Sir Leonard John Chalstrey (17 March 1931 – 12 March 2020) was a

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and was 668th

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...

from 1995 to 1996. In 1995, he was

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and named Master

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of the

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. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge (1951–54) before transferring to Barts Medical School to complete his clinical medical training (1954–57). From 1969 to 1996, Chalstrey was a senior lecturer at

St Bartholomew's Medical College , mottoeng = Temper the bitter things in life with a smile , parent = Queen Mary University of London , president = Lord Mayor of London , head_label = Warden , head = Mark Caulfield , students = 3,410 , undergrad = 2,23 ...

, about the historical funding of which he gave an address at Mansion House on 11 June 2001. He was made a

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of the

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in 1995. He was an Honorary Colonel in the City of London Field Hospital of Royal Army Medical Corps. Chalstrey was married in 1958 to Aileen Bayes; they had one son and one daughter.

Death

Sir John Chalstrey died at his home on 12 March 2020 at the age of 88.Obituary
Accessed 30 December 2022.

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20th-century lord mayors of London 20th-century English politicians 1931 births 2020 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Knights of the Order of St John Knights Bachelor British surgeons Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge English justices of the peace {{Lord-Mayor-of-London-stub