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Guild Of Young Freemen
The Guild of Young Freemen of the City of London is a membership organisation that connects young individuals associated with the traditions of the Freedom of the City in the City of London. Founded in 1976 as the Society of Young Freemen of the City of London during the Lord Mayoralty of Sir Robin Gillett Bt, the Guild was founded to provide a platform for young professionals to engage with the civic and historical traditions of the City. Over time, it has developed into a forum that fosters engagement with London’s heritage while supporting professional and community activities. The Guild is open to young professionals under the age of 40 and seeks to encourage greater participation in the customs and institutions of the City of London. History Formation In the mid-1970s, the City of London Corporation exploring ways to involve younger people in the City’s civic life and encourage them to become Freemen. Internal discussions, led by the Corporation’s Policy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Of The City Of London
The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. In the Middle Ages, this developed into a freedom or right to trade, becoming closely linked to the medieval guilds, the livery companies. In 1835, eligibility for the freedom of the City was extended to anyone who lived in, worked in or had a strong connection to the City. The freedom that citizens enjoy has long associations with privileges in the governance of the City. Whilst no longer carrying many substantive rights and largely existing as a tradition, the freedom is a pre-requisite for standing for election to the Common Council and Court of Aldermen of the City of London. The Lord Mayor of the City must first become an alderman, and hence must also be a freeman. There are multiple routes to gaining the freedom of the City of London. The original three routes to the freedom, via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheep Drive And Livery Fair
Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order (biology), order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a ''ewe'' ( ), an intact male as a ''ram'', occasionally a ''tup'', a castrated male as a ''wether'', and a young sheep as a ''lamb''. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication center. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleeces, meat (Lamb and mutton, lamb, hogget or mutton), and sheep milk, milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Bidwell
Sir Hugh Charles Philip Bidwell (1 November 1934 – 7 December 2013) was a British businessman and the 662nd Lord Mayor of London in 1989–90. Prior to his election as mayor Bidwell was an alderman of the Billingsgate ward from 1979 to 1996, and a sheriff of the City of London in 1986. Bidwell was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) on his election as mayor. Bidwell was born in 1934, the son of a wine importer, and was schooled at Stonyhurst. Undergoing National Service in the East Surrey Regiment in 1953, he served in Nyasaland, Kenya with the 1st Btn King's African Rifles. Bidwell began working in the food industry with the breakfast cereal maker Viota, and became a director of Viota in 1962. Bidwell was subsequently chairman of the food company Pearce Duff, headed the food arm of Gill & Duffus, and joined Allied Lyons in 1985. Bidwell was married twice, first to Jenifer Webb in 1962, with whom he had two sons, and a daughter. Webb die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Gardner-Thorpe
Colonel Sir Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe (13 May 1917 – 11 December 1991) was a British company director and Liberal Party politician who also became the 653rd Lord Mayor of London in 1980. Background Gardner-Thorpe was the son of Joseph Gardner and Hannah Coulthurst Thorpe. He was educated at St John's College, Portsmouth. In 1938 he married Hazel Mary Dees. They had one son. Political career Gardner-Thorpe was Liberal candidate for the Eastbourne division of Sussex at the 1959 General Election. The Liberals had not run a candidate at the previous election in 1955. He managed a respectable 18% poll, finishing third. He was joint honorary treasurer of the Liberal Party, a member of the party executive and President of the Home Counties Young Liberals. He was Liberal candidate at the 1962 West Derbyshire by-election. The election took place at a period where the Liberal Party's fortunes were on the rise following victory in the Orpington by-election. Again, no Liberal had s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Ring
Sir Lindsay Roberts Ring (1 May 1914 – 10 August 1997) was a British businessman who took back control of the catering firm Ring and Brymer (Birch's), which had previously been owned by his family. After selling the business to Forte Holdings, he devoted himself to the activities of the City of London Corporation. After serving as councilman, Alderman and Sheriff of London he became Lord Mayor of London from 1975 to 1976. Early life Lindsay Ring was born in Herne Hill, south London, the son of George Arthur Ring and his wife Helen Stedman. He went to school at Dulwich College, where he was captain of the school fencing team. After spending a year in Germany, he worked as a bank clerk in the City of London before joining the catering firm Ring and Brymer (Birch's), which had been founded by one of his ancestors, but was no longer controlled by the Ring family. At the start of WWII he joined the Royal Army Service Corps and was evacuated from Dunkirk as a junior officer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhruv Patel (politician)
Dhruv Prashant Patel OBE (born 1984, London) is an Anglo-Indian businessman, community organiser and politician, who serves as a City Common Councilman since 2013. In 2018 HM Birthday Honours, Patel was appointed OBE. Career Patel has been returned as a Common Councilman of the City of London Corporation since 2013, and was appointed Chairman of the City Community and Children's Services in 2015. In 2019, he became the first Indian-origin Chairman of the City Bridge Trust, London's largest independent grant-making charity. Prior to serving as a Common Councilman he was an executive at Barclays Capital. Patel is the founder of the City Hindus Network, an organisation based in the City of London which was set up in 2005 representing over 3,000 Hindu professionals. In 2007 he organised the first Hindu community engagement event at City Hall with support from then-Mayor Ken Livingstone to celebrate the contribution of Britain's half a million Hindus to the UK economy, cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disability, disabilities. There are Winter Paralympic Games, Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympics began as a small gathering of British World War II veterans in Stoke Mandeville Games, 1948. The 1960 Summer Paralympics, 1960 Games in Rome drew 400 athletes with disabilities from 23 countries, as proposed by doctor Antonio Maglio. Currently it is one of the largest international sporting events: the 2020 Summer Paralympics featuring 4,520 athletes from 163 National Paralympic Committees. Paralympians strive for equal treatment with non-disabled Olympic athletes, but there is a large funding gap between Olympic and Paralympic athletes. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Rodgers
Susannah Elizabeth Joy Rodgers, (born 9 August 1983) is a British Paralympic swimmer. She competes in S7 classification events and won three bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Personal life Rodgers was born on 9 August 1983 in Stockton-on-Tees, England. She was born without a fully formed arm or leg on the left side of her body. Susie was announced as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2018, a year after her retirement from professional sport in 2017. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in modern languages from the University of Newcastle and is able to speak Catalan, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. She combined her swimming career with a job as a project manager for the British Council. She is a qualified non-executive director through the Financial Times NED programme, amongst other roles. Swimming Rodgers first learned to swim when living in Egypt as a child but did not take up c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biometrics And Forensic Ethics Group
The Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group (formerly National DNA Database Ethics Group) is a non-departmental public body that advises the government of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ... on the ethical issues regarding collection, use, and retention of biometric and forensic material and the use of large and complex data sets and projects using explainable data-driven technology. Professor Mark Watson-Gandy took over as the chairman of the body in 2019, replacing Christopher Hughes O.B.E. who held the position since 2009. References External links Official website Home Office (United Kingdom) National DNA databases Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government Population genetics in the United Kingdom {{UK-gov-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Watson-Gandy
Mark Watson-Gandy (born 8 November 1967), is a British lawyer and educationalist, specialising in UK insolvency, company and private international law. Since 2019, Watson-Gandy serves as NDPB Chairman of the Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group at the Home Office. Early life and education Born in 1967 to Alastair Watson-Gandy and Barbara ''née'' Mądry, scion of the Watson-Gandy-Brandreth gentry family, he was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School before going up to the University of Essex, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Accorded in Scotland the territorial designation "of Myrton" as Baron of Myrton, Watson-Gandy does not use the title professionally. Career Watson-Gandy was called to the Bar in 1990 at the Inner Temple and in 2013 to the Eastern Caribbean Bar (British Virgin Islands). He is a member of Three Stone Chambers. A Visiting Professor of the University of Westminster since 1999, he has pioneered its LLM degree in Corporate Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Parmley
Sir Andrew Charles Parmley, (born 17 October 1956) is Principal (education), Principal of the Harrodian School in Barnes, SW13, Barnes, London, and served as Lord Mayor of London for 2016–17. Early life Born in Lancashire, the third of three sons, Parmley was educated at Blackpool Aspire Academy, Blackpool Grammar School. He displayed an early interest in music and started playing the organ, passing the Royal College of Organists#Exams, ARCO at 16 and the FRCO aged 18, before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He then studied for a Master's degree, Master's at Manchester University, before pursuing further studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, Royal Holloway College, London, and Jesus College, Cambridge. Career Parmley has been Director of Music at Forest School near Snaresbrook, and South Hampstead High School, and then at the Grey Coat Hospital in Westminster. Sir Andrew is now Principal of the Harrodian School. He has also been Director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Arms
The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is a royal corporation consisting of professional Officer of Arms, officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern Ireland and some Commonwealth realms. The heralds are appointed by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British Sovereign and are delegated authority to act on behalf of the Crown in all matters of heraldry, the granting of new coat of arms, coats of arms, Genealogy, genealogical research and the recording of pedigree chart, pedigrees. The College is also the official body responsible for matters relating to the flying of flags on land, and it maintains the official registers of flags and other national symbols. Though a part of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, the College is self-financed, unsupported by any public funds. Founded by royal charter in 1484 by King Richard III of England, the College is one of the few remaining official heraldic authority, heraldic authorities in Europe. Within the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
