The Court of Aldermen of City of London Council are scheduled to meet on Tuesday 9 December 2025. During the meeting, the Aldermen will be asked to pass a vote of thanks to the Late Lord Mayor, and to consider applications for the Freedom of the City. They will also discuss resolutions on retirements, congratulatory resolutions and memorials.

Applications for the Freedom of the City

The Court of Aldermen will be asked to consider a number of applications for the Freedom of the City.

The public reports pack includes a list of 354 people who have applied for the Freedom of the City, including:

• Sharon Jane Affleck, a Business Unit Director from Northamptonshire
• Zabir Ali, an Optometrist from Wandsworth
• Paul Frank Arden, a Farmer from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
• James Lorenzo Argentieri, a Home & Garden Company Managing Director from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
• Victoria Caroline Siobhan Bannister, VR, a Royal Air Force Personnel Support Adjutant from Essex
• Christopher Anthony Barker, a Civil Engineer from Brent, London
• Stephen James Bealey, a Pilot from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
• Darren Mark Bell, a Group Fleet & Compliance Director from Camberley, Surrey
• Dr Delroy Sylvester Beverley, JP, a Hospital Non Executive Director from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
• Charles Rupert Guy Biggin, a Chartered Accountant from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Stephen Andrew Bilham, a Car Hire Company Director from Carshalton, Surrey
• Julia Jane Bird, a Ballet Teacher from Kent
• Nicholas John Black, a Contact Lens Optician from Hereford, Herefordshire
• Professor Alison Mary Blunt, a Professor of Geography from Barnet, London
• Marco Bottin, a Civil Servant from Ixelles, Belgium
• Jensen Mark Bourke, a Chartered Legal Executive from Burgess Hill, West Sussex
• Roger Paul Bradburn, a College Principal from Hillingdon, London
• Jerome Philip Bradley, a Construction Company Managing Director from Buckinghamshire
• Bruce Meikle Braes, a Security Consultant from Frome, Somerset
• Vanessa Ann Brett, a Milliner from Chelmsford, Essex
• Olivia Sylvia Brindle, an Insurance Professional from Tower Hamlets, London
• Michael Desmond Broadley, a Fire & Rescue Service Station Manager from Liverpool, Merseyside
• David Andrew Brooks, an Information Technology Manager from Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Neil Frank Buffin, a Solicitor from Cardiff, Wales
• Niamh Morgan Burke Tomlinson, a Graduate from Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• David John Burton, a Fenestration Industry General Manager from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Dr Alex James Byrne, a Medical Doctor from Godalming, Surrey
• Jose Antony Calvo, an Innovation Director from Lancaster, Lancashire
• Carol Ann Carter, a Secretary, retired from Hayling Island, Hampshire
• Nigel James Chandler, a Business Development Director from Hampshire
• Marie Foong Mei Cheong-Thong, a Food & Wine Writer and Consultant from Putney, London
• Maria Alexandra Ciucu, a Fundraising and Communications Director from Haringey, London
• Demi Lee Cole, a Human Resources Professional from Lambeth, London
• Dr Howard Pearse Collins, a Higher Education Teaching Fellow from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• Brett Martin Cooper, a Solicitor from Morecambe, Lancashire
• Josephine Maria Augusta Martyres Crowe, a Pipeline & Heating Company Managing Director from Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Marie Therese Crozier, a Registered Nurse from Rochester, Kent
• Amanda Jane Davidson, an Optometrist from Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Colin Philip Davidson, an Optometrist from Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Jennifer Lorraine Davies, a Media, Communications & Events Officer from Bridgend, Wales
• Douglas John Day, a Liquor Company C.E.O. from Suffolk
• John Simon Day, a Veterinary Surgeon from Suffolk
• Matthew Terence Day, a Banking Software Company Director from Havering, London
• Phoebe Annie Elizabeth Day, an Insurance Broker from Havering, London
• Squadron Leader Craig Edward De Jonghe, a Fuels Policy Manager from Buckinghamshire
• Mario De Serranos Jimenez, a Corporate Banker from Southwark, London
• Mark Richard Dean, a Social Club Chairman from Greenwich, London
• Lucy Jane Demmon, a Solicitor from Westminster, London
• Ashley Edward Alex Digweed-Francis, a Brickwork Project Manager from Suffolk
• James Doherty, a Farmer & Broadcaster from Suffolk
• Dr Anthony James Doyle, an Electronics Manufacturing Company Chairman from Horsham, West Sussex
• Dr Amy Elizabeth Eccles, a Medical Doctor from Lambeth, London
• Jonathan Reuben Eshkeri, a Solicitor from Hertfordshire
• Andrew Amiel Fairbairn, a Capital Markets Investor & Charity Executive from Haringey, London
• Richard Conor Farr, a Merchandiser from Newham, London
• Nicholas John Oxleigh Fell, a Shipping and Energy Company General Counsel from Singapore
• Sam Jess Fenton Elstone, a Marketing Agency Chief Executive from Brighton, East Sussex
• Professor Christopher Ashley Ford, a Professor of International Relations from Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
• Ian Norman Ford, an Independent Social Worker & Practice Educator from Greenwich, London
• Natalie Forrest, a Senior National Health Service Manager from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
• Barbara Laura Franci, a Candlemaker from Genoa, Italy
• Karen Debra Gennard, an Optometrist from Gloucestershire
• Helen Anita Gibbons, a Lead Nurse from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
• Naomi Frances Gibson, a Scientist from Macclesfield, Cheshire
• Dr Edward John Gillin, a University Professor from Devon
• Dame Anne Margaret Glover, DBE, a Venture Capitalist from Kensington & Chelsea, London
• Anne Elizabeth Glynn, a Business Manager from Cobham, Surrey
• Sally Barbara Goodsir, a Curator of Decorative Arts from Amersham, Buckinghamshire
• Simon John Reza Goodwin, an Electrical Contracting Company Director from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Commodore Timothy Cooper Green, CBE, a Royal Navy Officer from Gosport, Hampshire
• Lata Gullapalli, an Investment Banker & Consultant from Camden, London
• Captain Ahamed Hazari Hafeel, a Master Mariner from Kingston Upon Thames, London
• John Kendall Hall, a Master Distiller from Devon
• Timothy James Benedict Hallett, a Teacher from Malvern, Worcestershire
• Penelope Vivien Hamilton, JP, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Winchester, Hampshire
• Revd Timothy John Handley, a Clerk in Holy Orders from Westminster, London
• Mark John Hargreaves, a Business Data Company Chief Executive from Gloucestershire
• William Richard Harrison, an Estate Manager from Suffolk
• Patrick Alois Jardine Hayes, an Execution Analyst from Hammersmith & Fulham, London
• Rebecca Elizabeth Head, a Property Lettings Negotiator from Wandsworth, London
• Carolyn Hayley Jane Hilder, a Judge from Hertfordshire
• Alexander David Hill, a Building Services Engineer from Orpington, Kent
• Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer, a Film Producer from Westminster, London
• Mark Richard Hopking, a Sea Captain from Edinburgh, Scotland
• Lucy Jane Horncastle, an Operations Manager from Brent, London
• Jamie John Alec Howes, a House of Commons Senior Doorkeeper from Brent, London
• Carmen-Elena Iftode, an Actuary from Kingston Upon Thames, London
• Andrew Stuart Jackson, an Animal Feed Company Commercial Director from Oswestry, Shropshire
• Himanshu Chooramun Jhoboo, an Actuary from Greenwich, London
• Fay Susan Isobel Johnstone, a Human Resources Consultant, retired from Richmond Upon Thames, London
• Karl Ashley Jones, MBE, a Part-Time Digital Communications Officer from Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
• Joanne Charlotte Jørgensen, a Creative Director from Lewisham, London
• William Charles Kay, an Airline Pilot from Henley Beach, Adelaide, Australia
• Shameem Jawaid Kazmi, a Management Consultancy Company Director from Solihull, West Midlands
• Judith Ann Keeling, a Journalist from Oxfordshire
• Maia Khitarishvili, a Hydrogen Exploration Company Director from Cobham, Surrey
• Anthony John Kingsley, a Clockmaking Company Director from Kensington & Chelsea, London
• Penelope Anne Lake, an IT Consulting Company Secretary from Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire
• John Paul Lennon, a Technical Director from Poole, Dorset
• Susan Beverley Lidstone, a Fine Artist from Farnham, Surrey
• Paul Michael Lincoln, CB OBE VR, a Management Consultant from Halton Village, Buckinghamshire
• Silva Lukoseviciute, an Assistant Butler from Newham, London
• Alastair Sebastian Russell Lyon, a Journalist from Richmond Upon Thames, London
• Rosalind Jane Mabey, a Lead Nurse from Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
• David Vincent Macelvogue, a Project Manager, retired from Abingdon, Oxfordshire
• Brett Roderick Mackay, a Procurement Manager from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
• David James Mansfield, an Audio Research Company Non Executive Chairman from Wandsworth, London
• Mark William Marland, an Eye Health Consultant from Lancashire
• Nathalie Catherine Marshall, a Senior Service Designer from Swindon, Wiltshire
• Cheryl Rose Martin, an Executive Cyber Security Officer from Hertfordshire
• Geneviève Elizabeth Mather, a Property Letting Company Director from Newbury, Berkshire
• Paul Gerard May, a Business Consultancy Director from Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Archie Robert McAlpine, a Wellbeing Research Consultancy Founder from Southwark, London
• Frederick William Edwin McAlpine Riddell, a Sculptor from Hackney, London
• Felicity Alice Petronelle McCallum, a Finance Manager from Merton, London
• Martyn Thomas McIntee, a Fleet Compliance Auditor from Ashford, Kent
• Ian Alexander Chiene McKerrow, a Whisky Academy Director from Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Thomas Henry Ronan McLaughlin, a Chartered Surveyor from St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Claire Linzee Midgley Adam, a Horticulturist from Westminster, London
• Ian John Mills, an Airline Pilot from Camberley, Surrey
• Jocelyn Claire Mitchell, a School Governor from Putney, London
• Jason Harling Morris, an I.T. Company Engagement Manager from Waltham Forest, London
• Diane Jane Nash, a Contact Lens Optician from Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• Gordon James Newlands, a Brand Development Manager from Selkirk, Scottish Borders
• Grace Ibiyinka Ogedengbe, a Head of Financial Crime Operations from Croydon, London
• Tony Derrick O'Leary, a Physician from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Luis Alberto Oliveira Fonseca, an Eyewear Manufacturing Company Director from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
• Sarah Elizabeth Oliver, a Journalist and Author from Suffolk
• Okikiade Maria Jesse Oloyede, a Technology Consultant from Lewisham, London
• Fergal James O'Reilly, a Chartered Surveyor from Oxted, Surrey
• Eleanor Mary Owen, a Sommelier from Newquay, Cornwall
• Ugbana Julius Isotuk Oyet, a Public Servant from Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Oliver Humphrey Umberto Padovan, an Investment Banking Associate from Brent, London
• Lorenzo Pandolfi, a Planning Consultant from Hackney, London
• Cameron James McCausland Parham, a Technology Consultant from Guildford, Surrey
• Reena Rohit Parmar, a Solicitor from Harrow, Middlesex
• Eyiyemi Olakitan Awobode Pearse, a Consultant Surgeon from Wandsworth, London
• Dr Charlotte Margaret Rosina Perry, a Medical Doctor from Wandsworth, London
• Fiona Ellen Petch, an Architect from Hammersmith & Fulham, London
• James Richard Pilbin, a Builders' Merchant Sales Director from Warwick, Warwickshire
• Iryna Plastun, a Business Development Manager from Westminster, London
• William Matthew Pohl, a Property Company Director from Chelmsford, Essex
• Stefan Anders Poole, an Optical Retail Assistant Buyer from Bedfordshire
• Rupert John Preston Bell, a Music Director, retired from Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Simon Peter Protano, a Training & Recruitment Manager from Congleton, Cheshire
• Rachel Rayner-Lok, a Master Saddler & Saddle Fitter from Kent
• Stephen Edward James Reid, an International Business Consulting Partner from St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
• Anna Rennie, a Silversmith & Maille Maker from Truro, Cornwall
• Brian Edmund Richardson, a Head of Agriculture from Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Ian David Robinson, a Head of Strategy & Development from Lancaster, Lancashire
• Kevin Rodgers, a Chemical Company Director from Islington, London
• Alexander Frederick James Roe, a Fund Manager, retired from Alton, Hampshire
• Sarah Elizabeth Rollings, a Strategic Client Director from Ealing, London
• Nicholas Henry Rolls, a Motor Company Spatial Brand Design Manager from West Sussex
• Lawrence Stuart Rose, an Insurance Broker Managing Director from Woodford Green, Essex
• Jack Ross, a Taxi Company Director from Bexley, London
• Dan-Andrei Ruse, a Software Engineer from Kingston Upon Thames, London
• Professor Vincent Vesa Savolainen, a University Professor from Eton Wick, Berkshire
• Christian Henry Saxton, a Mining Company Director from Hammersmith and Fulham, London
• Alexander James Scott, a Consultancy and Finance Company Director from Devon
• Faraz Shibli, a Barrister from Northamptonshire
• Emma Jane Shipley, an Artist & Designer from Haringey, London
• Professor Edmund Richard Simons, an Academic from Staffordshire
• Professor Steven Edward Spier, a University Vice Chancellor from Southwark, London
• Joel Elliot Dane Stanton, a Nurse from Tower Hamlets, London
• Adam Timothy Stearns, a Consultant Surgeon from Cambridgeshire
• Rachel Alice Stonehouse, a Baking Company Product Development Manager from Brighton and Hove, East Sussex
• Graham Paul Strachan, a Software Company Senior Director from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Lorna Sheila Straker, a Tax Manager from Oxfordshire
• Matthew Jackson Stringer, a Charity Chief Executive from Bath, Somerset
• Dr Samantha Louise Strong, a University Lecturer from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• Joan Heather Stubbs, a Music Teacher, retired from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
• Helen Clare Taylor, a Teacher, retired from Horsham, West Sussex
• Simon Thacker, a Manufacturing Company Director from Walsall, West Midlands
• Vaishali Ashwin Thakrar, a Dispensing Optician from Harrow, London
• Philip Sherwood Roper Thompson, a Contact Lens Optician from Rotherfield, East Sussex
• Alexander Edward Tozzi, a Home Service Company Chief Executive from West Sussex
• Danny Upson, a Retail Sales & Marketing Director from Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
• Alison Mary Vincent, a Glass Artist from Buckinghamshire
• Dr John Hereward Wake, DL, a Farm Managing Partner from Northampton, Northamptonshire
• David John Walker, a Technology Company Director from Northamptonshire
• Brett William Walwyn, a Psychotherapist from Kettering, Northamptonshire
• Haydn Philip Webb, a Film & T.V. Horsemaster from Reading, Berkshire
• Lucy Rosanna Weld, a Solicitor from Wandsworth, London
• Kristin Jane Wellenstein Kilshaw, a Property Manager & Landlord from Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
• Martin David Ashcombe Wheatcroft, a Chartered Accountant from St. Neots, Huntingdonshire
• Hilary Margaret White, a Credit Controller, retired from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Martin Donald White, a Lawyer, retired from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Don Mathew Williams, an Optometrist from Kidderminster, Worcestershire
• Wing Commander Robert Benjamin Williams, a Royal Air Force Officer from Stourport On Severn, Worcestershire
• Annette Elizabeth Wilson, an Investment Company Non Executive Director from Richmond Upon Thames, London
• Dr Mervin Pak Ming Wong, a Medical Doctor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Claire Denise Wood, a School Improvement Executive from Sittingbourne, Kent
• Stella Maria Wood, a Taxi Driver & Tour Guide from Southwark, London
• Pinar Yetgin, an Insurance Company Non Executive Director from Merton, London
• Aram Osep Zagikyan, a Railway Engineering Manager from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex

Other Matters

The Court will also discuss the following items:

• To pass a vote of thanks to the Late Lord Mayor.
• Resolutions on retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.
• Bridgemasters Oath
• Report General Purposes Committee of Aldermen
• Letter:-
• Court of Hustings:-