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Show New Lord Mayor of London. Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, the-newly the-newly elected lord mayor of London, has long been a figure in the munici- pal life of the British metropolis and ' LORD MAYOR DIMSDALE. !s well known" for his connection with, the great" banking firm of Dimsdale, Cave, Tugwell & Co., the leading financial finan-cial house of the City of Prescot He was born within sound of Bow Bells In 1849, and in 1891 made his debut in politics by his election as alderman for Cornhill. Since then he has occupied occu-pied the usual preparatory offices which serve as steps to the mayoralty. These are the places of sheriff and member of the London council. Last year Sir Joseph was elected a member of parliament The new lady mayoress mayor-ess was formerly Miss Beatrice Holds-worth, Holds-worth, and she was married to Sir Joseph in 1S73, the occasion being one of social Importance. It is said that this couple is pre-eminently fitted to-discharge to-discharge the society functions of the municipal corporation. |