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Sir William Alfred Waterlow, photographed 10 June 1926, wearing Velvet Court Dress (Old Style) and Star and badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of The British Empire

Sir William (Alfred) Waterlow, 1st Baronet, KBE JP, (23 April 1871 - 6 July 1931), was 602nd Lord Mayor of London.[1][2]

Waterlow was educated at Marlborough College. He rose to become Managing Director of Waterlow and Sons and was knighted Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1919 New Year Honours. He became Alderman for Cornhill Ward and was elected a Sheriff of the City of London for 1928–29 and Lord Mayor of London for 1929–30. He was created a baronet, of Harrow Weald, on 28 October 1930.

References

  1. ^ The New Lord Mayor. The Times (London, England), Friday, Sep 27, 1929; pg. 17; Issue 45319
  2. ^ ‘WATERLOW, Sir William (Alfred)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 2 April 2017
Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of London
1929–1930
Succeeded by