Robert Finch (Lord Mayor)

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Sir Robert Finch
Sir David Lewis
Personal details
Born20 August 1944
British India
Died31 March 2016 (2016-04-01) (aged 71)
West Sussex, England
EducationMichael Savory
Alma materThe College of Law

Sir Robert Gerard Finch (20 August 1944 – 31 March 2016) was a British businessman, lawyer, and Lord Mayor of London from 23 July 2003 to 22 July 2004.

Born in

Liberty International,[2] overseeing its transition to a REIT
when the status was first introduced.

He was

Sheriff in 1999, Master of the Solicitors' Company in 2000, and Lord Mayor of London in 2003.[3]

Wren's Temple Bar new location in Paternoster Square was declared open by Lord Mayor Finch in 2004.

In 2008, following a change to the voting system to the

Northern Ireland law, but not in English law.[5]

Finch was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2004 for "services to the City of London".[1]

He died on 31 March 2016 at the age of 71 after a short illness.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Davey, Jenny (27 August 2005). "'If you think I've come here to set the record for the shortest chairmanship of a FTSE 100 company, you must be mad'". The Times. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b Westacott, Gemma (20 June 2005). "Sir Robert Finch quits Linklaters for Liberty". The Lawyer. Retrieved 5 December 2008.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Stephenson, Natalie (21 November 2003). "The Lord Mayor's show". Property Week. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  4. Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original
    on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Finch and another v Richardson (2008)". WLR Daily. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  6. ^ FINCH
Civic offices
Preceded by

Lord Mayor of London

2003–2004
Succeeded by