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in 1453, John Norman was the first Lord Mayor of London to travel by water to swear his oath at Westminster , a tradition that continued until 1856?
when M.P. and Lord Mayor , Sir James Sanderson, bart. died, his widow helped make a rich prophet of William Huntington S.S. ?
former Governor of the Bank of England and Lord Mayor of London Sir Richard Levett 's country house, Kew Palace , was subsequently sold to the Royal Family ?
Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet , Lord Mayor of London in 1888-9, replaced the circus -like elements of the Lord Mayor's Show with a State Procession, and was the arbitrator in the London Dock Strike of 1889 ?
Sir James Shaw established the right of the Lord Mayor of London to take precedence in processions in The City of London over all except the reigning monarch?
Peter Gadsden , the 652nd Lord Mayor of London , was born in Canada and became a Companion of the Order of Australia ?
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Question 2 : When was Lord Mayor of London formed?
Question 3 : The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is
the legal title for the Mayor of (and
head of) the ________ .
Question 4 : This procession is known
as the "Lord Mayor's Show" and is one of the longest established
and best known annual events in ________ .
Question 5 : On the day after being sworn in, the Lord Mayor participates in
a procession from the City of London to the Royal Courts of Justice
in the ________ , where the Lord
Mayor swears his allegiance to the Crown.
Question 7 : At the Banker's Dinner in June, the
________
delivers a speech known as the Mansion House Speech, which takes
its name from the Lord Mayor's residence.
Question 8 : Since 1545 the lord mayor of London has worn a royal livery ________ .
Question 9 : At the same time the
title Lord Mayor of the City of London came into
use, partly to avoid confusion with the ________ .
Question 10 : At the Easter Banquet,
which is also hosted at Mansion House, a speech is delivered by the
________ .