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The Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and twenty-nine 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

Daniel Thomas Aherne	a Seafood Company Chief Executive	Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey	Fishmongers
Faris Bin Ahmad Kabeer Ahmad	a Banking Business Manager	Poplar, London	International Bankers
Taner Akcesme	a Bank Head Representative	Poplar, London	International Bankers
Yusuf Allali	a Management Consulting Company Director	Bethnal Green, London	Paviors
Martin Allison	a Bank Director	Leeds, West Yorkshire	International Bankers
Darren James Almeida	a Barrister-at-Law	Hanwell, London	Loriners
Nicola Catherine Arcedeckne-Butler	a Wine Merchant Company Director	Alresford, Hampshire	Vintners
Dame Mary Doreen Archer, DBE	a Museum Group Chair	Grantchester, Cambridgeshire	Salters
Dominik Timo Arni	an Architecture Company Director	Cripplegate, in the City of London	Chartered Architects
Frank Henry Aylett	a Printing Company Sales & Marketing Director, retired	Tring, Hertfordshire	Engineers
Alan David Bainbridge	a Broadcasting Company Department Director	Chesterfield, Derbyshire	Chartered Surveyors
Clive Andrew Bairsto, CBE	a Management Consultant	Brackley, Northamptonshire	Distillers
Kimberly Christina Bartlett	a Lighting Design Consultant	Stevenage, Hertfordshire	Lightmongers
Charles Beausire	a Chartered Structural Engineer	Chiswick, London	Salters
Marc Paul Begg	a Metal Fabrication Company Director	Christian Malford, Wiltshire	Ironmongers
Brian John Best	an Information Technology Manager	Ipswich, Suffolk	Information Technologists
Rev Paul Bigmore, JP	a Parish Priest, retired and Musician	Cardiff, Wales	Musicians
Heather May Bond	a Nurse	West Ealing, London	Nurses
The Hon. Henry Martin Mitford Bowyer	a Barrister	Kilburn, Derbyshire	Carmen
Christopher Philip Breiner	a Virtual Built Environment Consultancy Director	Surrey Quays, London	Constructors
Jack William Brown	a Lecturer	Walthamstow, London	Educators
Piers Edward Brown	a Fire and Security Services Operations Director	Erith, Kent	Security Professionals
Michaela Grace Jasmine Bygrave	a Chartered Surveyor	Watford, Hertfordshire

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Application of the following for Translation of Mother Livery Company

Name Companies

Keith David Forbes Bottomley Wheelwrights to Pattenmakers

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Application of the following to be recorded as having Translated their Mother Livery Company from the Company of Fruiterers to the Company of Skinners:

Name Companies

Keith David Forbes Bottomley Wheelwrights to Pattenmakers

Read and Agreed to.

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

Name Company

Andrew Lester Ball Butchers

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

Name Company

Andrew Lester Ball Butchers

Read and Agreed to.

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Thanks to the Spital Sermon Preacher

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Resolved: that the thanks of this Court be given to The Very Reverend Dr Robert Willis, lately retired as Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, for the Spital Sermon preached by him before this Court and the Governors of the several hospitals of this City, at the Guild Church of St Lawrence Jewry on Thursday, 9th March 2023.

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Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

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Petition of the Company of Nurses for Company with Livery Status

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen relative to the petition of the Company of Nurses for Company with Livery Status.

The General Purposes Committee had noted the resolutions of the Magistracy and Livery Sub Committee concerning the petition of the Company of Nurses to be constituted as a Livery Company of the City of London, and after some debate had agreed to bring forward the Company of Nurses’ petition for final approval at its meeting of May 2024. The Chairman of the General Purposes Committee now therefore asked that this Court note the same and also agree to bring forward the petition for final approval and facilitate the Company of Nurses designation as the 111th Livery Company at its meeting of May 2023.

Resolved Unanimously: - That the Court of Aldermen support the bringing forward of the Company of Nurses petition for Company with Livery status for final consideration at their May 2023 meeting.

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