Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 17th May, 2016 12.30 pm

Venue: Aldermen's Court, Mezzanine Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

Contact: Lorraine Brook
tel. no.: 020 7332 1409 Email: lorraine.brook@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items

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Question - That the minutes of the last Court are correctly recorded?

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Minutes:

Resolved – That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 15^th March 2016 were correctly recorded.

The minutes of the Court of Common Council were laid upon the table of the Court.

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Resolutions on Retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

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Minutes:

Sir Richard Nichols, formerly Alderman for the Ward of Candlewick

Resolved unanimously:- That this court has learned with great sorrow of the death of Sir Richard Nichols, Common Councilman for the Ward of Candlewick between January and May 1984 and Alderman of that Ward between 1984 and 2007.

Sir Richard served as Sheriff in 1994 and, in 1997, took Office as Lord Mayor. Educated at Christ’s Hospital, Sir Richard served as an Almoner at Christ’s Hospital between 1984 and 2004. Other notable positions held by Sir Richard included his positions as Governor of the City Literary Institute between 1990 and 1995; Governor of the Honourable the Irish Society between 2001 and 2002; and Master of the Salters Company Master of the Salters' Company in 1988.

The members of this Court wish to take this opportunity to offer to Sir Richard’s family, and in particular his wife Lady Shelagh, their sincere sympathy at this sad time.

Sir Robert Gerard Finch, formerly Alderman for the Ward of Coleman Street

Resolved unanimously:- That this court has learned with great sorrow of the death of Sir Robert Gerard Finch, formerly the Alderman for the Ward of Coleman Street.

Sir Robert was elected to the Court of Common Council for the Ward of Coleman Street in 1992 and, very soon thereafter, he was admitted to this Court for the same Ward. He served as Sheriff between 1999 and 2000 and, in 2003, he took Office as the Lord Mayor. A qualified solicitor and a partner at Linklaters until 2005, Sir Robert’s knowledge of the City enabled him to speak with great authority about the City financial.

Sir Robert was always an enthusiastic supporter of the Court of Aldermen and was prominent in the discussions over progression to the Mayoralty. He will long be

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The Chamberlain's list of applicants for the Freedom of the City:-

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Ludovic Adam Paul De Walden		a Solicitor		Arlescote, Banbury, Oxfordshire	Distillers
Jamie Richard Chapman		a Property Developer		Faversham Road, Lenham, Kent	Needlemakers
Mark Gossington		a Management Consultant		Hampstead	Management Consultants
Robin Terry Adderley		a Sales Manager		Alderley Edge, Cheshire	Fuellers
Harry Alexander Hadley Green		a Para-Planner & Business Manager		Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire	Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers
David Justin Morley		an Architect		Wimbledon	Chartered Architects
Rodney Crouch		a Headhunter		West Kensington	Leathersellers
Sally-Ann Orton		a Chartered Accountant		St Margarets, Middlesex	Chartered Accountants
Rahul Dixit		a Financial Controller		Ilford, Essex	Carpenters
Frances Hill		a Teacher		Rush Green, Romford, Essex	Carpenters
Francis Thomas Williams		a Carpenter		Feltham, Middlesex	Carpenters
Iria Giuffrida		a Solicitor		Bow	Drapers
Stephen John Corkhill		a Shipping Company Director		Nounsley Road, Hatfield Peverel, Essex	Shipwrights
Philippa Vazie Simons Burchett		a Chartered Surveyor		Eastbourne, East Sussex	Joiners & Ceilers
Rupert Paul Cook		an Architect		Winchester, Hampshire	Chartered Architects
Philip Timothy Russell Briggs		a Chartered Surveyor		Leamington Spa, Warwickshire	Chartered Surveyors
Jenny Katherine Hyatt		a Digital Technology Company Director		Stoke Newington	Information Technologists
Michael Geoffrey Piper		a Investment Banker		Main Street, Little Stretton, Leicestershire	Framework Knitters
David Charles Watson		a Chartered Accountant		Newton in the Willows, Northamptonshire	Chartered Accountants
Rebecca Anne Samantha-Jane Banfield		a School Bursar		Windsor, Berkshire	Painter Stainers
Stephen Richard Christou		a Marketing Manager		Westminster	Marketors
Robin Courtland Partington		an Architect		Paddington	Chartered Architects
Karin Gabriella Ann Walker		a Solicitor		Hillside Road, Aldershot, Hampshire	Arbitrators
Peter Lloyd Bothwick		a Sales Director		Abbey Park, Redditch, Worcestershire	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Nicola Housby Skeggs		a Veterinary Surgeon		Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge	Farriers
Paul-George Howard Roberts		a Software Company Director		Pimlico	Girdlers
Iain Alexander Beveridge		an Energy Company Director		Exeter, Devon	Fuellers
Anthony Ginman		a Lighting Company Director		Hendal Hill, Groombridge, Kent	Lightmongers
David John Bagley

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and ninety-four persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City accordingly, as follows:-

Name	Occupation	Address	Company
Ludovic Adam Paul De Walden	a Solicitor	Arlescote, Banbury, Oxfordshire	Distillers
Jamie Richard Chapman	a Property Developer	Faversham Road, Lenham, Kent	Needlemakers
Mark Gossington	a Management Consultant	Hampstead	Management Consultants
Robin Terry Adderley	a Sales Manager	Alderley Edge, Cheshire	Fuellers
Harry Alexander Hadley Green	a Para-Planner & Business Manager	Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire	Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers
David Justin Morley	an Architect	Wimbledon	Chartered Architects
Rodney Crouch	a Headhunter	West Kensington	Leathersellers
Sally-Ann Orton	a Chartered Accountant	St Margarets, Middlesex	Chartered Accountants
Rahul Dixit	a Financial Controller	Ilford, Essex	Carpenters
Frances Hill	a Teacher	Rush Green, Romford, Essex	Carpenters
Francis Thomas Williams	a Carpenter	Feltham, Middlesex	Carpenters
Iria Giuffrida	a Solicitor	Bow	Drapers
Stephen John Corkhill	a Shipping Company Director	Nounsley Road, Hatfield Peverel, Essex	Shipwrights
Philippa Vazie Simons Burchett	a Chartered Surveyor	Eastbourne, East Sussex	Joiners & Ceilers
Rupert Paul Cook	an Architect	Winchester, Hampshire	Chartered Architects
Philip Timothy Russell Briggs	a Chartered Surveyor	Leamington Spa, Warwickshire	Chartered Surveyors
Jenny Katherine Hyatt	a Digital Technology Company Director	Stoke Newington	Information Technologists
Michael Geoffrey Piper	a Investment Banker	Main Street, Little Stretton, Leicestershire	Framework Knitters
David Charles Watson	a Chartered Accountant	Newton in the Willows, Northamptonshire	Chartered Accountants
Rebecca Anne Samantha-Jane Banfield	a School Bursar	Windsor, Berkshire	Painter Stainers
Stephen Richard Christou	a Marketing Manager	Westminster	Marketors
Robin Courtland Partington	an Architect	Paddington	Chartered Architects
Karin Gabriella Ann Walker	a Solicitor	Hillside Road, Aldershot, Hampshire	Arbitrators
Peter Lloyd Bothwick	a Sales Director	Abbey Park, Redditch, Worcestershire	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Nicola Housby Skeggs	a Veterinary Surgeon	Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge

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Applications of the following to be admitted into the Freedom of the City by Patrimony, in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Emily Louise May Miles Innholders

Robert William Mills Lightmongers

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Minutes:

Applications of the following to be admitted as Freemen of the City by Patrimony, in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Emily Louise May Miles Innholders

Robert William Mills Lightmongers

Read and agreed to.

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Applications of the following to be admitted into the Freedom of the City by Servitude in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Emma Georgina Padmore (nee. Windham) Merchant Taylors

Jemma Elizabeth Swift (nee. Griffiths) Merchant Taylors

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Minutes:

Applications of the following to be admitted as Freemen of the City by Servitude, in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Emma Georgina Padmore (nee. Windham) Merchant Taylors

Jemma Elizabeth Swift (nee. Griffiths) Merchant Taylors

Read and agreed to.

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Report:-

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

(Alderman Sir David Hugh Wootton)

Relative to Mayoral Patronages.

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Minutes:

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE OF ALDERMEN

To consider a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen to approve a number of changes to the existing list of Mayoral patronages.

Resolved: – That-

(i) the Court of Aldermen grants approval for the Lord Mayor to become a patron of the City Veterans’ Network; and

(ii) a further report be submitted to the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen once further information in respect of the remaining patronages, where additional checks are being made with the respective bodies, has been received.

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