Agenda and draft minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 14th October, 2025 12.30 pm

Venue: Committee Rooms, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

Contact: Gemma Stokley Email: gemma.stokley@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items

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Question - That the Minutes of the last Court are correctly recorded? PDF 358 KB

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Minutes:

That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen meeting held on 16^th September 2025 were correctly recorded.

[The minutes of the Court of Common Council were on the table].

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Resolutions on retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

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Minutes:

There were no resolutions.

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The Comptroller and City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Wednesday,10th September 2025 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Within.

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Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on Wednesday, 10^th September 2025 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Within.

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The Comptroller and City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Wednesday,10th September 2025 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Lime Street.

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Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on Wednesday, 10^th September 2025 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Lime Street.

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Applications for the Freedom of the City PDF 133 KB

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Minutes:

The Chamberlain presented the names of the eighty-five persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they may be admitted into the Freedom of the City accordingly, as follows: -

Name Occupation Address Company

Laurence Peter Marius Armitstead	an Engineering Consultancy Company Director	Alton, Hampshire	Gunmakers

Christopher Kenton Beedel	a Government Advocacy Company Head	Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire	Glass Sellers

Eileen Frances Bigg	an Administrator, retired	Hertfordshire	Water Conservators

Margaret Ruth Bonsall, JP	an Infrastructure Finance Consultant & Solicitor	Kensington & Chelsea, London	Solicitors

Robert John Borley	a Fresh Produce Exporter	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Fruiterers

William George Bowkett	a Journalist	Merton, London	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Sangita Kanaiyalal Brown	a Solicitor	Brentwood, Essex	Coopers

Russell Campbell	a Brewery Company Head of On-Trade Sales	Lichfield, Staffordshire	Brewers

Andrew Graham Glenn Caton	a Brewery Company President	Surrey	Brewers

Lily Amy Charteris	an Interior Designer	Wandsworth, London	Fletchers

James Harry Chisnell	a Student & Train Driver	Southend-on-Sea, Essex	Carmen

Robert Beaton Coutts	a Lecturer	Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland	Tylers & Bricklayers

Meena Dattani	a Brewery Company Director	Farnham, Surrey	Brewers

John Gordon Davidson	a Finance Director	Bexley, London	Gardeners

Spencer John Davies	an Aggregates Company Director	Warwickshire	Gunmakers

Simon David Evans	a Chartered Accountant	Islington, London	Plumbers

Dr Roger Christopher Stafford Flint, VR	a Medical Doctor & Consultancy Company Director	Edinburgh, Scotland	Apothecaries

Nicholas Prodromos Flytzanis	an Information Technology Company Director	Brighton, East Sussex	Constructors
Paula Foster-Pickin	a Taxi Driver & Registered Guide	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire	Hackney Carriage Drivers

Paul Frederick Frampton	a Venture Capital Investment Manager, retired	Kensington & Chelsea, London	Air Pilots

Daniel Robert William Frazer	an Educational Publishing Company Director	Tunbridge Wells, Kent	Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Hazel Dawn Gibbs	an Executive Assistant	Romsey, Hampshire	Coopers

Georgina Elizabeth Goodman	an Operations Director	Andover, Hampshire	Carmen

Hannah Hadleigh Gurga	an Insurance Industry Association Director General

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Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

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Minutes:

There was no report.

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