Agenda and minutes

upon her retirement as Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate, this Court desires to place on record its most sincere appreciation of the service that she has given to the City Corporation and, in particular, to this Court, over the past eight years.

Patricia was first elected to the Court of Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate in December 2014, where she became the first black person and fourth woman in the Court’s history to do so. She is certainly no stranger to trailblazing throughout both her civic and professional career but a passion for diversity has ensured that she has always been willing to pave the way for others and to not be the ‘only’ in many of these fields for long.

Bishopsgate has long held a special place in Patricia’s heart, given that it was the first place in which she worked in the City, as a clerk in N.B. Smith & Co, at the age of just 16 in 1971. Little did she imagine then, as the 10th of 12 children, born in Dominica but growing up in Walthamstow, that this would be the beginning of such a remarkable journey.

Not long after her election as Alderman, international recognition of her significant talents followed, as she was elected as Secretary General of the Commonwealth in 2015 – yet more trailblazing as she became the first woman and first British citizen to hold this post - and was, in recent months, successfully elected for a second term. This has given us the opportunity to greet Patricia in a different guise and hopefully we will continue to do so and to work alongside her as the City of London Corporation, through collaboration

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The Comptroller and City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Thursday, 15th September 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate

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The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 15th

September 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Bishopsgate.

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The Comptroller and City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Thursday, 15th September 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Cripplegate

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The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 15th

September 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Cripplegate.

Susan Pearson was then presented to the Court of Aldermen.

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Bridgemasters Oath

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The Bridgemasters, Mr Martin Frank Howard and Mr Peter Gordon Bennett, made

the prescribed declaration under the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 for the due

execution of the Office.

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Applications for the Freedom of the City PDF 113 KB

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The Chamberlain presented the names of ninety-three 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

Benjamin John Albrow	a Project Manager	Marden, Kent	Wheelwrights
Morgan Alexandra Allen	a Chartered Surveyor	Walthamstow, Waltham Forest	Chartered Surveyors
Sweyn Hamish Alsop	a Pilot	Penryn, Cornwall	Air Pilots
James Ellis Armstrong	a Plastic Recycling Company Director	County Meath, Ireland	Horners
Captain Paul Atkinson	an Airline Pilot, retired	Braintree, Essex	Air Pilots
Rollie Sebastian Attard	a Textile Manufacturer Chief Executive Officer	Manchester, Greater Manchester	Furniture Makers
Jacob Philip Antony Ball	an Investment Company Project Manager	Deal, Kent	Plumbers
Orla Catherine Bance	an Accountant	Buckhurst Hill, Essex	Constructors
Andrew Douglas Banks	a Software Engineering Consultant	Farnborough, Hampshire	Information Technologists
Michelle Annette Batho	a Dispensing Optician	Wrexham, Wales	Spectacle Makers
George Richard Beach	a Wholesale Company Managing Director	Dunnington, Warwickshire	Fruiterers
Donna Louise Bellingham	a Furniture Making Company Director	Lower Broadheath, Worcester	Furniture Makers
Dr Jing Bian	a Senior Lecturer	Hornchurch, Essex	The Worshipful Company Educators
Alexander Howard Bilbie	a Software Engineer and Entrepreneur	Beckenham, Kent	Information Technologists
Thomas Paul Richard Bloxham, MBE	an Architecture Firm Chairman	Manchester, Greater Manchester	Chartered Architects
Ian Jonathan Bond	a Police Chief Inspector	Sittingbourne, Kent	Security Professionals
Thomas Alick Brookes	a Managing Director	North Scarle, Lincoln	Firefighters
Sophie Nicole Alison Carragher	a Student Nurse	Clapham, Lambeth	Loriners
Richard John Chew	a National Sales Manager	Etwall, Derby	Carmen
James Robert Clifford Christopherson	a Management Consultant	Quainton, Buckinghamshire	Turners
Michael Kevin Stanley Clifford	a Chartered Fire Engineer	Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand	Firefighters
Brian Cohen	a Distiller	Putney, London	Distillers
Timon Joseph Colegrove	a Print Company Director	Westerham, Kent	Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Jonathan Elwood Cook	an Investment Management

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Application of the following to be recorded as a Freeman of the City, and in the Company Named:

Name Company

Judith Pleasance Upholders

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Application of the following to be recorded as a Freeman of the City in the Company named:-

Name Company

Judith Pleasance Upholders

Read and Agreed to.

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Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

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Aldermanic Qualifications - Foreign Convictions

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee concerning options and issues in relation to the risk of an Alderman with a relevant foreign conviction being elected.

Resolved Unanimously: - That the second qualification for the office of Aldermen be amended to add not having been convicted of an imprisonable offence in the Republic of Ireland as well as in the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and that the Comptroller and City Solicitor be instructed to now undertake such further work as appropriate to action this.

Quorum

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen relative to the quorum for meetings of this Court.

It was reported that the present quorum is the Lord Mayor or their locum tenens, together with 10 Aldermen. On reflection, the General Purposes Committee were of the view that this seemed like a large percentage of the Court and was not always conducive to the need to call special meetings at relatively short notice.

Resolved Unanimously: - That the quorum for future Court of Aldermen meetings be amended to the Lord Mayor or their locum tenens, together with 7 Aldermen with immediate effect and that the Town Clerk be instructed to amend and republish the Court of Aldermen’s Standing Orders accordingly. The quorum for the General Purposes Committee to also be revised with immediate effect to mirror that of the Court of Aldermen.

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