper
1655	Sir John Dethick	Mercer
1656	Sir Robert Tichborne	Skinner
1657	Sir Richard Chiverton	Skinner
1658	Sir John Ireton	Clothworker
1659	Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet	Grocer
1660	Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor
1661	Sir John Frederick	Grocer
1662	Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet	Clothworker
1663	Sir Anthony Bateman	Skinner
1664	Sir John Lawrence	Haberdasher
1665	Sir Thomas Bloodworth	Vintner
1666	Sir William Bolton	Merchant Taylor
1667	Sir William Peake	Clothworker
1668	Sir William Turner	Merchant Taylor
1669	Sir Samuel Starling	Brewer
1670	Sir Richard Ford	Mercer
1671	Sir George Waterman	Skinner
1672	Sir Robert Hanson	Grocer
1673	Sir William Hooker	Grocer
1674	Sir Robert Viner, 1st Baronet	Goldsmith
1675	Sir Joseph Sheldon	Tallow Chandler
1676	Sir Thomas Davies	Stationer
1677	Sir Francis Chaplin	Clothworker
1678	Sir James Edwards[19]	Grocer
1679	Sir Robert Clayton	Scrivener
1680	Sir Patience Ward	Merchant Taylor
1681	Sir John Moore	Grocer
1682	Sir William Prichard	Merchant Taylor
1683	Sir Henry Tulse	Grocer
1684	Sir James Smyth	Draper
1685	Sir Robert Geffrye	Ironmonger
1686	Sir John Peake	Mercer
1687	Sir John Shorter	Goldsmith	Died in office after a fall from his horse.[20]
1688	Sir John Eyles	Mercer
1688	Sir John Chapman	Haberdasher
1689- 1690	Sir Thomas Pilkington	Skinner
1691	Sir Thomas Stampe	Draper
1692	Sir John Fleet	Grocer
1693	Sir William Ashhurst	Merchant Taylor
1694	Sir Thomas Lane	Clothworker
1695	Sir John Houblon	Grocer
1696	Sir Edward Clarke	Merchant Taylor
1697	Sir Humphrey Edwin	Skinner	Previously Barber-Surgeon
1698	Sir Francis Child	Goldsmith
1699	Sir Richard Levett	Haberdasher
1700	Sir Thomas Abney	Fishmonger

18th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1701	Sir William Gore	Mercer
1702	Sir Samuel Dashwood	Vintner
1703	Sir John Parsons	Brewer	Father of Humphrey Parsons (1730).
1704	Sir Owen Buckingham	Salter
1705	Sir Thomas Rawlinson	Vintner
1706	Sir Robert Bedingfield	Merchant Taylor
1707	Sir William Withers	Fishmonger
1708	Sir Charles Duncombe	Goldsmith
1709	Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Baronet	Grocer
1710	Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet	Vintner
1711	Sir Robert Beachcroft	Clothworker
1712	Sir Richard Hoare	Goldsmith
1713	Sir Samuel Stanier	Draper
1714	Sir William Humfreys, 1st Baronet	Ironmonger
1715	Sir Charles Peers	Salter
1716	Sir James Bateman	Fishmonger	Previously Loriner.
1717	Sir William Lewen	Haberdasher
1718	Sir John Ward	Merchant Taylor
1719	Sir George Thorold, 1st Baronet	Ironmonger
1720	Sir John Fryer, 1st Baronet	Fishmonger	Previously Pewterer.
1721	Sir William Stewart	Goldsmith	Previously Barber-Surgeon.
1722	Sir Gerard Conyers	Salter
1723	Sir Peter Delmé	Fishmonger
1724	Sir George Merttins	Skinner	Previously Clockmaker.
1725	Sir Francis Forbes	Haberdasher
1726	Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet	Haberdasher
1727	Sir Edward Becher	Draper
1728	Sir Robert Baylis	Grocer
1729	Sir Richard Brocas	Grocer
1730	Humphrey Parsons	Grocer	First of two terms. Was the son of Sir John Parsons (1703).
1731	Sir Francis Child	Goldsmith
1732	John Barber[21]	Goldsmith	Previously Stationer.
1733	Sir William Billers	Haberdasher
1734	Sir Edward Bellamy	Fishmonger
1735	Sir John Williams	Mercer
1736	Sir John Thompson	Vintner
1737	Sir John Barnard	Grocer
1738	Micajah Perry, MP	Haberdasher
1739	Sir John Salter	Merchant Taylor
1740	Humphrey Parsons	Grocer	Second of two terms; died in office.
1741	Sir Daniel Lambert	Ironmonger	Previously Cooper.
1741	Sir Robert Godschall	Vintner
1742	George Heathcote, MP	Salter
1742	Sir Robert Willimot	Cooper
1743	Sir Robert Westley	Merchant Taylor
1744	Sir Henry Marshall	Draper
1745	Sir Richard Hoare	Goldsmith
1746	William Benn	Fletcher
1747	Sir Robert Ladbroke	Grocer
1748	Sir William Calvert	Brewer
1749	Sir Samuel Pennant	Ironmonger	Died in office.
1750	John Blachford	Goldsmith
1750	Francis Cockayne	Farrier
1751	Thomas Winterbottom	Clothworker
1752	Robert Alsop	Brewer
1752	Sir Crisp Gascoyne	Ironmonger
1753	Edward Ironside	Goldsmith
1753	Sir Thomas Rawlinson	Grocer
1754	Stephen Theodore Janssen, MP	Stationer
1755	Slingsby Bethell, MP	Fishmonger
1756	Marshe Dickinson, MP	Grocer
1757	Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet	Skinner
1758	Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet	Salter
1759	Sir Thomas Chitty	Salter
1760	Sir Matthew Blakiston, 1st Baronet	Grocer
1761	Sir Samuel Fludyer, 1st Baronet	Clothworker
1762	Sir William Beckford, MP	Goldsmith	First of two terms.
1763	William Bridgen	Cutler
1764	Sir William Stephenson	Grocer
1765	George Nelson	Grocer
1766	Sir Robert Kite	Skinner
1767	Thomas Harley	Goldsmith
1768	Samuel Turner	Clothworker
1769	Sir William Beckford[22]	Goldsmith	Second of two terms.
1770	Barlow Trecothick, MP	Clothworker
1770	Brass Crosby, MP	Goldsmith	Previously Musician.
1771	William Nash	Salter
1772	James Townsend, MP	Mercer
1773	Frederick Bull	Salter
1774	John Wilkes, MP	Joiner
1775	John Sawbridge, MP	Framework Knitter
1776	Sir Thomas Hallifax	Goldsmith
1777	Sir James Esdaile	Cooper
1778	Samuel Plumbe	Goldsmith	Previously Gold & Silver Wyre Drawer
1779	Brackley Kennett	Vintner
1780	Sir Watkin Lewes	Joiner
1781	Sir William Plomer	Tyler
1782	Nathaniel Newnham, MP	Mercer
1783	Robert Peckham	Wheelwright
1784	Richard Clark	Joiner
1785	Thomas Wright	Stationer
1786	Thomas Sainsbury	Bowyer
1787	John Burnell	Glover
1788	William Gill	Stationer
1789	William Pickett, MP	Goldsmith
1790	John Boydell	Stationer
1791	Sir John Hopkins	Grocer
1792	Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet	Draper
1793	Sir Paul Le Mesurier	Goldsmith
1794	Thomas Skinner	Haberdasher
1795	Sir William Curtis, 1st Baronet	Draper
1796	Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet	Musician
1797	Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet	Glover
1798	Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet	Salter
1799	Harvey Christian Combe, MP	Brewer
1800	Sir William Staines	Carpenter

19th century

Elected	Name	Mother livery company	Notes
1801	Sir John Eamer	Salter
1802	Sir Charles Price, 1st Baronet	Ironmonger
1803	Sir John Perring, 1st Baronet	Clothworker
1804	Peter Perchard	Goldsmith
1805	Sir James Shaw, 1st Baronet	Scrivener
1806	Sir William Leighton	Shipwright	Previously Wheelwright, Fishmonger
1807	John Ansley	Merchant Taylor
1808	Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet	Framework Knitter
1809	Thomas Smith	Leatherseller
1810	Joshua Smith[23]	Ironmonger	Previously Pattenmaker
1811	Sir Claudius Hunter, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor
1812	George Scholey	Distiller
1813	Sir William Domville, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1814	Samuel Birch	Cook
1815–1816	Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet	Fishmonger
1817	Christopher Smith, MP	Draper
1818	John Atkins, MP	Merchant Taylor
1819	George Bridges, MP	Wheelwright
1820	John Thomas Thorp, MP	Draper
1821	Christopher Magnay	Merchant Taylor
1822	Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor
1823	Robert Waithman, MP	Framework Knitter
1824	John Garratt	Goldsmith
1825	William Venables, MP	Stationer
1826	Anthony Brown	Fishmonger
1827	Matthias Prime Lucas	Vintner
1828	William Thompson, MP	Ironmonger
1829	John Crowder	Playing Card Maker
1830–1831	Sir John Key, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1832	Sir Peter Laurie	Saddler
1833	Charles Farebrother	Vintner
1834	Henry Winchester, MP	Cutler
1835	William Taylor Copeland, MP	Goldsmith
1836	Thomas Kelly	Plaisterer
1837	Sir John Cowan, 1st Baronet	Wax Chandler
1838	Samuel Wilson	Weaver
1839	Sir Chapman Marshall	Innholder
1840	Thomas Johnson	Cooper
1841	Sir John Pirie, 1st Baronet	Plaisterer
1842	John Humphery, MP	Tallow Chandler
1843	Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1844	Michael Gibbs	Fishmonger
1845	John Johnson	Spectacle Maker
1846	Sir George Carroll	Spectacle Maker
1847	John Kinnersley Hooper	Vintner
1848	Sir James Duke, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker
1849	Thomas Farncombe	Tallow Chandler
1850	Sir John Musgrove, 1st Baronet	Clothworker
1851	William Hunter	Upholder
1852	Thomas Challis, MP	Butcher
1853	Thomas Sidney, MP	Girdler
1854	Sir Francis Moon, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1855	Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet	Cooper
1856	Thomas Quested Finnis, MP	Bowyer
1857	Sir Robert Carden, 1st Baronet	Cutler
1858	David Wire[24]	Innholder
1859	John Carter[25]	Clockmaker
1860–1861	William Cubitt, MP	Fishmonger
1862	Sir William Rose	Clothworker
1863	Sir William Lawrence[26]	Carpenter
1864	Warren Hale	Tallow Chandler
1865	Sir Benjamin Phillips	Spectacle Maker
1866	Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet	Goldsmith
1867	William Ferneley Allen	Stationer	In 1867, Michaelmas Day fell on the Sabbath. Alderman Allen elected on 28 September.[27]
1868	Sir James Lawrence, 1st Baronet	Carpenter
1869	Robert Besley	Loriner
1870	Sir Thomas Dakin	Spectacle Maker
1871	Sir John Sills Gibbons, 1st Baronet	Salter
1872	Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1873	Sir Andrew Lusk, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker
1874	David Henry Stone	Spectacle Maker
1875	Sir William Cotton	Haberdasher
1876	Sir Thomas White	Vintner	Previously Feltmaker
1877	Sir Thomas Owden	Innholder
1878	Sir Charles Whetham	Leatherseller
1879	Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott	Stationer
1880	Sir William McArthur	Spectacle Maker
1881	Sir John Ellis, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor
1882	Sir Henry Knight	Fishmonger	Previously Spectacle Maker
1883	Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker	First of two terms.
1884	George Nottage	Spectacle Maker	Died in office; the last Lord Mayor to have done so.
1885	Sir Robert Fowler	Spectacle Maker	Second of two terms; the last Lord Mayor to have served more than once.
1885	Sir John Staples	Leatherseller
1886	Sir Reginald Hanson, 1st Baronet	Shipwright	Previously Merchant Taylor
1887	Sir Polydore de Keyser[28]	Spectacle Maker
1888	Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet	Fanmaker
1889	Sir Henry Isaacs	Loriner
1890	Sir Joseph Savory, 1st Baronet	Goldsmith
1891	Sir David Evans	Haberdasher
1892	Sir Stuart Knill, 1st Baronet	Goldsmith
1893	Sir George Tyler, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1894	Sir Joseph Renals, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker
1895	Sir Walter Wilkin	Broderer
1896	Sir George Faudel-Phillips, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker
1897	Lt-Col. Sir Horatio Davies	Spectacle Maker
1898	Sir John Voce Moore	Loriner
1899	Sir Alfred Newton, 1st Baronet	Fanmaker
1900	Sir Frank Green, 1st Baronet	Glazier

Notes

20th century

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
1901	Sir Joseph Dimsdale, 1st Baronet	Grocer
1902	Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker	Later Viscount Bearsted
1903	Sir James Ritchie, 1st Baronet	Shipwright
1904	Sir John Pound, 1st Baronet	Leatherseller
1905	Sir Walter Morgan, 1st Baronet	Cutler
1906	Sir William Treloar, 1st Baronet	Loriner
1907	Sir John Charles Bell, 1st Baronet	Haberdasher	Previously Fanmaker
1908	Sir George Wyatt Truscott, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1909	Sir John Knill, 2nd Baronet	Goldsmith
1910	Sir Thomas Vezey Strong	Stationer
1911	Sir Thomas Crosby, MD	Turner
1912	Col. Sir David Burnett, 1st Baronet	Loriner
1913	Sir Vansittart Bowater, 1st Baronet	Girdler
1914	Sir Charles Johnston, 1st Baronet	Innholder
1915	Sir Charles Wakefield, 1st Baronet	Haberdasher	Later Viscount Wakefield
1916	Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet	Wheelwright
1917	Sir Charles Hanson, 1st Baronet	Pattenmaker
1918	The Lord Marshall of Chipstead	Stationer
1919	Sir Edward Cooper, 1st Baronet	Musician
1920	Sir James Roll, 1st Baronet	Horner
1921	Sir John Baddeley, 1st Baronet	Framework Knitter
1922	Sir Edward Moore, 1st Baronet	Fruiterer
1923	Col. Sir Louis Newton, 1st Baronet	Loriner
1924	Sir Alfred Bower, 1st Baronet	Vintner
1925	Sir William Pryke, 1st Baronet	Painter-Stainer
1926	Sir Rowland Blades, 1st Baronet	Gardener	Later Baron Ebbisham
1927	Sir Charles Batho, 1st Baronet	Pavior
1928	Sir Kynaston Studd, 1st Baronet	Fruiterer
1929	Sir William Waterlow, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1930	Sir William Neal, 1st Baronet	Horner
1931	Sir Maurice Jenks, 1st Baronet	Haberdasher
1932	Sir Percy Greenaway, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1933	Sir Charles Collett, 1st Baronet	Glover
1934	Sir Stephen Killik	Fanmaker
1935	Sir Percy Vincent, 1st Baronet	Gold & Silver Wyre Drawer
1936	Sir George Broadbridge	Loriner	Later Baron Broadbridge
1937	Sir Harry Twyford	Framework Knitter
1938	Sir Frank Bowater, 1st Baronet	Girdler	Younger brother of Sir Vansittart Bowater (1913)
1939	Sir William Coxen, 1st Baronet	Cordwainer
1940	Sir George Wilkinson, 1st Baronet	Stationer
1941	Lt-Col. Sir John Laurie, 1st Baronet	Saddler
1942	Sir Samuel Joseph, 1st Baronet	Cutler
1943	Sir Frank Newson-Smith, 1st Baronet	Turner
1944	Sir Frank Alexander, 1st Baronet	Shipwright
1945	Sir Charles Davis, 1st Baronet	Fanmaker
1946	Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker
1947	Sir Frederick Wells, 1st Baronet	Carman
1948	Sir George Aylwen, 1st Baronet	Merchant Taylor
1949	Sir Frederick Rowland, 1st Baronet	Horner
1950	Denys Lowson	Grocer	Later Sir Denys Lowson, 1st Baronet
1951	Sir Leslie Boyce, 1st Baronet	Loriner
1952	Sir Rupert de la Bère, 1st Baronet	Skinner
1953	Sir Noël Bowater, 2nd Baronet	Vintner	Nephew of Sir Vansittart Bowater (1913), son of Sir Frank Bowater (1938)
1954	Sir Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet	Gardener
1955	Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, 1st Baronet	Carpenter
1956	Sir Cullum Welch, 1st Baronet	Haberdasher
1957	Sir Denis Truscott	Stationer
1958	Sir Harold Gillett, 1st Baronet	Basketmaker
1959	Sir Edmund Stockdale, 1st Baronet	Carpenter
1960	Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet	Clothworker
1961	Sir Frederick Hoare, 1st Baronet	Spectacle Maker
1962	Sir Ralph Perring, 1st Baronet	Tin Plate Worker
1963	Sir James Harman	Painter-Stainer
1964	Sir James Miller	Coachmaker	Also served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1951–1954)
1965	Sir Lionel Denny[29]	Vintner
1966	Sir Robert Bellinger	Broderer
1967	Sir Gilbert Inglefield	Haberdasher
1968	Sir Charles Trinder	Fletcher
1969	Sir Ian Frank Bowater	Haberdasher	Nephew of Sir Vansittart Bowater (1913), son of Sir Frank Bowater (1938), younger brother of Sir Noël Bowater (1953)
1970	Sir Peter Studd	Merchant Taylor
1971	Sir Edward Howard, 2nd Baronet	Gardener
1972	Alan Mais, Baron Mais	Pavior
1973	Sir Hugh Wontner	Feltmaker
1974	Sir Murray Fox	Wheelwright
1975	Sir Lindsay Ring	Armourer & Brasier
1976	Sir Robin Gillett, 2nd Baronet	Master Mariner
1977	Sir Peter Vanneck	Gunmaker
1978	Sir Kenneth Cork	Horners
1979	Sir Peter Gadsden	Clothworker
1980	Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe	Painter-Stainer
1981	Sir Christopher Leaver	Carman
1982	Sir Anthony Jolliffe	Painter-Stainer
1983	Dame Mary Donaldson	Gardener	First female Lord Mayor. Later Baroness Donaldson of Lymington
1984	Sir Alan Traill	Cutler
1985	Sir Allan Davis	Painter-Stainer
1986	Sir David Rowe-Ham	Wheelwright
1987	Sir Greville Spratt	Ironmonger
1988	Sir Christopher Collett	Glover
1989	Sir Hugh Bidwell	Grocer
1990	Sir Alexander Graham	Mercer
1991	Sir Brian Jenkins	Chartered Accountant
1992	Sir Francis McWilliams	Loriner
1993	Sir Paul Newall	Baker
1994	Sir Christopher Walford	Playing Card Maker
1995	Sir John Chalstrey	Apothecary
1996	Sir Roger Cork	Bowyer	Son of Sir Kenneth Cork (1978)
1997	Sir Richard Nichols	Salter
1998	The Lord Levene of Portsoken	Carman
1999	Sir Clive Martin	Stationer
2000	Sir David Howard, 3rd Baronet	Gardener	Grandson of Sir Seymour Howard (1954)

21st century

City of London coat of arms

Elected	Name	Mother Livery Company	Notes
2001	Sir Michael Oliver	Ironmonger
2002	Sir Gavyn Arthur	Gardener
2003	Sir Robert Finch	Solicitor
2004	Sir Michael Savory	Poulter
2005	Sir David Brewer	Merchant Taylor
2006	Sir John Stuttard	Glazier
2007	Sir David Lewis	Solicitor
2008	Ian Luder	Cooper
2009	Nick Anstee	Butcher
2010	Sir Michael Bear	Pavior
2011	Sir David Wootton	Fletcher
2012	Sir Roger Gifford	Musician
2013	Dame Fiona Woolf	Solicitor	Second female Lord Mayor.
2014	Sir Alan Yarrow	Fishmonger
2015	The Lord Mountevans	Shipwright	Also a Goldsmith and elected Hereditary Member of the House of Lords.
2016	Sir Andrew Parmley	Musician	also Glass Seller.
2017	Sir Charles Bowman[30]	Grocer
2018	Sir Peter Estlin[31]	Banker
2019–2020	Sir William Russell	Haberdasher	Served a two-year term due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Vincent Keaveny	Woolman
2022	Sir Nicholas Lyons	Merchant Taylor
2023–2024	Michael Mainelli	World Trader	First American-born Lord Mayor.
2024–present	Alastair King	Mason

See also

• Timeline of London
• List of sheriffs of London