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Resolved – That, on his retirement from this Honourable Court, the Members wish to place on record their warmest thanks to:

Sir Robert Gerard Finch

for the service that he has given to the Corporation and to the City for over the past twenty one years. Sir Robert was elected as Alderman for the Ward of Coleman Street in 1992 and, in that capacity, he was elected to the Office of Sheriff in 1999 and then become the 676^th Lord Mayor of this City in 2003.

His eye for detail, thorough knowledge of property law, coupled with his traditional values and good humour were of great benefit during visits abroad during his Mayoralty and, indeed, at the meetings of the wide ranging Corporation Committees on which he served.

In taking their leave, his colleagues would like to express their very best wishes for his future health and happiness with the hope that he will long retain many happy memories of his civic life and all he has achieved for the wider City, for the City Corporation and for this Court.