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Description: | This certificate was presented to guests at the banquet marking the inauguration of Edward Cecil Moore as Lord Mayor of London in 1922. The post of Lord Mayor dates to the 12th Century, and the holder is the head of the Corporation of London, a body dating back to the same time and enjoying a number of privileges. The inauguration of a new incumbent occurs each year in November, and is marked by the Lord Mayor?s Show, a parade through the streets of London and then a banquet at the Guildhall, the headquarters of the Corporation. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | City of London, London Metropolitan Archives | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | 1922 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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