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The title Lord Mayor of Coventry was created on 3 June 1953 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Coventry, England by Letters Patent as part of the Coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that Coventry had had a Mayor since it was granted its Charter of Incorporation by King Edward III in 1345.
Pages in category "Mayors of Coventry" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alice Arnold (mayor) B.
Coventry city centre after the massive air raid of 14/15 November 1940. Coventry suffered severe bomb damage during the Second World War. The most severe was a massive Luftwaffe air raid that the Germans called Operation Moonlight Sonata. The raid, which involved more than 500 aircraft, started at 7pm on 14 November 1940 and carried on for 11 ...
Alice Arnold (19 January 1881 – 22 November 1955) was a socialist and trade unionist in Coventry. She was one of the first women on the city council, serving for 36 years, and became the first female mayor of the city in 1937. [1]
Alice Arnold, wearing Coventry's mayoral regalia. Coventry's first female mayor, appointed in 1937, was Alice Arnold. [10] [11] In 1953 the city's mayor was raised to the status of a lord mayor. [12] In 1974 the city gained two parishes on its north-western edge, and was reformed to become a metropolitan borough within the new West Midlands ...
Coventry Trade Directory 1921-22 JN 910 at Coventry Archives in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. She was born in North London to Harman and Ellen Bigby, on 17 June 1904. Her father was a publican and was landlord of the Vine Inn in Waltham Cross at the time of his death in a motor accident when Pearl was just 13. Her mother had ...
Sewall was the son of Sir William Sewall of Coventry and his wife Matilda Home. [1] He became a linen draper in Coventry and acquired a great estate. [2] In 1587 he became mayor of Coventry. He was mayor of Coventry again in 1606. [3] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry. [4]
Emily Smith was Mayor of Coventry between 1942 and 1943, during World War II and the latter part of the Coventry Blitz. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She served as a Poor Law Guardian, Labour Councillor, magistrate and alderman .