"MY LORD MAYOR"
"KAY Lord Mayor, . ladies and gentlemen . . ." said the famous singer Lawrence Tibbett wmore than once in his speech of thanks in reply ta the welcome given him by Wellington’s Mayor (Mr. T. C. Hislop) on behalf of the. Wellington Travel.Club last. week, Every Wellington person looked distinctly pleased. Lord Mayors, however, are few and far between. The Mayors of London, York and Dublin have long. . had the prefix of ‘’lord)" in London’s case from 1540. It has been conferred in Britain in the closing years of the 19th century by letters patent on Birmingham, Liverpool, | Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Leeds, Cardiff, Bradford, Newcastle- on-Tyne, Belfast and Cork. In 1910 it was granted ta Norwich; and in 1920 to Nottingham, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent and Portsmouth. The title of "right honourable" is a distinction conferred only upon the lord mayors of London, York, Belfast, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, and upon: the lord provosts of Edinburgh and .Glasgow.
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Radio Record, 19 August 1938, Page 26
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156"MY LORD MAYOR" Radio Record, 19 August 1938, Page 26
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