| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The chief magistrate of a city, elected by the citizens, and holding office for twelve months. | 1 |
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The chief magistrate of London is The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, one of the Privy Council. |
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Since 1389 the chief magistrate of York has been a Lord Mayor, and in 1894 those of Liverpool and Manchester. |
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 There are two Lord Mayors of Ireland, viz. those of Dublin (1665) and of Belfast; and four of Scotland—Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee. |
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¶At the Conquest the sovereign appointed the chief magistrates of cities. That of London was called the Port-Reeve, but Henry II, changed the word to the Norman maire (our mayor). John made the office annual; and Edward III (in 1354) conferred the title of “The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London.” | 2 |
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The first Lord Mayor’s Show was 1458, when Sir John Norman went by water in state, to be sworn in at Westminster; and the cap and sword were given by Richard II, to Sir William Walworth, for killing Wat Tyler. | 3 |
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