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The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of London Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ian Bowater, D.S.O.. T.D The Right Honourable, The Lord Mayor of London Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ian Bowater, D.S.O.. T.D. L AN INCENTIVE INTERVIEW WITH SIR IAN BOWATER, WHOSE THEME THE OF OFFICE IS ‘COME TO BRITAIN’ LORD M O D E OF LONDON How does the City of London stand the barons in signing the Magna Carta A few weeks later he takes office - today in relation to the rest of the world? at Runnymede. As a result the City of in my case on 7 November, 1969, at what Well, I think it can be claimed to be the London was granted its Charter by King is a silent ceremony. The emblems of the centre of the financial and banking world John with only one reservation. This City - the jewelled sceptre, the purse and of at least this half of the globe. And was that the City had to report the name the key of the City - are handed by the as far as Britain itself is concerned a of the man elected Lord Mayor to the high officers to the outgoing Lord Mayor very large proportion of our invisible ruling monarch. who then passes them to the incoming exports pass through it. That is why, after a Lord Mayor is Lord Mayor who touches them and hands The ‘invisibles’ result directly from the elected, as I was last September, he goes them back. City . by that I mean the earnings of to the House of Lords to inquire through The following day he proceeds in the the insurance companies, commissions the Recorder of London of the Lord world-famous golden coach drawn by on sales and banking, the overseas Chancellor whether his election has met the six enormous horses supplied by earnings of loans floated in the City, the approval of Her Majesty the Queen. Messrs Whitbread, who are the only the freights earned by shipping com­ After receiving Royal approval he is then, owners of horses strong enough to pull it. panies administered in the City and in fact, Lord Mayor-elect. He proceeds to the Royal Courts of so on. I think if you went through the financial commitments of the largest companies in this country, you would have difficulty in finding a single one which was not in some way or other connected with the activities of the City. Britain as a whole is a very rich country indeed, although people sometimes talk as if it were very poor. This is quite untrue. Its overseas investments are greater than any other country in the world with the exception possibly of the United States. Having said that, if you were to ask me if this country is going forward or backwards, I would say that we are going forward because of its technology and amazing abilities in the field of specialised inventions. One has only to think of Watson Watt’s radar, Fleming’s peni­ cillin, Rutherford’s atom research, Whittle’s jet engines, Cockerell’s Hover­ craft - and many others besides. There is nothing to stop this country retaining a lead in world technology and science. The only thing that can prevent it is the frustration of all this being held on the leash; frustrations which emerge from politics and controls and all those things that cut down freedom of action; and particularly by excessive taxation. If some of these could be swept away the country would surge forward again to wider and greater horizons. You have asked me about the office of Lord Mayor and what the mayoralty stands for. First we must remember that I am the 642nd holder of the office and as some people held it several times, the office goes back more than 750 years. The first time the holder was known Sir Ian Bowater was page to his uncle as Lord Mayor of London in 1912; last November, as the Lord Mayor was after he joined when Sir Ian took office, he was attended by his eight-year-old grandson, John Doughty. INCENTTVF./70 1 Justice to be sworn as chief magistrate Mayor ceremonially greets the visitor for the Lord Chief Justice and this is and hands him a cask of silver containing what constitutes the Lord Mayor’s Show a scroll of welcome. A state banquet or pageant. follows at which the Lord Mayor The Lord Mayor has other respon­ presides. sibilities. He is Admiral of the port of A charming, and perhaps slightly less London and has certain constitutional formal occasion, is when a great states­ obligations. For instance, in the event of man or soldier is presented with the an accession to the Throne he is sum­ honorary freedom. In the recent past moned to attend the Accession Privy there have been names known throughout Council and that is the reason why he the world, including members of the is the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor. Royal Family, Sir Winston Churchill, He must also be informed of a Royal General Eisenhower, and many of the birth. Prime Ministers of Commonwealth coun­ In the event of a declaration of war tries. The Lord Mayor presides on a dais, he must receive it at once from the Prime surrounded by distinguished leaders of Minister and read it to the citizens. the land, and on either side in their In 1914 my uncle. Sir Vansittart Bowater, scarlet robes are the aldermen. The read the declaration; in 1939 my father Chamberlain delivers a speech eulogis­ The Walbrook Street entrance to the Mansion House, which is the door used by performed this duty. ing the person to be honoured and places the Lord Mayor of London and his visitors. The Lord Mayor must also receive in his hand a scroll welcoming him as an in state the Monarch if she chooses to honorary freeman of the city. On these is not elected on party lines, nor are the enter the City. He proceeds, with aider- occasions the Lord Mayor generally aldermen or common councillors. Every men and sheriffs to Temple Bar where gives a private or semi-private banquet man votes according to his own way there was once a Temple Gate and there in his own home, the Mansion House, of thinking. awaits Her Majesty. He presents to her to which two or three hundred disting­ In addition the Lord Mayor presides the Sword of State with point reversed. uished people are invited. over a number of specialised committees This is the sign of his allegiance. The During the year the Lord Mayor which deal with the business of the City Queen then touches the sword and presides over a number of state banquets and he maintains liaison by virtue of his places it back in his hands. This is a sign in the Mansion House, banquets given office with the principal institutions such that she accepts his allegiance and the to the judges, the bishops, the arts, the as the Stock Exchange, the Baltic allegiance of her loyal subjects, the sciences, the Diplomatic Corps, the Exchange, Lloyds, the Bank of England, citizens of London. bankers . the Institute of Bankers, Chambers of Thereafter he precedes her. Should the It is the Lord Mayor’s duty to preside Commerce, Chamber of Shipping - in Queen attend St Paul’s, the Lord Mayor, over the deliberations of the Court of fact all those institutions which represent in special ermine robe, precedes 'her, Common Council, which perhaps few the activities of the City of London. Drawn by six dapple-grey shires, the Lord Mayor’s Coach leaves Whitbread’s Brewery in the A statue of the boy Dick Whittington, who City of London at the start of the Lord Mayor’s Show on the second Saturday in November. was to become four times the Lord Mayor. holding the sword above him up the people realise is the oldest parliament in The City still owns and administers steps of the Cathedral and lays it on the the country, going back beyond the time the markets: Billingsgate fish market, table in front of the Queen where she is of the Parliament of Westminster. In Leadenhall poultry market, Spitalfields seated. fact it was from the inspiration of the fruit and vegetable markets, Smithfield This is one of the most moving City Parliament that much of the pre- meat market. ceremonies which you will witness and is cedure at Westminster was derived. For The City’s greatest responsibilities are one of the great traditional rights of the instance, no business can take place until those connected with the administration City of London. the sword and the mace are placed on the of justice. The Central Criminal Courts, On state visits it is usual for the table in front of the Lord Mayor, who which are generally known as the visitors to be received by the citizens of sits as a kind of Speaker and President Old Bailey, are in fact the largest, London. This generally takes place at rolled into one, flanked on either side by probably the oldest and certainly the Guildhall and again the Lord Mayor the aldermen with the Common Council best-known of all the criminal assize appears in his royal robe. This is generally on the floor of the House. courts in the country and for that matter preceded by a state reception. The Lord There are no parties. The Lord Mayor in the world. Criminal court procedure 2 incentive/70 in all the English-speaking and Common­ what is today generally believed to be to be delivered that evening at a dinner wealth countries is derived from these the best example of British justice.
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