Christopher Leaver
Sir Christopher Leaver GBE KStJ JP (born 3 March 1937) is a British wine merchant and company director who was the 654th Lord Mayor of London.
He is the son of Dr Robert Leaver and was educated at Eastbourne College.[1]
He is a Director of several public and private companies.
He served as Alderman for Dowgate City (1974-2002), as Sheriff of the City of London (1979), and as Lord Mayor of London (1981-82). He is also a Justice of the Peace. He was invested GBE in 1981 and appointed KStJ in 1982.[1]
Other
He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 13 February 1982.[2]
Private
He married Mireille Molyneux Benton in 1975. They have a son and 2 daughters. [3]
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: Is this part of some convoluted plan to extract hashes of everyone's names?
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gollark: Well, it would be a bit hard for qh4os to compare the name if they didn't have the salt, see.
gollark: That wouldn't help unless you kept the salt private.
References
- "Christopher Leaver". DeBrett's. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sir Christopher Leaver". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- "Leaver, Sir Christopher". Who's Who 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
External links
- Image of Leaver in Lord Mayor's regalia
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| Preceded by Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe |
 Lord Mayor of London 1981–1982 |
Succeeded by Sir Anthony Joliffe |
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