List of chairmen of the London County Council facts for kids
The London County Council (LCC) was a very important local government in London from 1889 to 1965. It was like the city's main council, making decisions about things like schools, parks, and roads. This page lists the people who held three special jobs at the LCC: the chairman, vice chairman, and deputy chairman. These roles were active throughout the LCC's entire history.
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About the LCC Leaders
The London County Council had special leaders who helped run things. These roles were created by a law in 1888.
Chairman and Vice Chairman Roles
The chairman was like the mayor of London for the LCC. They led all the council meetings and were the main public representative for the county. The vice chairman helped the chairman and took over their duties if they were not available. Usually, these two roles were filled by members of the political party that had the most power on the council.
In 1935, a special honor was given to the chairman. They were allowed to use the title "right honourable". This was similar to the honor already given to the Lord Mayor of London.
Deputy Chairman Role
The council also had a deputy chairman. This job started as a paid position. The deputy chairman was in charge of making sure the council's daily work and administration ran smoothly. However, in 1895, a new "county clerk" was hired to handle the administration. After that, the deputy chairman's job became more about ceremonies and less about daily management. This role was often given to someone from the political party that was not in power.
The London County Council stopped existing on April 1, 1965. A new council, called the Greater London Council, took its place.
Special Badges
For many years, the chairman did not have a special badge to wear. But by 1926, the chairman attended many important events. People felt a badge would help show their important role. So, in 1927, a councillor paid for a special badge. It had the council's coat of arms and a flower called "London Pride". The badge was worn on a blue and white ribbon. Later, in 1950, smaller badges were made for the vice chairman and deputy chairman too.
1889–1899
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Earl of Rosebery | Sir John Lubbock | Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth (Died September 1889) Office vacant September – November 1889 |
| 1889–1890 | Earl of Rosebery Sir John Lubbock (July 1890) |
Sir John Lubbock Thomas Farrer |
Alfred H Haggis |
| 1890–1891 | Sir John Lubbock | Thomas Farrer | Alfred Haggis (Died November 1891) Office vacant November 1891 – March 1892 |
| 1891–1892 | |||
| 1892–1893 | Earl of Rosebery John Hutton (July 1892) |
John Hutton Charles Harrison (July 1892) |
Willoughby Dickinson |
| 1893–1894 | John Hutton | Charles Harrison | Willoughby Dickinson |
| 1894–1895 | Sir John Hutton | Charles Harrison | Willoughby Dickinson |
| 1895–1896 | Sir Arthur Arnold | John Benn | Willoughby Dickinson |
| 1896–1897 | Sir Arthur Arnold | Dr William Job Collins | Melvill Beachcroft |
| 1897–1898 | Dr William Job Collins | Melvill Beachcroft | Andrew Mitchell Torrance |
| 1898–1899 | Thomas McKinnon Wood | Lord Welby | Henry Percy Harris |
- Note a: The Earl of Rosebery left his role. Sir John Lubbock, the vice chairman, was then chosen as chairman in July 1890. Sir Thomas Farrer later became the new vice chairman.
- Note b: All three office holders planned to leave their jobs in October 1891. But the council asked them to stay until the next elections in March 1892, and they agreed. So, no new elections were held in 1891.
- Note c: Rosebery resigned as chairman in the summer of 1892 to become the Foreign Secretary. Hutton was elected chairman, and Harrison took over as vice chairman.
- Note d: Knighted in 1894.
1899–1909
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899–1900 | Lord Welby | Richard Strong | Thomas Lorimer Corbett |
| 1900–1901 | Willoughby Dickinson | Andrew Mitchell Torrance | John Fletcher |
| 1901–1902 | Andrew Mitchell Torrance | John McDougall | Arthur Rotton |
| 1902–1903 | John McDougall | Lord Monkswell | Henry Clarke |
| 1903–1904 | Lord Monkswell | Edwin Cornwall | Richard Atkinson Robinson |
| 1904–1905 | John Benn | Edwin Cornwall | Frederick Prat Alliston |
| 1905–1906 | Edwin Cornwall | Evan Spicer | Clifford Proby |
| 1906–1907 | Evan Spicer | Henry Ward | Elijah Baxter Forman |
| 1907–1908 | Henry Percy Harris | Herbert Stuart Sankey | Fitzroy Hemphill |
| 1908–1909 | Richard Atkinson Robinson | William Whitaker Thompson | Arthur Acland Allen |
- Note e: Knighted on October 24, 1902. This honor was part of the celebration for King Edward VII's coronation.
1909–1919
| - | Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909–1910 | Sir Melvill Beachcroft | Edward White | Edward Smith | |
| 1910–1911 | William Whitaker Thompson | Cyril Cobb | Alfred James Shepheard | |
| 1911–1912 | Edward White | Cyril Jackson Captain G S C Swinton (1912) |
Arthur B Russell | |
| 1912–1913 | George Swinton Lord Cheylesmore (April 1912) |
John Herbert Hunter | Harry Gosling | |
| 1913–1914 | Cyril Cobb | Philip Pilditch | William Cowlishaw Johnson | |
| 1914–1915 | Viscount Peel | Alfred Ordway Goodrich | H. E. A. Cotton | |
| 1915–1916 | Cyril Jackson | Ernest Gray | Percy Harris | |
| 1916–1917 | Alfred Fowell Buxton | William James Squires | Henry Herman Gordon | |
| 1917–1918 | Marquess of Crewe | John Gilbert | Thomas Frederick Hobson | |
| 1918–1919 | Ronald Collet Norman | Cecil Urquhart Fisher | Katharine Wallas |
- Note f: Knighted on March 9, 1912, when the foundation stone for the new London County Hall was laid.
- Note g: Jackson resigned as vice chairman in January 1912 to become the leader of the Municipal Reform Party. Swinton was then elected in his place.
- Note h: Swinton was elected chairman on March 12, but he planned to leave for India soon after. So, Lord Cheylesmore was elected chairman in his place on April 2, 1912.
- Note i: In 1917, during the war, the two main political parties on the council agreed to work together. They chose the Marquess of Crewe, who was the Lord Lieutenant of London, to be a neutral chairman.
1919–1929
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919–1920 | Lord Downham | Andrew Thomas Taylor | Thomas Gautrey |
| 1920–1921 | John Gilbert | Jessie Wilton Phipps | George Masterman Gillett |
| 1921–1922 | Percy Simmons | Francis Robert Ince Anderton | Howell Williams |
| 1922–1923 | Francis Robert Ince Anderton | Henry Cubitt Gooch | Henrietta Adler |
| 1923–1924 | Henry Cubitt Gooch | Henry Vincent Rowe | Earl of Haddo |
| 1924–1925 | John Herbert Hunter | Isidore Salmon | Henry Mills |
| 1925–1926 | Oscar Emanuel Warburg | John Burgess Preston Karslake | Susan Lawrence |
| 1926–1927 | George Hume | William Hunt | Emil Davies |
| 1927–1928 | John Maria Gatti | Geoffrey Head | Edward Cruse |
| 1928–1929 | Cecil Levita | Frederick Lionel Dove | John Speakman |
- Note j: Gilbert was knighted at the end of his time in office in 1921.
- Note k: Simmons was knighted at the end of his time in office in 1922.
- Note l: Warburg was knighted on February 5, 1926.
- Note m: Levita was knighted in 1929.
1929–1939
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929–1930 | Lord Monk Bretton | Ernest Sanger | Eveline Lowe |
| 1930–1931 | Robert Tasker | Thomas Clarence Edward Goff | Alfred Baker |
| 1931–1932 | Ernest Sanger | Ernest Dence | Cecil Manning |
| 1932–1933 | Angus Scott | Beatrix Lyall | Agnes Dawson |
| 1933–1934 | Ernest Dence | Cyril Jacobs | Anna Mathew |
| 1934–1935 | Lord Snell | Ewart Culpin | Charles Allpass |
| 1935–1936 | Lord Snell | Ewart Culpin | William Wilson Grantham |
| 1936–1937 | Lord Snell | Ewart Culpin | Robert Taylor |
| 1937–1938 | Lord Snell | Emil Davies | Frederic Bertram Galer |
| 1938–1939 | Ewart Culpin | John Speakman | Gervas Pierrepont |
- Note n: Knighted on February 24, 1931.
- Note p: Lord Snell was chosen as chairman in 1934 when the Labour Party gained power for the first time.
1939–1949
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939–1940 | Eveline Lowe | Richard Coppock | Samuel Gluckstein |
| 1940–1941 | Albert Emil Davies | Henry Berry | Frank Stanley Henwood |
| 1941–1942 | Charles Ammon | Charles Gibson | Edgar John Sainsbury |
| 1942–1943 | J. P. Blake | Ada Gray | Walter Clifford Northcott |
| 1943–1944 | Alfred Baker Richard Coppock (May 1943) |
Reginald H. Pott | Eric Hall |
| 1944–1945 | Somerville Hastings | Thomas Henry Jones | Edward Martin |
| 1945–1946 | Charles Robertson | Ethel Maud Newman | Frederick William Dean |
| 1946–1947 | John Cliff | Harry Smith | Frank Gibbs Rye |
| 1947–1948 | Eleanor Nathan | Ernest Sherwood | John Martin Oakey |
| 1948–1949 | Walter Richard Owen | Frank Lawrence Combes Fred Powe (October 1948) |
William Reed Hornby Steer |
- Note q: Baker passed away on April 2, 1943. Coppock was then elected chairman on May 18, 1943.
- Note r: Combes passed away on September 26, 1948. Powe was elected in his place on October 5, 1948.
1949–1959
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–1950 | John William Bowen | Bernard Sullivan | Charles Pearce |
| 1950–1951 | John William Bowen | Helen Bentwich | A W Scott |
| 1951–1952 | John William Bowen | Richard Sargood | Norah Runge |
| 1952–1953 | Edwin Bayliss | Douglas Prichard | Francis William Beech |
| 1953–1954 | Arthur Edward Middleton Molly Bolton (November 1953) |
Molly Bolton Frank Banfield (November 1953) |
Frederick Lawrence |
| 1954–1955 | Victor Mishcon | Jack Oldfield | Alfred Edward Reneson Coucher |
| 1955–1956 | Norman Prichard | Ethel Rankin | George Rowland Durston Bradfield |
| 1956–1957 | Helen Bentwich | J. O'Neill Ryan | Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler |
| 1957–1958 | Ronald McKinnon Wood | Leonard Browne | Margery Thornton |
| 1958–1959 | Albert Samuels | Eleanor Goodrich | Cecilia Petrie |
- Note s: Middleton was knighted on July 6, 1953, when Queen Elizabeth II visited County Hall. He passed away on October 19, 1953. On November 2, 1953, Bolton was elected chairman in his place, and Banfield took her place as vice chairman.
1959–1965
| Civic year | Chairman | Vice chairman | Deputy chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959–1960 | Sidney Barton | Edward Woods | Samuel Isidore Salmon |
| 1960–1961 | Florence Cayford | John Keen | Norman Farmer |
| 1961–1962 | Harold Shearman | Edward Avery | Randolph Joseph Cleaver |
| 1962–1963 | Olive Deer | Herbert James Lowton Lygoe | Eileen Hoare |
| 1963–1964 | Reginald Stamp Arthur Wicks (October 1963) |
Arthur Wicks Henry Stillman (October 1963) |
Unity Lister |
| 1964–1965 | Arthur Wicks | Henry Stillman | Frank Abbott |
Note t: Stamp resigned on October 5, 1963. On October 11, 1963, Wicks was elected chairman in his place, and Stillman took Wicks's place as vice chairman. Stamp was later cleared of any wrongdoing in December 1963.
See also
- List of heads of London government
