Sir Christopher Leaver GBE KStJ JP (born 3 November 1937) [1] is a British wine merchant, [2] businessman, and politician who was the 654th Lord Mayor of London in 1981–1982. He is the son of Dr Robert Leaver and was educated at Eastbourne College. [3][ dead link]
Leaver served as Alderman for Dowgate City (1974–2002), [4] as Sheriff of the City of London (1979), [4] and as Lord Mayor of London (1981–82). He is also a Justice of the Peace. He was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 and appointed as a Knight of Justice of St John in 1982. [3]
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 13 February 1982. [5]
He married Mireille Molyneux Benton in 1975. They have a son and two daughters. [1]
Sir Christopher Leaver GBE KStJ JP (born 3 November 1937) [1] is a British wine merchant, [2] businessman, and politician who was the 654th Lord Mayor of London in 1981–1982. He is the son of Dr Robert Leaver and was educated at Eastbourne College. [3][ dead link]
Leaver served as Alderman for Dowgate City (1974–2002), [4] as Sheriff of the City of London (1979), [4] and as Lord Mayor of London (1981–82). He is also a Justice of the Peace. He was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 and appointed as a Knight of Justice of St John in 1982. [3]
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 13 February 1982. [5]
He married Mireille Molyneux Benton in 1975. They have a son and two daughters. [1]