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The Lord Mayor of York is the chairman of City of York Council, first citizen and civic head of York. The appointment is made by the council each year in May, at the same time appointing a sheriff, the city's other civic head. York's lord mayor is second only to the Lord Mayor of London in precedence. [1]
Among the earliest family was Thomas Harrison (1504–1595) who was the Mayor of York, England. [4] The two Virginia Harrison lines share similar coats of arms, both issued in English heraldry. They feature helmets and shields emblazoned by gold eagles on a dark field with supporters.
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Mary was 37 when she married the former president, who was 62, on April 6, 1896 at St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City. Harrison's grown children were so opposed to the ...
Thomas Harrison was baptised 16 July 1616, second of four children and only son of Richard Harrison, four times mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and his wife Mary.In 1646, he married his cousin Catherine Harrison; they had three children, all of whom died as infants.
In the mid-16th century, the Company of Merchant Adventurers of York owned a house on Marketshire, a street which was becoming known as Pavement. They let out the house to Christopher Herbert, a merchant who later became Lord Mayor of York. He purchased the property in 1557, and later passed it on to his son, Thomas, who acquired properties ...
Arms of Robinson of Newby: Vert, a chevron between three bucks at gaze or The Red House, built for Robinson c.1714 with later additions. Newby Park, later Baldersby Park. Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet (19 November 1655 – 22 December 1736), 1st Baronet of Newby-on-Swale, Yorkshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1722.
He was elected to represent the city as MP in 1515, but this was his only term in office. He was originally intended to serve with Alan Staveley, but Staveley was replaced by the more experienced William Nelson. [2] He also served as lord mayor of York (1518–1519) [1] having been elected by letters patent. At some point after serving as MP he ...