Francis McWilliams

Sir Francis McWilliams GBE (born February 1926) was Lord Mayor of London from 1992 to 1993.[1]

Francis McWilliams was born in February 1926,[2] in Portobello, Edinburgh, and educated at St John's, Portobello, Edinburgh's Holy Cross Academy, and was awarded a scholarship to Edinburgh University to read Civil Engineering when he was 16.[3]

In 2015, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months, after being caught slightly over the drink-driving limit outside the Bank of England at 2:30am in his 2.7-litre Jaguar XF. He was 89 at the time.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/49d98210-a96b-4650-809b-7f833f807a5d
  2. ↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02047647/officers?page=2
  3. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12726153.London_apos_s_Lord_Mayor__a_Scot_with_a_fourth_career_in_mind/
  4. ↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ex-lord-mayor-of-london-caught-drink-driving-at-230am-10138404.html
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Brian Jenkins		 Lord Mayor of London
1992–1993 		Succeeded by
Sir Paul Newall
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