Alan Mais, Baron Mais

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Alan Mais, Baron Mais, with his wife, 1973

Alan Raymond Mais, Baron Mais GBE ERD TD JP ( July 7, 1911 - November 28, 1993 ) was a British politician who became a member of the House of Lords in 1967 as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and between 1972 and 1973 was the first peer elected Lord Mayor of London .

Life

During the Second World War made corn his military service in the Territorial Army of the British Army and was last to Major and temporary lieutenant colonel (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) transported. For his military services he was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD), the Emergency Reserve Decoration (ERD) and on February 1, 1945 as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

On January 20, 1967, Mais, now a colonel, was appointed one of the lieutenants of London by Queen Elizabeth II . By a Letters Patent from 26 August 1967 corn was the temporarily as justices of the peace (justice of the peace) acted as a life peer with the title Baron corn , of Walbrook in the City of London , in the peerage collected and was thus up on his death as a member of the House of Lords. In 1969 he was elected one of the two Sheriffs of London for a one-year term . On January 20, 1971, he was confirmed in office by Queen Elizabeth II as Lieutenant of London.

In 1972, he succeeded Sir Edward Howard as Lord Mayor of London , making him the first peer to be elected Lord Mayor of London. On December 4, 1972, City University London awarded him an honorary doctorate in science. After a year in office, Hugh Wontner succeeded him as Lord Mayor in 1973 , while on January 25, 1974, he was reappointed Lieutenant of London by Queen Elizabeth II.

In addition, he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1973 and reappointed one of the Lieutenants of London on February 5, 1976. On November 16, 1981, the Queen again appointed him one of the Lieutenants of London. From 1984 he was a master (Master) of the Worshipful Company of Marketors, the livery company in London responsible for marketing professionals .

Publications

  • The Construction Industry's Biggest Asset , 1971

Background literature

  • Alan Raymond, Baron Mais of Walbrook , editor of the Worshipful Company of Marketors , 1994

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36917, HMSO, London, February 1, 1945, p. 671 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  2. ↑ Recommendations for military honors and awards 1935-1990 No. 136 (homepage of The National Archives )
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 44243, HMSO, London, February 7, 1967, p. 1429 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 45286, HMSO, London, January 22, 1971, p. 845 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  5. ↑ Honorary graduates ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Homepage of City University London ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.city.ac.uk
  6. ↑ THE Mayor, Lord Mayor WARDENS AND OF THE CITY OF LONDON
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46195, HMSO, London, January 29, 1974, p. 1206 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46821, HMSO, London, February 10, 1976, p. 2063 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  9. ↑ London Gazette . No. 48799, HMSO, London, November 19, 1981, p. 14699 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
personal data
SURNAME Mais, Alan, Baron Mais
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mais, Alan Raymond, Baron Mais, of Walbrook in the City of London (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1911
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1993