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List Of Lord Mayors Of Manchester
This is a list of the lord mayors of the City of Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ... in the North West England, North West of England. Not to be confused with the Directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester mayor. The current and 126th lord mayor is Paul Andrews, Labour Party (UK), Labour, who has served Since May 2024, and was elected councillor for the Baguley, Manchester, Moston ward. The lord mayor position, is selected by a vote of councillors, and is a ceremonial role, with the holder attending civic events, promoting chosen causes and chairing meetings of Manchester City Council, while acting as a city Ambassador. The lord mayor’s term lasts for one year, and a new lord mayor Is elected in a full council meeting, usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors In England
In England, the offices of mayor and lord mayor have long been ceremonial posts, with few or no duties attached to them. In recent years they have doubled as more influential political roles while retaining the ceremonial functions. A mayor's term of office denotes the municipal year. Traditionally mayors and provosts have been elected by town, borough and city councils. Since 2000, several districts now have directly elected mayors with extensive powers. The role of the chair of a district council is exactly the same as the mayor of a borough council; they have the same status as first citizen, after the Sovereign, in their district, but they are not addressed as mayor. There are also devolved regional metro Mayors responsible for combined authorities over larger regional-based geographic areas, which are completely different and more powerful. Election In England, where a borough or a city is a local government district or a civil parish, the mayor is elected annually by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Watts (Mayor Of Manchester)
Sir James Watts (6 March 1804 – 7 April 1878) was Mayor of Manchester (1855–1857), High Sheriff of Lancashire and owner of Abney Hall. He was the owner of ''S & J Watts Limited'', who built the Watts Warehouse on Portland Street. Watts was born March 1804, and baptised on 15 April 1804 at St Thomas Ardwick. He started his life as a weaver in Didsbury. He became partners with his brothers Samuel and John and became an important figure among British industrialists, socialising with politicians and churchmen at his home, Abney Hall, in Cheadle. He was elected a councillor for St James's Ward, became mayor in 1855, was re-elected in 1856, and at the same time an alderman.Chronology of Salford Hundred citing The Annals of Manchester A chronological record from the earliest times to the end of 1885. Edited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones
Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, DBE, JP ( Mary Latchford Jones; 27 June 1877 – 2 April 1968) was a British Conservative politician and the first woman Lord Mayor of Manchester. Life Mary Latchford Jones was born on 28 June 1877 at 3 Wodehouse Terrace, North Circular Road, Dublin, the daughter of Percival Jones (1839–1906), a Dublin merchant and committed freemason, and Margaret Jones ( Williams; 1846–1920), originally from Mallow. She had a twin sister, Suzie Williams Jones (1877–1952), and two brothers, Percival Thomas Jones (1873–1894) and Kingsmill Williams Jones (1875–1918). She was educated at Alexandra College but did not go to university. In 1914, she moved to Manchester to join her brother, a doctor in the city. In 1921, as Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, she was elected to Manchester City Council, representing the Conservative Party, having adopted her late brother (Kingsmill)'s name. Jones served on council committees, and represented the council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wright Robinson
Wright Robinson (1876 – 1961) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Burnley, Robinson completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. When he was 23, he was seriously injured in a fall, and then discovered that he had tuberculosis. He went to Canada to recuperate, returning by 1900, when he joined both the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and the Fabian Society. At the time, he was highly religious, but he later became a humanist. In 1911, Robinson was elected to Blackburn council, then in 1913, he became the ILP's Liverpool organiser. He returned to Manchester in 1917, when he began working for the National Union of Warehouse and General Workers. In 1919, he was elected to Manchester City Council, representing Beswick, then later became an alderman. In 1921, his union became part of the new National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW), with Robinson remaining an organiser. Robinson moved to Burnage in the 1930s, and retired from NUDAW in 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Toole (British Politician)
Joseph Toole (1887 – 4 June 1945) was a British Labour politician. Toole was born in 1887, and was the eldest of thirteen children. He began working at the age of 12 as a street scavenger in Manchester by day and as a newspaper vendor by night. He subsequently had various jobs, before establishing his own stationery business. He joined the Labour, and was elected to Manchester City Council in 1919. In 1923 he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Salford South, unseating the sitting Conservative MP. In the following year another election was held, with the Conservatives regaining the seat. At the following election in 1929 Toole was able to regain Salford South for Labour. He was MP for two years before a swing against Labour at the 1931 general election cost him his seat. He stood again, without success, in 1935. Toole returned to local government as an alderman for the Openshaw ward of Manchester City Council. He was Lord Mayor of the city in 1936/37. In Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Noton Barclay
Sir Robert Noton Barclay (11 May 1872 – 24 November 1957) was an English export shipping merchant, banker and a Liberal Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Manchester, England Family and education Barclay was the son of Robert Barclay, a South America shipping merchant, with strong connections to the Lancashire cotton trade. He attended Uppingham School and the Victoria University of Manchester. In 1898, he married Helena Margaret Bythell and they had two sons, John and Robbie and three daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Rosalind. Barclay's sister, Mary Jane (1870–1939), married John Hope Simpson who was Liberal MP for Taunton from 1922 to 1924. Career Barclay was an export shipping merchant. He succeeded his father in the family firm, Robert Barclay & Co in Manchester but he also had other extensive business interests. He was director of the District Bank from 1913, being its Deputy Chairman from 1932 and chairman from 1936 to 1946. He was also a director of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Ewart Mitchell
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States by an international yard and pound, international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly . With qualifiers, ''mile'' is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the #Roman, Roman mile (roughly ), such as the #Nautical, nautical mile (now exactly), the #Italian, Italian mile (roughly ), and the li (unit), Chinese mile (now exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 (), but the greater importance of furlongs in the Kingdom of England#Tudor period, Elizabethan-era England meant that the #Statute, statute mile was made equ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Joseph West
Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans = Baden = * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden = Bohemia = * Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia = Britain = * Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain = Brandenburg/Prussia = * Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Margrave of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon Of Wythenshawe
Ernest Emil Darwin Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (9 October 1879 – 3 October 1960) was a British industrialist, politician and public servant. Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1921–1922, he was a member of parliament for two terms between 1923 and 1931 before being elevated to the peerage and serving as the Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors. Early life and family Simon was born in Didsbury, Manchester, as the eldest son of Henry Gustav Simon and Emily Stoehr. He was educated at Rugby School and studied mechanical sciences at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1912 he married Shena Dorothy Potter (1883–1972), a noted social reformer. They had three children: Roger, a solicitor and journalist; Brian, an educationalist and historian; and a daughter Antonia (Tony) who died in childhood. His nephew is C. G. H. Simon. Engineering After leaving Cambridge on the death of his father, he entered the family's engineering business, Simon Carves, manufacturers of flour mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fox (Labour Politician)
Tom Fox (1860 – 10 August 1934) was a British Labour Party politician. Born to a Catholic family in Stalybridge, Fox worked half-time in a cotton mill from an early age, while attending St Peter's School. He studied at the mechanics institute in his spare time, before leaving the mill due to poor health and working as a shop assistant.All About People: Tittle Tattle , '' Catholic Press'', 22 November 1934 In about 1875, he joined the King's Liverpool Regiment, serving in and then fighting in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Foulkes Roberts
John Foulkes Roberts (1818–1902) was a civic leader in Manchester who served as Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1896 to 1897. Roberts was a native of Anglesey. He was elected a councillor in the Manchester City Council in 1868, and an alderman in 1885. He served one term as Lord Mayor from 1896 to 1897, and then acted as deputy mayor the following year. He took great interest in educational affairs in his native Wales, assisting by money and influence in the establishment in 1872 of Aberystwyth University College. He served as a founding member and later senior vice-president of the Court of Governors of the college. These initial years were crucial for the College, with no government help and always subject to attack from both North and South Wales. The fact that it survived was due mainly to the principal Thomas Charles Edwards and two supporters Roberts and Hugh Owens. Roberts died in Manchester in November 1902. A portrait of Roberts, painted by Thomas Edwin Mostyn, was un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West England, North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary at Eastham, Merseyside, Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and River Irwell, Irwell through the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire before joining the latter at Salford Quays. Several sets of locks lift vessels about to the canal's terminus in Manchester. Landmarks along its route include the Barton Swing Aqueduct, the world's only swing aqueduct, and Trafford Park, the world's first planned industrial estate and one of the largest in Europe. The rivers Mersey and Irwell were first made navigable in the early 18th century. Goods were also transported on the Runcorn extension of the Bridgewater Canal (from 1776) and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (from 1830) but by the late 19th century the Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
