David Lewis (Lord Mayor)
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David T. R. Lewis (born 1947) is the Lord Mayor of the City of London for 2007–08.
Lewis was born in Hong Kong.[1] He is the grandson of a sheep-farmer from Carmarthenshire, Wales and regards himself as Welsh.[2] He was educated at the Dragon School and St Edward's School, Oxford before studying law at Jesus College, Oxford. He joined Norton Rose and qualified as a solicitor in 1972, becoming a partner in 1977 and then holding the position of Chairman and Senior Partner between 1997 and 2003. He was elected as an Alderman in 2001.[1] He was elected as the 680th Lord Mayor in 2007, being only the eighth Welsh Lord Mayor in the City of London's history, and the first to have a Welsh motto.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Current Lord Mayor – Alderman David Lewis. City of London Corporation.
- ^ a b "Lord Mayor's pride in Welsh links", BBC, 10 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
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Lord Mayor of the City of London 2007–2008 |
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