This is a list of persons who held the offices of chairman, vice chairman and deputy chairman of the London County Council

London County Council

London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...

. All three offices existed from 1889 to 1965.

Background

The chairmanship and vice chairmanship were statutory offices created by the Local Government Act 1888

Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales...

. Both of these positions were generally filled by members of the majority party. The chairman chaired meetings of the council, and was the county's civic leader, filling a similar role to the mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of a borough or city. The vice chairman performed these functions in his or her absence.

As part of the celebrations of the silver jubilee

Silver Jubilee

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 of George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

 in 1935 it was announced that the chairman would in future be entitled to use the style "right honourable", an honour already enjoyed by the Lord Mayor of London.

The council's standing orders also provided for the post of deputy chairman. This was initially a salaried position created to supervise the administration of the local authority. In 1894 the Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City and County of London

Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City and County of London

The Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City and County of London was a royal commission which considered the means for amalgamating the ancient City of London with the County of London, which had been created in 1889. The commission reported in 1894...

 strongly recommended that a clerk be appointed, independent of the parties on the council, as was the practice in municipal borough

Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...

s. A county clerk was duly appointed in 1895, and the deputy chairmanship became ceremonial. The office was filled by nominees of the opposition party on the council.

On 1 April 1965 the London County Council was abolished, with its successor authority being the Greater London Council

Greater London Council

The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...

.

Regalia

The chairman had no badge of office until 1927. In 1909 the council had decided that no badge or device should be worn by the chairman. By 1926 the number of formal occasions attended by the chairman had increased, and it was felt that he was at a distinct disadvantage due to not having a distinguishing mark to indicate his office. In 1927 Major Lewis-Barned, councillor for South Paddington, agreed to cover the cost of a badge. The badge was made by an instructor at the Central School of Arts and Crafts

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...

 and featured the council's coat of arms

Coat of arms of London County Council

The London County Council was granted a coat of arms in 1914 and a heraldic badge in 1956. The coat of arms can still be seen on buildings constructed by the council before its abolition in 1965.-Background and initial designs:...

 within an oval of London Pride. The badge was worn on a ribbon in a distinctive barry wavy argent and azure pattern derived from the arms. In 1950 similar, but smaller, badges were acquired for the use of the vice and deputy chairmen.

1889 – 1899

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1889	Earl of Rosebery Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...	Sir John Lubbock John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC , FRS , known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a polymath and Liberal Member of Parliament....	Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth was an English barrister and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1880 to 1889.-Early life:...   (Died September 1889) Office vacant September – November 1889
1889 – 1890	Earl of Rosebery Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who... Sir John Lubbock John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC , FRS , known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a polymath and Liberal Member of Parliament....  (July 1890)	Sir John Lubbock John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC , FRS , known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a polymath and Liberal Member of Parliament.... Sir Thomas Farrer Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer was an English civil servant and statistician.Farrer was the son of Thomas Farrer, a solicitor in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Born in London, he was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1840...	Alfred H Haggis
1890 – 1891	Sir John Lubbock John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC , FRS , known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a polymath and Liberal Member of Parliament....	Sir Thomas Farrer Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer was an English civil servant and statistician.Farrer was the son of Thomas Farrer, a solicitor in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Born in London, he was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1840...	Alfred H Haggis (Died November 1891) Office vacant November 1891 – March 1892
1891 – 1892
1892 – 1893	Earl of Rosebery Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who... John Hutton (July 1892)	John Hutton Charles Harrison Charles Harrison (British politician) Charles Harrison was a British Liberal Party politician.Harrison was born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, and was the third son of Frederick Harrison, a stockbroker, and his wife, Jane Brice. He was educated at King's College School and King's College London...  (July 1892)	Willoughby Hyatt Dickinson Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...
1893 – 1894	John Hutton	Charles Harrison Charles Harrison (British politician) Charles Harrison was a British Liberal Party politician.Harrison was born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, and was the third son of Frederick Harrison, a stockbroker, and his wife, Jane Brice. He was educated at King's College School and King's College London...	Willoughby Hyatt Dickinson Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...
1894 – 1895	(Sir) John Hutton	Charles Harrison Charles Harrison (British politician) Charles Harrison was a British Liberal Party politician.Harrison was born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, and was the third son of Frederick Harrison, a stockbroker, and his wife, Jane Brice. He was educated at King's College School and King's College London...	Willoughby Hyatt Dickinson Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...
1895 – 1896	Sir Arthur Arnold Arthur Arnold Sir Arthur Arnold was a British Liberal politician and author.He was the third son of Robert Coles Arnold, a justice of the peace of Framfield, Sussex, and was the younger brother of the poet, Edwin Arnold, and was born in Gravesend, Kent He was educated privately and trained as a surveyor and...	John Williams Benn	Willoughby Hyatt Dickinson Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...
1896 – 1897	Sir Arthur Arnold Arthur Arnold Sir Arthur Arnold was a British Liberal politician and author.He was the third son of Robert Coles Arnold, a justice of the peace of Framfield, Sussex, and was the younger brother of the poet, Edwin Arnold, and was born in Gravesend, Kent He was educated privately and trained as a surveyor and...	Dr William Job Collins William Job Collins Sir William Job Collins KCVO was a surgeon and later a Liberal politician and legislator.-Background:...	Richard Melvill Beachcroft
1897 – 1898	Dr William Job Collins William Job Collins Sir William Job Collins KCVO was a surgeon and later a Liberal politician and legislator.-Background:...	Richard Melvill Beachcroft	Andrew Mitchell Torrance Andrew Mitchell Torrance Andrew Mitchell Torrance was a Liberal politician in the UK.He was deputy chair of the London County Council in the 1890s. He was then MP for Glasgow Central from 1906 to his death.- External links :*...
1898 – 1899	Thomas McKinnon Wood Thomas McKinnon Wood Thomas McKinnon Wood PC was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's cabinet as Secretary for Scotland between 1912 and 1916 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1916...	Lord Welby Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby Reginald Earle Welby, 1st Baron Welby GCB, PC was a British peer, former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and former President of the Royal Statistical Society.-Early life and education:...	Henry Percy Harris

• Note a: The Earl of Rosebery resigned, and the vice chairman, Sir John Lubbock was elected in his place in July 1890. The vice chairmanship then became vacant, being eventually filled by Sir Thomas Farrer.
• Note b: The three office holders all made clear their intention to resign at the end of October 1891. However, following unanimous representations from the members of the council, all agreed to continue until the next elections in March 1892. Therefore no elections to the offices were made in 1891.
• Note c: Rosebery resigned as chairman in the Summer of 1892, becoming Foreign Secretary in the Fourth Gladstone Ministry
  Fourth Gladstone Ministry
  -The Cabinet:For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Liberal Government 1892-1895....
  
  . Hutton was elected chairman and Harrison replaced him as Vice Chairman.
• Note d: Knighted in 1894.

1899 – 1909

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1899 – 1900	Lord Welby Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby Reginald Earle Welby, 1st Baron Welby GCB, PC was a British peer, former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and former President of the Royal Statistical Society.-Early life and education:...	Richard Strong Richard Strong Richard Strong was an English Liberal politician.Strong was born at St Giles, London, the son of a flour factor of Mark Lane, London. He became a J.P. for Surrey, and a governor of Dulwich College....	Thomas Lorimer Corbett Thomas Lorimer Corbett Thomas Lorimer Corbett was a British Conservative politician.Corbett was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was the eldest son of Thomas Corbett of Cove, Dunbartonshire and his wife, Sarah Cameron....
1900 – 1901	Willoughby Hyatt Dickinson Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson KBE, PC , was a British Liberal Party politician.Dickinson was the son of Sebastian Stewart Dickinson, Member of Parliament for Stroud. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for St...	Andrew Mitchell Torrance Andrew Mitchell Torrance Andrew Mitchell Torrance was a Liberal politician in the UK.He was deputy chair of the London County Council in the 1890s. He was then MP for Glasgow Central from 1906 to his death.- External links :*...	J S Fletcher
1901 – 1902	Andrew Mitchell Torrance Andrew Mitchell Torrance Andrew Mitchell Torrance was a Liberal politician in the UK.He was deputy chair of the London County Council in the 1890s. He was then MP for Glasgow Central from 1906 to his death.- External links :*...	John McDougall	Lt. Col. Arthur Rotton
1902 – 1903	(Sir) John McDougall	Lord Monkswell Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell , was a British Liberal politician. He was briefly Under-Secretary of State for War under The Earl of Rosebery in 1895.-Background:...	Henry Clarke
1903 – 1904	Lord Monkswell Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell , was a British Liberal politician. He was briefly Under-Secretary of State for War under The Earl of Rosebery in 1895.-Background:...	E A Cornwall Edwin Cornwall Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, 1st Baronet PC DL was an English politician and coal merchant. Cornwall was born in Lapford, Devon. At the age of thirteen he became a clerk in a coal merchant's in Hammersmith, London, and by seventeen was manager of the company's depot at Kensington. A few years later...	R A Robinson
1904 – 1905	John Williams Benn	E A Cornwall Edwin Cornwall Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, 1st Baronet PC DL was an English politician and coal merchant. Cornwall was born in Lapford, Devon. At the age of thirteen he became a clerk in a coal merchant's in Hammersmith, London, and by seventeen was manager of the company's depot at Kensington. A few years later...	Frederick Prat Alliston
1905 – 1906	E A Cornwall, later Sir Edwin Cornwall Edwin Cornwall Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, 1st Baronet PC DL was an English politician and coal merchant. Cornwall was born in Lapford, Devon. At the age of thirteen he became a clerk in a coal merchant's in Hammersmith, London, and by seventeen was manager of the company's depot at Kensington. A few years later...	Evan Spicer	Col. Clifford Proby
1906 – 1907	Evan Spicer	Henry Ward	Dr E Baxter Forman
1907 – 1908	Henry Percy Harris	Stuart Sankey	Capt. Hon Fitzroy Hemphill
1908 – 1909	Richard Atkinson Robinson	William Whitaker Thompson	Arthur Acland Allen Arthur Acland Allen Arthur Acland Allen was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament between 1906 and 1918....

• Note e: Knighted on 24 October 1902. The award was part of the coronation honours of Edward VII
  Edward VII of the United Kingdom
  Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
  
  , and was announced on 26 June 1902.

1909 – 1919

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1909 – 1910	Sir Melvill Beachcroft	Edward White	Edward Smith
1910 – 1911	William Whitaker Thompson	Cyril Cobb Cyril Cobb Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb, KBE, MVO was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.He was the son of J F Cobb of Margate, Kent. Following education at Newton Abbot, Devon and at Merton College, Oxford, he studied law...	A J Shepheard
1911 – 1912	(Sir) Edward White	Cyril Jackson Cyril Jackson (educationist) Sir Cyril Jackson KBE, was a British educationist, important in the development of education in Western Australia.... Captain G S C Swinton George Swinton Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, DL was a long serving Scottish politician and officer of arms.Swinton was born in Edinburgh, the second son of Archibald Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, and Georgiana Caroline Sitwell, daughter of Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet of Renishaw....  (1912)	Arthur B Russell
1912 – 1913	Captain G S C Swinton George Swinton Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, DL was a long serving Scottish politician and officer of arms.Swinton was born in Edinburgh, the second son of Archibald Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, and Georgiana Caroline Sitwell, daughter of Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet of Renishaw.... Lord Cheylesmore Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore Major-General Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore KCMG, KCVO was a British Army officer, sportsman, and peer...  (April 1912)	J Herbert Hunter	Harry Gosling Harry Gosling Harry Gosling CH was a British Labour Party politician and trade union leader.-Early life:Gosling was born in 1861 at 57 York Street, Lambeth, London, on the southern bank of the River Thames. He was the second son of William Gosling, master lighterman, and his wife Sarah Louisa née Rowe, a...
1913 – 1914	Cyril Cobb Cyril Cobb Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb, KBE, MVO was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.He was the son of J F Cobb of Margate, Kent. Following education at Newton Abbot, Devon and at Merton College, Oxford, he studied law...	Philip E Pilditch Sir Philip Pilditch, 1st Baronet Sir Philip Edward Pilditch, 1st Baronet , was a British architect and Unionist politician.Born in Compton, Plymouth, he was the eldest son of Philip John Pilditch and Emma Rosa Pilditch ....	William C Johnson
1914 – 1915	Viscount Peel	A O Goodrich	Henry Evan Auguste Cotton (H. E. A. Cotton H. E. A. Cotton Sir Harry Evan Auguste Cotton CIE was a barrister, administrator, journalist, historian and writer... )
1915 – 1916	Cyril Jackson Cyril Jackson (educationist) Sir Cyril Jackson KBE, was a British educationist, important in the development of education in Western Australia....	Maj. Ernest Gray Ernest Gray Sir Ernest Gray was a British educational reformer and Conservative politician.-Early life and educational work:...	Percy Alfred Harris Sir Percy Harris, 1st Baronet Sir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet PC was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Kensington, Harris was educated at Harrow and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was called to the bar...
1916 – 1917	Alfred Fowell Buxton	William James Squires	Henry Herman Gordon
1917 – 1918	Marquess of Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....	John W Gilbert	T F Hobson
1918 – 1919	Ronald Collet Norman Ronald Collet Norman Ronald Collet Norman JP was a banker, administrator and politician.He was chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1935 to 1939 and of the London County Council from 1918 to 1919. He was the son of Frederick Henry Norman of the Norman family, long prominent in banking.In 1907 he was...	C Urquhart Fisher	Katherine T Wallas

• Note f: Knighted on 9 March 1912 "on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the new London County Hall"
• Note g: Jackson resigned from the post of vice chairman in January 1912 on becoming leader of the Municipal Reform Party
  Municipal Reform Party
  The Municipal Reform Party was a local party allied to the parliamentary Conservative Party in the County of London. The party contested elections to both the London County Council and metropolitan borough councils of the county from 1906 to 1945.-Formation:...
  
  , and Swinton was elected in his place.
• Note h: Swinton was elected at the statutory meeting of the council on 12 March, and accepted office, but informed the council that he would only be holding the office for a few weeks, as he was leaving for India. Lord Cheylesmore was elected to the chair in his place on 2 April 1912.
• Note i: In 1917 the two parties on the council agreed a power-sharing deal for the duration of the war, and jointly nominated the Marquess of Crewe, who was Lord Lieutenant of the County of London
  Lord Lieutenant of the County of London
  This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County of London.The post was created in 1889, absorbing the duties of the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, and abolished in 1965, when it was merged with that of Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex to become the Lord Lieutenant of...
  
   to be non-partisan chairman.

1919 – 1929

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1919 – 1920	Lord Downham William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...	Andrew Thomas Taylor	Thomas Gautrey
1920 – 1921	John William Gilbert	W Wilton Phipps	George Masterman Gillett George Masterman Gillett Sir George Masterman Gillett was a British banker and politician. Born in Islington, he was the son of George Gillett, a banker and member of a well-known Quaker family. He was educated at a Society of Friends boarding school in Scarborough, Yorkshire and in Paris...
1921 – 1922	Major (Sir) Percy Coleman Simmons	Francis Robert Ince Anderton	Sir Howell J Williams
1922 – 1923	Francis Robert Ince Anderton	Henry Cubitt Gooch Henry Cubitt Gooch Sir Henry Cubitt Gooch was a British barrister, educationalist and Conservative politician.Henry Cubitt Gooch was the second son of Charles Cubitt Gooch and Mary Blake, and an older brother to George Peabody Gooch. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge before being called...	Henrietta Adler
1923 – 1924	Henry Cubitt Gooch Henry Cubitt Gooch Sir Henry Cubitt Gooch was a British barrister, educationalist and Conservative politician.Henry Cubitt Gooch was the second son of Charles Cubitt Gooch and Mary Blake, and an older brother to George Peabody Gooch. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge before being called...	H V Rowe	Earl of Haddo George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair OBE , K.StJ , JP , styled Lord Haddo until 1916 and Earl of Haddo from 1916 to 1934, was a Scottish peer and politician....
1924 – 1925	J Herbert Hunter	Major Isidore Salmon Isidore Salmon Sir Isidore Salmon CBE DL JP was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.He was the son of Barnett Salmon, cofounder of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacconists. The company later expanded into the catering business under the name of a third partner, Joseph Lyons...	Henry Mills
1925 – 1926	Captain (Sir) Oscar Emanuel Warburg	Lt. Col. John B P Karslake	Susan A Lawrence Susan Lawrence Arabella Susan Lawrence was a British Labour Party politician, one of the first female Labour MPs.Lawrence was the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Lawrence, a wealthy solicitor, and Laura Bacon, daughter of Sir James Bacon, a bankruptcy judge and Vice-Chancellor. She was educated in London and at...
1926 – 1927	Sir George Hume George Hopwood Hume Sir George Hopwood Hume was a British Conservative politician and leader of the London County Council.He was born in the Ukrainian city of Poltava, then in the Russian Empire. His father was George Hume, a Scottish mechanical engineer, and British vice consul at Kiev and Kharkov...	William Hunt	A Emil Davies
1927 – 1928	John Maria Gatti John Maria Gatti Sir John Maria Emilio Gatti was an Anglo-Swiss theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman who was also a promininent Conservative politician in London local government....	Geoffrey Head	Edward Cruse
1928 – 1929	Lt. Col. (Sir) Cecil Bingham Levita Cecil Levita Lieutenant Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, KCVO, CBE was a British soldier and public service worker who eventually rose to be chairman of the London County Council in 1928.-British Army:...	F L Dove	John Speakman

• Note j: Simmons was knighted at the end of his term of office in 1922.
• Note k: Warburg was knighted on 5 February 1926
• Note l: Levita was knighted in 1929

1929 – 1939

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1929 – 1930	Lord Monk Bretton John William Dodson, 2nd Baron Monk Bretton John William Dodson, 2nd Baron Monk Bretton, CB , , diplomat, sometime chairman of London County Council, and landowner....	Ernest Sanger	Eveline Mary Lowe
1930 – 1931	(Sir) Robert Inigo Tasker Robert Inigo Tasker Sir Robert Inigo Tasker, TD, DL, JP was a British architect and Conservative politician.-Architecture:Robert was the son of George Tasker, and following education at Ardingly College he joined his father's architectural practice in 1892. He became senior partner in the firm in 1916...	T C E Goff	Alfred Baker
1931 – 1932	Ernest Sanger	Ernest M Dence	Cecil A G Manning Cecil Manning Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning was a British politician.Having fought in the First World War, Manning was wounded and lost his right arm....
1932 – 1933	Angus Newton Scott	Dame Beatrix Lyall Beatrix Lyall Dame Beatrix Margaret Lyall, DBE, JP was a British social reformer and London politician.-Early life:She was born in 1873 as Beatrix Margaret Rostron, the daughter of Simpson Rostron, a barrister of Beddington, Surrey, and his wife Christina Jane Riley...	Agnes Dawson
1933 – 1934	Ernest M Dence	Cyril H M Jacobs	Charles James Matthew
1934 – 1935	Lord Snell	Ewart G Culpin	Charles J Allpass
1935 – 1936	Lord Snell	Ewart G Culpin	Major W W Grantham
1936 – 1937	Lord Snell	Ewart G Culpin	Robert G Taylor
1937 – 1938	Lord Snell	Albert Emil Davies	Bertram Galer
1938 – 1939	Ewart G Culpin	John Speakman	Capt. Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers MC, JP , known as Gervas Pierrepont until 1940, was a British nobleman and soldier....

• Note m: Knighted on 24 February 1931
• Note n: Lord Snell was brought in from outside the council on the Labour Party taking power for the first time in 1934.

1939 – 1949

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1939 – 1940	Eveline Mary Lowe	Richard Coppock	Sir Samuel Gluckstein
1940 – 1941	Albert Emil Davies	H Berry	F Stanley Henwood
1941 – 1942	Charles George Ammon Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon Charles George Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon PC DL JP was a British Labour Party politician.-Background and education:The son of Charles George and Mary Ammon, he was educated at Public Elementary schools.-Career:...	C W Gibson	E J Sainsbury OBE
1942 – 1943	J P Blake	Ada E Gray	Cmdr W C Northcott
1943 – 1944	Sir Alfred Baker Richard Coppock (May 1943)	Reginald H Pott	Eric Hall
1944 – 1945	Dr Somerville Hastings Somerville Hastings Somerville Hastings FRCS MP was a British surgeon and Labour Party politician.The son of the Reverend H G Hastings, he was born in Warminster, Wiltshire. He was educated at Wycliffe College , University College and the Middlesex Hospital, London...	Thomas H Jones	Edward P Martin
1945 – 1946	Charles Robertson	Mrs E M Newman OBE	Maj. F W Dean
1946 – 1947	John Cliff John Cliff John Cliff was the first Assistant General Secretary of the British Transport and General Workers' Union and later a prominent London Transport executive....	Harry Smith	Frank G Rye CBE
1947 – 1948	Lady Eleanor Nathan	E C Sherwood	J M Oakey MC
1948 – 1949	Walter R Owen	F L Combes Frederick William Powe (October 1948)	William Reed Hornby Steer

• Note p: Baker died 2 April 1943. Coppock was elected chairman on 18 May 1943.
• Note q: Combes died 26 September 1949. Powe was elected in his place on 5 October 1949.

1949 – 1959

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1949 – 1950	John William Bowen	Bernard Sullivan	Charles Pearce
1950 – 1951	John William Bowen	Helen C Bentwich Helen Bentwich Helen Caroline Bentwich CBE was a British social worker and politician.-Biography:Helen Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London, into a prominent Jewish family. Her father was a merchant banker and her uncles Herbert and Stuart Samuel were leading politicians...	A W Scott
1951 – 1952	John William Bowen	Richard Sargood Richard Sargood Richard Sargood was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. A long-serving local councillor in London, he sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1950.- Early life and family :...	Mrs. N C Runge
1952 – 1953	Edwyn Bayliss	Douglas A G Prichard	Maj. F W Beech CBE
1953 – 1954	(Sir) Arthur E Middleton Mrs Ivy Molly Bolton (November 1953)	Mrs Ivy Molly Bolton F W Banfield (November 1953)	Frederick Lawrence
1954 – 1955	Victor Mishcon	John Richard Anthony Oldfield John Richard Anthony Oldfield John "Jack" Richard Anthony Oldfield , was a British landowner and politician. The son of Major H E Oldfield of the Royal Field Artillery, his father was killed in action two days before his first birthday during the Second Anglo-Boer War...	Alfred Edward Reneson Coucher OBE
1955 – 1956	Norman George Mollett Prichard	Mrs E M Rankin	G R D Bradfield
1956 – 1957	Helen C Bentwich Helen Bentwich Helen Caroline Bentwich CBE was a British social worker and politician.-Biography:Helen Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London, into a prominent Jewish family. Her father was a merchant banker and her uncles Herbert and Stuart Samuel were leading politicians...	J O'Neill Ryan	Lady Elizabeth Evelyn Pepler
1957 – 1958	Ronald McKinnon Wood	Dr Leonard F Browne	Margery Thornton
1958 – 1959	Albert Edward Samuels	Eleanor Kathleen Goodrich	Lady Cecilia Petrie

• Note r: Middleton was knighted on 6 July 1953 when Queen Elizabeth II visited County Hall as part of the coronation celebrations. He died on 19 October 1953. On 2 November 1953 Bolton was elected chairman in his place, and her place as vice chairman was filled by Banfield.

1959 – 1965

Civic year	Chairman	Vice chairman	Deputy chairman
1959 – 1960	Sidney J Barton	Edward E Woods	Samuel I Salmon
1960 – 1961	Florence E Cayford Florence Cayford Dame Florence Evelyne Cayford, DBE, JP was a Labour politician in London.From 1937 until 1965 Cayford served as a member of Hampstead Borough Council, leading the Labour group 1945-58. She represented Hampstead as Alderman on the London County Council, of which she was Chairman in 1960...	John J Keen	Norman Farmer CBE
1961 – 1962	Harold C Shearman	Edward Avery	R J Cleaver
1962 – 1963	Olive E G Deer	H J Lygoe MBE	Eileen Hoare OBE
1963 – 1964	A Reginald Stamp Arthur E Wicks Arthur Wicks Arthur Ernest Wicks was a Labour politician and last chairman of the London County Council. He was first elected to the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council in the 1950s, and became chairman of housing, at a time when Shoreditch had one of England's highest concentrations of municipal...  (October 1963)	Arthur E Wicks Arthur Wicks Arthur Ernest Wicks was a Labour politician and last chairman of the London County Council. He was first elected to the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council in the 1950s, and became chairman of housing, at a time when Shoreditch had one of England's highest concentrations of municipal...   Henry Stillman (October 1963)	Unity Lister MBE
1964 – 1965	Arthur E Wicks Arthur Wicks Arthur Ernest Wicks was a Labour politician and last chairman of the London County Council. He was first elected to the Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council in the 1950s, and became chairman of housing, at a time when Shoreditch had one of England's highest concentrations of municipal...	Henry Stillman	Frank L Abbott

Note s: Stamp resigned unexpectedly on 5 October 1963 when he came under investigation by the Director of Public Prosecutions

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. On 11 October 1963 Wicks was elected chairman in his place, and his place as vice chairman was filled by Stillman. Stamp was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing in December 1963.

See also

• List of heads of London government