GIFFORD, MAYOR

COURT OF ALDERMEN

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

PRESENT

The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Sir Alderman Sir Paul Judge Alderman Roger Gifford Alderman Alderman David Graves Alderman Sir David Howard Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley Alderman John Garbutt Alderman Sir Robert Finch Alderman Robert Hall Alderman Neil Redcliffe Alderman Sir David Lewis Alderman Alison Gowman Alderman Philip Remnant Alderman Ian Luder Alderman Gordon Haines Alderman Peter Hewitt Alderman Nick Anstee Alderman Alan Yarrow Alderman Matthew Richardson Alderman Sir Michael Bear Sheriff & Alderman Jeffrey Evans Alderman William Russell

Minutes RESOLVED – That he minutes of the held on 19th March 2013

were correctly recorded.

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

Resolutions Vote of Thanks to Sir John Stuttard:- on retirements, congratulatory Resolved unanimously – That in taking their leave of Sir John Stuttard, upon his resolutions, memorials, retirement as Alderman for the Ward of Lime Street, this Court desires to place on etc. record its most sincere appreciation of the service that he has given to the City

Corporation and, in particular, to this Court, over the past twelve years. Sir John Stuttard Sir John was elected as Alderman for the Ward of Lime Street in 2001; he was elected to the Office of Sheriff in 2005 and served, as the ’s 679th

Lord Mayor in 2006; carrying out the demanding role with dedication and veracity. Having qualified as a chartered accountant in 1970 and become a Fellow of the

Institute of the Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Sir John went on to fulfill a high profile career, both in the UK and abroad. He was therefore well

equipped to promote the Square Mile and the Financial City widely throughout his Mayoralty and with great success. Knighted for his services to the City of London in

2008, Sir John has also received honors from the President of Kazakhstan, the Sultan of Selangor and the Government of Finland.

Sir John’s strong commitment to education began with his teaching role with the

Voluntary Service Overseas in Brunei in 1966 and has continued throughout his civic career, with his active support for and promotion of London as a place of

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learning and sharing skills. This area of interest has also been reflected through his

involvement with the Livery, particularly as a Master of two Companies.

On taking their leave, his colleagues would like to express to Sir John their most sincere thanks, together with the hope that he and Lesley will long retain many

happy memories of his civic life and all he has achieved for the City, the City Corporation and this Court.

Sir John Stuttard replied in suitable terms.

Vote of Thanks to Simon Walsh:-

Simon Walsh Resolved:- That in taking their leave of Simon Walsh, upon his retirement as

Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Without, this Court desires to place on record its appreciation of the service that he has given to the City Corporation and, in

particular, to this Court, over the past twenty three years.

Simon was elected as a Common Councilman for the Ward of Farringdon Without in 1989 and thereafter elected as an Alderman for the Ward in 2000. Having read

modern languages at Oxford, Simon qualified as a lawyer at City University and served as a barrister in private practice, specialising in police, licensing and

ecclesiastical law. In addition to his service on a number of Corporation Committees and his Chairmanship of committees such as Housing and Sport

Development, Police and Licensing, he remained closely involved in Ward activities throughout his civic career.

On taking their leave, his colleagues would like to express to Simon their thanks

and good wishes, together with the hope that he will retain happy memories of his civic life and all he has achieved for the City, the Corporation and this Court.

Vote of Thanks to Philip Remnant CBE:-

Philip Remnant Resolved unanimously:- That in taking their leave of The Honourable Philip John

Remnant CBE, upon his retirement as Alderman for the Ward of Bassishaw, this Court desires to place on record its sincere appreciation of the service that he has

given to the City Corporation and, in particular, to this Court, over the past two years.

Philip was elected as Alderman for the Ward of Bassishaw in 2010 and has, since joining the Court, ably served on a number of City Corporation Committees,

including the Community and Children’s Services Committee, and his contributions have been much appreciated.

As a Senior Adviser to Credit Suisse, Chairman of the City of London Investment

Trust, a non-executive director of UK Financial Investments and Deputy Chairman of The Takeover Panel, Philip’s career in the financial service industry is notable.

His service was suitably recognised through the award of a CBE for services to the financial services industry and to the public sector in 2011, during his time on the

Court. As a trustee of Goodenough College and a Member of the Worshipful Company of Salters, Philip has also championed and actively supported important

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On taking their leave, his colleagues would like to express to Philip and Caroline

their sincere thanks and good wishes, together with the hope that they will long retain many happy memories of their civic life.

Applications Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and thirty-three persons to for Freedom 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

Peter Patrick Barrett a Fire Engineer Northampton, Firefighters Northamptonshire Roderic David Jones a Fire Safety Gospel Oak, Camden Firefighters Engineer Priscilla Dorothy a Nurse, retired Teddington, Richmond Drapers Turner upon Thames Charlotte Louise an Account Manager Chiddingfold, Surrey Air Pilots & Air Hounslow Navigators Robin Douglas an Ophthalmologist Harpenden, Spectacle Makers Hamilton Hertfordshire Christopher Key Patey an Oil Industry Wandsworth Musicians Executive, retired Peta Wendy Wilkinson a Charity Chief Little London, Near Coopers Executive Andover, Hampshire Thomas Daniel Hayton a Market St. Albans, Bowyers Development Hertfordshire Executive Alastair Frederick a Brewer Blackheath, Brewers James Hook Greenwich John Sebastian Willis an Antiquarian Book Pimlico, Westminster Scriveners Bonham Dealer Michael Joseph a Clean Energy Parbold, Lancashire Fuellers Saunders Company President Kay Alison Buchan a Psychotherapist Islington Carpenters Clifford Michael Friend a University Chiseldon, Swindon, Coachmakers & Professor Wiltshire Coach-Harness Makers Belinda Claire a Councillor Hammersmith and Glovers Donovan Fulham Christine Townley a Charity Executive Billericay, Essex Paviors Director Claire Celia Morland a Remuneration Golders Green, Barnet Tax Advisers Adviser Olivia Jane Hamilton a Consultant Farnham Common, Apothecaries Whiteside Surgeon Buckinghamshire Oonagh Ann a Financial Pimlico, Westminster International McDonald, CBE Regulation Bankers Consultant David Alan Dalton a Trade Federation Swinton, Rotherham, Glass Sellers Chief Executive South Yorkshire John Robert Dobson a Printing Rothwell Haigh, Stationers & McClements Consultancy Leeds, West Newspaper Company Director Yorkshire Makers Warren James Charles a Financial Services Woking, Surrey Insurers Brooker Manager Deborah Jane a Magazine Orwell, Royston, Furniture Makers Johnson Publisher Hertfordshire 7 MAY 2013 4

Francine Mary Baker a Solicitor Temple Cowley, Constructors Oxford, Oxfordshire James George Collins a Broker Chawton, Alton, Builders Hampshire Merchants Andrew Stuart Lunn a Sales Director Ash, Near Aldershot, Builders Hampshire Merchants Shanker Patel a Builders Camden Builders Merchants Merchants Company Director Nicola Wendy Donnelly a Corporate Affairs Long Crendon, Tobacco Pipe Manager Buckinghamshire Makers & Tobacco Blenders Gareth Adams Cooper a Solicitor Buckhurst Hill, Essex Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders Michael Casson a Head of Investor Dormans Park, East Tobacco Pipe Nightingale Relations Grinstead, Sussex Makers & Tobacco Blenders Nicola Snook a Solicitor Blackheath, Tobacco Pipe Greenwich Makers & Tobacco Blenders Ann Monica Tradigo a Communications Putney, Richmond Tobacco Pipe and Public upon Thames Makers & Relations Tobacco Consultant Blenders Martine Alice Petetin a Lawyer, retired Chiswick, Hounslow Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders Nicola Jayne Kingaby a Solicitor Portishead, Bristol Solicitors Richard Victor Kalmar an Estate Agent Bromley Chartered Surveyors Martin Whitmore a Horticulture Manton, Oakham, Gardeners Panter Company Director Rutland Richard William a Solicitor Earlsfield, Solicitors Anthony Eveleigh Wandsworth Margaret Paula Guy, a Medical Camberley, Surrey Barbers MBE Practitioner Douglas Richard a Headmaster Kirkham, Preston, Drapers Walker Lancashire James Jonathan a Corporate Affairs Nursted, Petersfield, Tobacco Pipe Blakelock Manager Hampshire Makers & Tobacco Blenders Vincent Gerald O'Brien a Chartered Wimbledon, Merton Chartered Accountant Accountants Sir Alastair Robin a Shipping Agent, Little Baddow, Chartered Stewart, Bt. retired Chelmsford, Essex Architects Richard Mark Wall a Compliance Chingford, Waltham International Manager Forest Bankers Brian Peter Homent a Chartered Great Chishill, Gunmakers Accountant Royston, Hertfordshire David John Mathers an Airline Pilot, Chippenham, Wiltshire Air Pilots & Air retired Navigators 5 7 MAY 2013

Caroline Ann Tuke an Academic Cambridge, Wax Chandlers Malone Archaeologist Cambridgeshire Christos Megalou a Bank Managing Kensington and International Director Chelsea Bankers Keith Noel Thynne a Security Adviser Putney, Wandsworth Gunmakers Holland Thomas William Paul a Project Co- Putney, Wandsworth Coachmakers & Elliott ordinator Coach-Harness Makers Michael Herbert a Chartered Woodley, Berkshire Marketors Ricketts Marketor Ian Craig Giddings a Marine Technical Hastings, Sussex Master Mariners Adviser Alexander Ralph Davis an Engineer Barnes, Richmond Coachmakers & upon Thames Coach-Harness Makers Richard William a Master Mariner Wigley, Ludlow, Master Mariners Barnes Shropshire Cian Francois a Master Mariner Stillorgan, County Master Mariners Timmons Dublin, Ireland Vikas Sagar a Textile Merchant Manchester, Launderers Chandravadan Shah Company Director Lancashire Matthew Alexander a Laundry Company Ongar, Essex Launderers James Pantlin Director Peter James McArthur a Marine and Legal Llangollen Master Mariners Company Director Carolyn Denise a Finance Director Standish, Wigan, Launderers Shacklady Lancashire Helene Theresa a Solicitor Acton Town, Ealing Master Mariners Hunter-Davies Frances Margaret a Head of Corporate Putney, Wandsworth Tobacco Pipe Morrison Communications, Makers & retired Tobacco Blenders Amanda Jane Lees an Optometrist Burhill Park, Surrey Spectacle Makers Antony Scanlan an Electronic Bandon, County Cork, Tobacco Pipe Cigarette Company Ireland Makers & Director Tobacco Blenders John McAdam a Television Director Roehampton, Air Pilots & Air Wandsworth Navigators Kenneth John a Furniture Retailer, Weybridge, Surrey Gold & Silver Needham retired Wyre Drawers Jonathan Roland a Marketing Eythorne, Kent Marketors Williams Manager Nigel James Anton a Banker Chapel Hill, Dunsfold, Shipwrights Surrey Suzan Hayley Whittle a Management Harlington, Management Consultant Bedfordshire Consultants Andrew Charles a Structural Belsize Park, Camden Carpenters Lawrence Engineer Robert Matthew a Design and Gifting West Malling, Kent Painter Stainers Russell Company Director Richard Dallin Gore a Management Battersea, Management Stewart Consultant Wandsworth Consultants Susan Geddes a Chartered Banker Chelsea, Kensington Chartered and Chelsea Surveyors Peter Graham a Car Leasing Clerkenwell, Islington Coachmakers & Cakebread Company Director Coach-Harness Makers 7 MAY 2013 6

John Richard Watson a Jeweller Berkhamsted, Goldsmiths Hertfordshire Huw Beverley-Smith a Solicitor Wimbledon, Merton Information Technologists Stephen John Fitz- an Aerospace Fleet, Hampshire Coachmakers & Gerald Company Director Coach-Harness Makers Nicholas Peter Canty a Lecturer Islington Stationers & Newspaper Makers Anita Julie Glithero an Account Manager Eye, Peterborough, Stationers & Cambridgeshire Newspaper Makers Ian Alexander Milne a Business Hurst Green, Air Pilots & Air Development Etchingham, Sussex Navigators Company Vice President Peter Alan Warden a Regular Army Urchfont, Devizes, Gunmakers Officer Wiltshire Mark Charles Gordon a Banker Wimbledon, Merton Tylers & Bricklayers Haiwei Li a Management Sidcup, Bexley World Traders Consultant Alistair Wallace a Manufacturing Stannington, Sheffield, Glass Sellers Company Director South Yorkshire Lydia Charlotte a Civil Engineer Guildford, Surrey Constructors Roberta Ingram Karen Jane Purnell a Technical Adviser Camberley, Surrey Shipwrights Joanna Margaret an Investment Bray, Berkshire Glovers Barker Manager Roger George Marris a Business Director Chalfont St. Giles, Coachmakers & Buckinghamshire Coach-Harness Makers Piers Alexander a Stockbroker Pimlico, Westminster Gunmakers Colston Coombs Long Lin a Professor of Tingley Common, Clothworkers Colour and Polymer Morley, Leeds, West Science Yorkshire Stephen John Russell a Professor of Harrogate, North Clothworkers Textile Materials Yorkshire and Technology Carolyn Louise a Solicitor Wapping, Tower Glovers Saunders Hamlets James Niall William a Shipping Durley, Southampton, Shipwrights Denholm Company Director Hampshire Peter Vincent Wallis a Trust Officer, Wallington, Sutton Educators retired Christopher Raymond a Shooting Instructor Boyton, Warminster, Gunmakers Wheatley-Hubbard Wiltshire Jonathan Iain Hugh an Oil Tanker Itchingfield, Horsham, Shipwrights Lee Company Chief Sussex Executive Officer Gillian Drusilla an Education Greenwich Educators Ducharme Consultant Darren Frankland a Fire Engineer Hove, Sussex Firefighters David Andrew Charters a Fire Engineer Knaresborough, North Firefighters Yorkshire Justine Magdaleine a Chartered St. Johns Wood, Chartered Goldberg Secretary Westminster Secretaries & Administrators 7 7 MAY 2013

Philip Andrew Hudson a Structural Four Elms, Kent Constructors Engineer Andrew John Milner a Saddler Wymondham, Melton Saddlers Mowbray, Leicestershire Charles John Hawley a Chemical Colton, Staffordshire Saddlers Company Director Eleanor Jean Lang an Arts Southwark Chartered Administrator Secretaries & Administrators Luke James Hagan a Video Producer Farnham, Bishops Saddlers Stortford, Hertfordshire Roger Paul Coates a Saddler Galleywood, Saddlers Chelmsford, Essex David Gifford Richards a Civil Engineer Ruthin, Denbighshire Water Conservators David James Barrow a Water Services Preston, Weymouth, Water Company Director Dorset Conservators Basil Hugh Vracas a Pilot Hong Kong Air Pilots & Air Navigators Jennifer Lesley a Teacher, retired Eltham, Greenwich Educators Freestone Jonathan Marc Morris a Solicitor Denmark Hill, International Southwark Bankers John Richard Bowra a Civil Servant Garston, Hertfordshire Farriers Eric Allan Chipperfield a Gardener South Nutfield, Surrey Drapers Jack Benjamin a Sales South Nutfield, Surrey Drapers Chipperfield Representative Gregory Peter a Public House Ashtead, Surrey Tinplate Workers Sergeant Company Director Peter Turner an Aviation Weston-super-Mare, Air Pilots & Air Company Chairman Somerset Navigators Victoria Elizabeth a Chartered Epping, Essex Drapers Shapiro Surveyor Julian Arthur George a Farmer Renhold, Bedfordshire Gardeners Polhill Joy Anne Davies a University Lecturer West Bridgford, Arbitrators Nottinghamshire Derek Powell Jones a Bank Director, New Malden, Surrey International retired Bankers Richard William Arthur a Lecturer Ampthill, Bedfordshire Water Franceys Conservators Mark Stephen Charles a Bank Executive, Claygate, Surrey International Clenshaw retired Bankers Adrian John Worker a Nuclear Engineer Radstock, Somerset Fan Makers Peter David Rawlings a Banker Gerrards Cross, International Buckinghamshire Bankers Victor George a Management Clapham, Lambeth Haberdashers Lamarque Consultant Stephen John Perkins a Professor and Camden International Business School Bankers Dean Nicholas Gary Waters a Medical Billesdon, Gold & Silver Practitioner Leicestershire Wyre Drawers Peter Dennis Moody a Training Cookham, Berkshire Educators Consultancy Company Director Caroline Polly Stewart a Solicitor Clerkenwell, Islington Pattenmakers Davies 7 MAY 2013 8

Howard Paul Davis a Chemical Petersham, Richmond Makers of Playing Engineer upon Thames Cards David Peter Gradwell a Professor of Impington, Apothecaries Aerospace Cambridgeshire Medicine Lee Nigel Winter a Medical Lambeth Apothecaries Practitioner Lady Estelle Marilyn a Lady of Westminster Apothecaries Wolfson of Independent Means Marylebone Elizabeth Ann Wood a Lecturer, retired Woodbridge, Suffolk Apothecaries Mark Craig Thomas a Chartered Sunbury on Thames, Arbitrators Quantity Surveyor Surrey Philip Do Youn Kim a Lawyer Sudbury Hill, Harrow Solicitors on the Hill, Harrow

Freeman in Name Company Company Naomi Claire Silk Apothecaries

Read and agreed to.

Alderman The Town Clerk lay before the Court a letter from Alderman Jeffrey Evans offering Jeffrey Evans to surrender his Office of Alderman of the Ward of Cheap.

Resolved – That this Court, taking into consideration the request of Alderman Jeffrey Evans, doth agree to accept his surrender of the Office of Alderman of the Ward of Cheap, with effect from the last day of the relevant period provided for by Section 3 A (2) of the Act of Common Council, 1960, as amended, and requests the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor to hold a wardmote, in due course, for the election of a fit and able person to be Alderman thereof.

BARRADELL.