This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the City of Westminster.
After having elected a mayor since its creation as a Metropolitan Borough in 1900, the City of Westminster was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 11 March 1966.
The Lord Mayor of Westminster is ex-officio the deputy High Steward of Westminster Abbey. By tradition, the Lord Mayor of Westminster visits Oslo every year in the late autumn to take part in the felling of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree.
Mayors
YearNameNotes1900 Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk 1st Mayor of Westminster1901 Colonel Clifford Probyn1902 Captain Herbert Merton Jessel MP for St Pancras South 1896–1906, 1910–19181903 Walter EmdenArchitect1904 Major-General Lord Cheylesmore Army officer1905 George William Tallents1907 John William Dennis MP for Birmingham, Deritend 1918–19221908 Robert Woolley Walden 1909 Rev. Frederick Harcourt Hillersdon 1910 Edward Lygon Somers Cocks 1911 John Maria Gatti Theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman1912 Harold Lyon Thomson 1913 Reginald White Granville-Smith 1914 George Booth Heming 1915–1918 George Earle Welby 3 terms1918 George William Tallents 2nd term1919 Edward St Leger, 6th Viscount Doneraile 1920 Samuel Gluckstein 1921 George Washington Lawrence 1922 Frank Gibbs Rye 1923 William Edgar Horne 1924 Silvio Paul Bernini Bucknall 1925 George Henry Heilbuth 1926 Silvio Paul Bernini Bucknall 2nd term1927 Jacques Abady Lawyer1928 Major Vivian Barry Rogers 1929–1930 Captain Julien Frederick Charles Bennett 2 terms1931–1932 Rev. Edward St George Schomberg 2 terms1933–1934 Frederick George Rudler 2 terms1935 James Cornelius Dalton 1936 Arthur Jared Palmer Howard MP for Westminster St George's 1945–19501937 Harry Sheil Elster Vanderpant 1938 George Frederick Jerdain 1939 Major Richard Rigg MP for Appleby division, 1900–19051940 Leonard Eaton Smith Killed in an air raid in May 1941. Post left vacant for rest of term.1941 George Frederick Jerdain 2nd term1942 W. Stanley Edgson 1943 Hubert Victor Day 1944 Maurice G. Giles 1945 Edward Herbert Keeling MP for Twickenham, 1935–19541946 Greville Reginald Charles Howard MP for St Ives, 1950–19661947–1948 Hal Gutteridge 2 terms1949 Colonel J. Allan Mulholland 1950 Wilfred Eric Rice 1951 Albert Sciver 1952 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Norman Edwards 1953 Charles Pearce Russell 1954 John Gordon Elsworthy 1955–1956 Patrick Stirling 2 terms1957 Sir Charles Norton 1958 David Neville Cobbold Lawyer1959 Group Captain Gordon Pirie 1960 Robert L. Everest 1961 Jack Lodewyk Charles Dribbell 1962 Paul Antony Negretti 1963 Leslie Farmiloe 1964 Brian Fitzgerald-Moore
Lord Mayors YearNameNotes1965 Sir Charles Norton 2nd term. First Lord Mayor.1966 Anthony L. Burton 1966 Arthur C. Barrett 1967 Christopher Anthony Prendergast 1968 Leonard Pearl 1970 Brian Fitzgerald-Moore 2nd term1971 John Wells 1972 John E. Guest 1973 David Neville Cobbold 2nd term1974 Group Captain Gordon Pirie 2nd term1975 Roger M. Dawe 1976 Jack Gillett 1977 Sir Hugh Cubitt 1978 Wing Commander William Henry Kearney 1979 Reginald Forrester 1980 Donald du Parc Braham 1981 G. I. Harley 1982 Thomas Whipham 1983 Phoebette Sitwell First female Lord Mayor1984 John Bull 1985 Roger Bramble 1986 Mrs Terence Mallinson 1987 Kevin Gardner 1988 Elizabeth Flach 1989 Simon Mabey 1990 Dr David Avery 1991 Dame Shirley Porter 1992 Dr Cyril Nemeth 1993 Jenny Bianco 1994 Angela Hooper 1995 Alan Bradley 1996 Robert Davis 1997 Ronald Raymond-Cox 1998 David Harvey 1999 Alex Segal 2000 Michael Brahams 2001 Harvey Marshall 2002 Frances Blois 2003 Jan Prendergast 2004 Catherine Longworth 2005 Tim Joiner 2006 Alexander Nicoll 2007 Carolyn Keen 2008 Louise Hyams 2009 Duncan Sandys 2010 Judith Warner 2011 Susie Burbridge 2012 Angela Harvey 2013 Sarah Richardson 2014 Audrey Lewis 2015 Lady Christabel Flight2016 Steve Summers 2017 Ian Adams 2018 Lindsey Hall 2019Ruth Bush First Lord Mayor elected from the minority party2020Jonathan Glanz2021Andrew Smith2022Hamza TaouzzaleYoungest and first Muslim Lord Mayor. Aged 22 when assumed office, he is the youngest Lord Mayor in history.2023Patricia McAllister2024Robert RigbyAwarded a Papal Knighthood for his service in public life and to the Church. 2025Paul Dimoldenberg2026Karen Scarborough
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