The tale was highlighted by the Lord Mayor of London, Gilbert Inglefield, at the bicentennial of the Britannica.

The Greater London Authority consisting of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly, headquartered in City Hall, has been responsible for strategic local government since 2000.

The Greater London Authority, London Assembly and the directly elected Mayor of London were created in 2000 by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Other suspected sources of the plague were cats and dogs, most of which the Lord Mayor of London at the time had caused to be exterminated.

In the event, only a London Assembly ( and directly elected Mayor ) was established.

These included storms, the first tram, visit of the Lord Mayor of London, Hastings Marathon Race and the pier fire of 1917.

The new authority had similar powers to the old GLC, but was made up of a directly elected Mayor and a London Assembly.

The London Plan, published by the Mayor of London in 2004, estimated that the population would reach 8. 1 million by 2016, and continue to rise thereafter.

He was touted as a possible Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London elections in 2008, but turned down an offer from Conservative leader David Cameron.

* Robert Kite, Lord Mayor of London in 1766

Since 2003 LUL has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London ( TfL ), the statutory corporation responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London, which is run by a board and a commissioner appointed by the Mayor of London.

" The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen of the City, treated their King with a collation under a tent, placed in St. George's Fields ; and five or six hundred citizens cloathed in coats of black velvet, and ( not improperly ) wearing chains about their necks, by an order of the Common Council, attended on the triumph of that day ;... and those who had been so often defeated in the field, and had contributed nothing either of bravery or policy to this change, in ordering the souldiery to ride with swords drawn through the city of London to White Hall, the Duke of York and Monk leading the way ; and intimating ( as was supposed ) a resolution to maintain that by force which had been obtained by fraud.

* 2000 – Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.

* Jules Pipe CBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, UK

* 4-Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, 82, first female Lord Mayor of London.

Richard Lovelace's mother, Anne Barne ( 1587 – 1633 ), was the daughter of Sir William Barne and the granddaughter of Sir George Barne III ( 1532-d. 1593 ), the Lord Mayor of London and a prominent merchant and public official from London during the reign of Elizabeth I ; and Anne Gerrard, daughter of Sir William Garrard, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1555.

TfL is controlled by a board whose members are appointed by the Mayor of London, a position held by Boris Johnson who also chairs the Board.

Following his victory, the Mayor made a draft order and requested a report from TfL, which summarised the reasons for introducing the scheme.

TfL is controlled by a board whose members are appointed by the Mayor of London, who also chairs the Board.

TfL is run by a board appointed by and chaired by the Mayor of London.

He will be succeeded by Ivan Allen Jr., who became a candidate in the Sept. 13 primary after Mayor Hartsfield announced that he would not run for reelection.

However, in July 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor George Pataki, and Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced the final approval for the New York City Housing Trust Fund derived from $ 130 million in Battery Park City revenues.

On 6 October 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz of the University of Geneva announced the first definitive detection of an exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star, namely the nearby G-type star 51 Pegasi.

Finally, in mid-1972, Mayor John Lindsay stepped in and announced the city would buy Yankee Stadium for $ 24 million ( equal to $ today ) and lease it back to the Yankees.

In 2004, Rockville Mayor Larry Giammo announced plans to renovate the Rockville Town Square, including building new stores and housing and relocating the city's library.

New York ’ s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and New York University ’ s President John Sexton on April 23, 2012, announced an historic agreement between New York City, New York ’ s MTA, and a consortium of world-class academic institutions, and private technology companies, that will lead to the creation in New York of a Center for Urban Science and Progress ( CUSP ).

A new airport southeast of Germany's capital Berlin, named for Brandt, had been scheduled to open in June 2012, but in May Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit announced its opening would be delayed until March 2013, due in part to concerns about fire-safety systems.

While announcing the show, the group also announced their donation of $ 1 million to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's initiative to plant one million trees in the city by 2017.

On Tuesday, October 27, 1998, O ' Fallon Mayor Paul Renaud announced the new name of the team to be the " River City Rascals.

In 1994, Mayor Richard M. Daley announced plans to close the airport and build a park in its place on Northerly Island.

Speaking in 2009, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced that Chicago would have a surveillance camera on every street corner by the year 2016.

Künast announced on 5 November 2010 that she we will be the candidate for Governing Mayor of Berlin for Alliance ' 90 / The Greens in the Berlin state election, 2011.

In August 2001, Mayor Grady Parker announced that the new facility would be located adjacent to Orr Park where it was subsequently built.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox announced that he was requesting 500 additional National Guard Troops as well as calling for more volunteer aid workers and cadaver teams for the recovery of bodies in order to prevent the spread of disease.

On February 28, 2009 Republican Mayor Dean Grose announced he would resign his position due to an email he sent out with the headline " No Easter Egg Hunt This Year.

On September 15, 2012, Jose Luis Suarez announced that he would run against Manzzula for Mayor, in the General Consolidated election-scheduled for April 9, 2013.

As of October 2006, Former Mayor Linda Buzenic announced the " highest and best use " for Robinson Lake would be to put it up for sale, according to the Post-Tribune.

Mayor Joe Wright announced his resignation from the office as of January 14, 2011 ; CIty Councilman John Jennings was named as Interim Mayor, until the appointment of Terry Dilk on January 25, 2011 by the Marion County Republican Committee to fill out Wright's term through the 2011 elections.

In March 1916, Mayor George M. Foote announced that the Andrew Carnegie Corporation was going to place a Carnegie Library in Gulfport.

Appointments for the coming year are announced by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council when required by law.

On July 29, 2008 Former Mayor Patrick Botbyl announced he would resign effective August 15, 2008.

On February 22, 2009, Mayor Herman Welch announced that he was leaving the Republican Party.

While his term as Mayor has been educational and beneficial Bozarth has already announced that he does not plan to run for re-election.