Francis McWilliams

Sir Francis McWilliams GBE (born February 1926) was Lord Mayor of London from 1992 to 1993.[1]

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Francis McWilliams was born in February 1926,[2] in Portobello, Edinburgh, and educated at St John's, Portobello, Edinburgh's Holy Cross Academy, and was awarded a scholarship to the University of Edinburgh to study civil engineering when he was 16.[3]

In 2015, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months, after being caught over the drink-driving limit outside the Bank of England at 2:30am in his 2.7-litre Jaguar XF. He was 89 at the time.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Sir Francis McWilliams (1992-93) | The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  2. ↑ "LONDON COURT OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION(THE) - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  3. ↑ "London's Lord Mayor: a Scot with a fourth career in mind (From Herald Scotland)". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Lord Mayor of London caught drink-driving outside Bank of England at 2.30am | London Evening Standard". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Brian Jenkins		 Lord Mayor of London
1992–1993		 Succeeded by
Sir Paul Newall
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