31 December 2008
HM Queen honours City of London Corporation figures
Four well-known City of London Corporation figures have
been honoured in today’s Honours List by Her Majesty the Queen.
Alderman Lewis has received a Knighthood and is now Sir David
Lewis. Sir David was Lord Mayor of the City of London and elected
head of the City of London Corporation from November 2007 to
November 2008 after serving as Sheriff for the previous year
(
see separate release).
Pauline Halliday, Deputy for Walbrook Ward and former Chief
Commoner and Chairman of the leading City Lands and Bridge House
Estates Committee, was awarded the OBE: Deputy Halliday’s has given
long service to the City of London including the Livery.
Martyn Baker, who recently retired as Director of Economic
Development for the City of London, was also honoured with an OBE.
He was instrumental in enhancing the City of London Corporation's
Economic Development role including the setting up of its EU
Advisory Group and its overseas offices in Brussels, China and
India.
Long-serving elected member of the City’s Common Council Rodney
Fitzgerald, Deputy for Bread Street Ward, was honoured with an MBE.
He has worked tirelessly over many years for youth causes,
particularly in sport.
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Notes to editors
The City of London Corporation: The City of London Corporation,
which provides local government services for the Square Mile, the
financial and commercial heart of Britain, works nationally and
internationally to maintain and enhance the City as a world-leading
international financial and business centre. Its other
special responsibilities and services to London and the wider UK
include the Barbican Arts Centre, the Central Criminal Court at the
Old Bailey, 10,000 acres of open space including Hampstead Heath
and Epping Forest, three wholesale food markets, two inner-London
City Academies, the City Bridge Trust, economic regeneration
programmes in neighbouring boroughs and acting as London’s Port
Health Authority. The Lord Mayor of the City of London (currently
Ian Luder, an eminent tax accountant) works extensively at home and
abroad to promote the City.
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