Draft:Chief Commoners of the City of London

The Chief Commoner of the City of London is elected by the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation each October to take office for one year from the following April. They act as counsellor when required and the initial point of contact for complaints against, and disputes between elected members. The Chief Commoner attends all City banquets and dinners and hosts six 'Civic Dinners' a year in their own right as well as acting as a key member of the hosting committees for visiting dignitaries including heads of state.

The office of Chief Commoner, established in 1444, is elected by the Court of Common Council. Whilst open to all members on nomination of at least 10 elected members, the role is typically held by an individual who has made a significant contribution to the City of London Corporation.

List of Chief Commoners (since 1970)

• 1970 George Mesban Vine, C.B.E.
• 1971 Leslie Barnett Prince, C.B.E., Deputy
• 1972 Charles Henry Fuller Fairweather, J.P.
• 1973 Norman Lancelot Hall, C.B.E.
• 1974 John Trevor Yates, M.B.E.
• 1975 Wallis Glynn Gunthorpe Hunt
• 1976 James Mansfield Keith, C.B.E., T.D.
• 1977 Frank Nathaniel Steiner
• 1978 Bernard Loweth Morgan, C.B.E., J.P., Deputy
• 1979 Gerald Maurice Stitcher, C.B.E., Deputy
• 1980 Colin Frederick Walter Dyer, E.R.D., Deputy
• 1981 Bernard Joseph Brown, C.B.E., J.P.
• 1982 Norman Harry Harding, O.B.E.
• 1983 John Steven Henderson, O.B.E. Deputy
• 1984 Henry Duckworth C.B.E., J.P., Deputy
• 1985 Gordon Robert Alexander Wixley, C.B.E., T.D., D.L., Deputy
• 1986 Esmond Patrick Thomson Roney, C.B.E., Deputy
• 1987 Edwina Olwyn Coven, C.B.E., J.P., D.L., Deputy
• 1988 Arthur Brian Wilson, C.B.E.
• 1989 Peter Anning Revell-Smith, C.B.E.
• 1990 George Hubert Challis, C.B.E.
• 1991 Terence Alfred Donnelly, M.B.E. (deceased during office)
• 1991 George Hubert Challis, C.B.E.
• 1992 Peter Philip Rigby, C.B.E., J.P.
• 1993 Cecil Douglas Woodward, C.B.E., Deputy
• 1994 John Holland, C.B.E., J.P., D.L., Deputy
• 1995 John Leslie Bird, O.B.E.
• 1996 Philip John Willoughby, O.B.E., J.P.
• 1997 Frederick Michael Bramwell
• 1998 Richard Gordon Scriven, C.B.E., J.P.
• 1999 Barbara Patricia Newman, C.B.E.
• 2000 Robin Anthony Eve, O.B.E., Deputy
• 2001 Anthony Noel Eskenzi, C.B.E., Deputy
• 2002 Jonathan Philip Charkham, C.B.E.
• 2003 Joyce Carruthers Nash, O.B.E., Deputy
• 2004 Laurence St John Thomas Jackson
• 2005 Christopher Robert Mitchell, O.B.E., Deputy
• 2006 Gerald Albert George Pulman, J.P., Deputy
• 2007 Pauline Ann Halliday, O.B.E., Deputy
• 2008 John Alfred Barker, O.B.E.,
• 2009 William Barrie Fraser O.B.E., Deputy
• 2010 Michael Robin Castle Sherlock, Deputy
• 2011 Richard David Regan, O.B.E., Deputy
• 2012 Kenneth Edwin Ayers, M.B.E., Deputy
• 2013 George Marr Flemington Gillon, M.B.E.
• 2014 John Alfred Bennett, M.B.E., Deputy
• 2015 William Harry Dove, O.B.E., J.P., Deputy
• 2016 Michael Welbank, M.B.E.
• 2017 Wendy Mead, O.B.E.
• 2018 John George Scott, J.P.
• 2019 Tom Hoffman, MBE, Deputy
• 2020 Brian Desmond Francis Mooney, B.E.M., Deputy
• 2021 Brian Desmond Francis Mooney, B.E.M., Deputy (Due to the restrictions of COVID during his year of office the Court of Common Council exceptionally voted to elect Brian Mooney for a second term of office)
• 2022 Simon D’Olier Duckworth, O.B.E., D.L., Deputy
• 2023 Ann Holmes