This is a collection of images of City of London VIP’s and Royalty taken at prestigious events in the City of London by Mark Witter, City of London Events Photographer.
Sir Alan Yarrow Lord Mayor of London 2014-15 at the Clothworkers’ Hall
Jimmy Choo the Celebrity Footwear Designer at the Clothworkers Hall as an Honorary Liveryman and Guest of Honour of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainer’s Footwear Student of the Year Awards 2014. Jimmy Choo is sharing a “selfie” with awards winner Helen Kirkum of the University of Nottingham.
HRH The Princess Royal with Charles Barclay the Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Saddlers on the occasion of The Princess Royal’s installation as Perpetual Master of the Worshipful Company of Saddlers at the Saddlers’ Hall in the City of London.
Jeffrey Evans, Alderman The Lord Mountevans, newly appointed Lord Mayor of London for 2015-16 waves to the crowds from the Lord Mayor of London’s State Coach during the Lord Mayor’s Show procession.
Sir Alan Yarrow Lord Mayor of London 2014-15 speaking as Guest of Honour at the Cordwainers’ Past Wardens dinner event. Alderman Alan Yarrow served as the 687th Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Sir Roger Gifford (Left) Lord Mayor of London 2012-13 at the Clothworkers Hall
Sir Alan Yarrow (centre right) Lord Mayor of London 2014-15 enjoying a Stirrup Cup at the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers Past Wardens’ Dinner with John Rubinstein (left) and guests from Bavaria.
Colonel Nigel Easton QVRM TD of the Royal Fusiliers – (City of London Regiment) receives a cheque from John Rubinstein Master of the Cordwainers Company 2015 at the Cordwainers Fusiliers Dinner at the Clothworkers Hall.
Jimmy Choo the celebratory footwear designer and Honorary Liverymen of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers was Guest of Honour at the Footwear Student of the Year Awards 2015 held in the dramatic surroundings of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Jimmy Choo is pictured here with Ganna Domnich from the London College of Fashion who was the winner of the Cordwainers National Footwear Student of the Year Awards 2015.
Ian Talbot OBE, was Guest of Honour at the Cordwainers Livery Dinner held at the Clothworkers’ Hall. Ian Talbot is an actor, Laurence Olivier Award winner for best Director and was Artistic Director of the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park for twenty years.
Mr & Mrs Jimmy Choo the Celebrity Shoe Designer with John Rubinstein (left,) Glen Shaw Master of the Cordwainers Company and Lance Shaw (Right) of the Cordwainers Company.
Dame Catherine Fiona Woolf DBE JP in her year as Lord Mayor of London 2103-14 photographed at the Guildhall with the members of the City of London Beadles’ Guild. On 29 September 2013, Dame Fiona Woolf was elected as Lord Mayor of London. This was only the second time in its 800-year history that a woman has held this office.
Dame Fiona Woolf DBE JP Lord Mayor of London 2013-14 receives a cheque at the Guildhall for the Lord Mayor’s appeal from Colin Smith MBE BEM FIH Yeoman Warder at HM Tower of London and Chairman of the City of London Beadles’ Guild 2014.
Colin Smith MBE BEM FIH Yeoman Warder at HM Tower of London on his installation as Chairman of the City of London Beadles Guild at the New Armouries HM Tower of London.
Sir Roger Gifford Lord Mayor of London 2012-13 and Andre de Moller. To commemorate his year in office as Lord Mayor of London the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers commissioned a portrait of Honorary Liveryman Sir Roger Gifford (Left) by the noted artist Andre de Moller (Right.)
Alastair Campbell (Right) Chairman of Fundraising at the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research charity (and formerly Tony Blair’s Director of Communications) and Professor Frances Corner OBE (Left,) Head of the London College of Fashion were presented with cheques for £16,000 by Lance Shaw the Master of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. The funds had been raised by the Cordwainer participants in the Blenheim Triathlon.
Sir Stuart Rose (Baron Rose of Monewden and former Executive Chairman of British retailer Marks and Spencer) addresses a Livery Company dinner at the Barber Surgeons’s Hall with Lord Ribeiro CBE Master of the Worshipful Company of Barbers and Jonathan Rounce Past Master of the Barbers’ Company looking on.
Sir Roger Gifford (Lord Mayor of London 2012-13) addresses a Livery Company Dinner at the Clothworkers’ Hall.
Sir Stuart Rose (Left,) Baron Rose of Monewden and former Executive Chairman of British retailer Marks and Spencer with Lord Ribeiro CBE (Centre)
Mrs Petronella Jameson Master of the Worshipful Company of Saddlers 2014, also the first female court member of the company with John Robinson (Far Left,) Past Master Mark Farmer (Left) and Charles Barclay Prime Warden 2015-16 (Right.)
Diane Thompson CBE Chief Exec (Ret 2014) of Camelot Group who operate the National Lottery is presented with bouquet by John Brooks Vice Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University at the Barber Surgeon’s Hall in the City of London.
Stuart Thom Mayor of Wandsworth 2014 at a Livery Company function the Clothworkers’ Hall in the City of London.
Adrian Leppard Commissioner of the City of London Police (Right ) and Mr & Mrs Ken Tappenden MBE Chairman of the City of London Beadles’ Guild (2013) the Beadles’ Guild annual dinner on board the HQS Wellington moored on the River Thames at Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment.
Jonathan Rounce Master of the Worshipful Company of Barbers 2013.