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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Anglo-Saxon term for the noble governor of a shire; after the Norman Conquest the office was replaced with that of sheriff . From the 19th century aldermen were the senior members of the borough or county councils in England and Wales, elected by the other councillors, until the abolition of the office in 1972. The title is still used in the City of London as well as for members of a municipal corporation with powers of legislation in certain towns in the USA, where the functions vary according to the individual charters. In Britain in more recent times aldermen were members of county, town, and city corporations, and held certain powers in local affairs. The Local Government Act 1933 provided that one-half of the total numbers of the aldermen of a council had to retire in every third year, being the year in which councillors are elected. Although the office of alderman was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, it was retained in the City of London and on the Greater London…
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Alderman preserves the notion that those who are old (the ‘elders’) are automatically in charge. In Anglo-Saxon England the ealdor was the chief of a family or clan, by virtue of seniority (the word is based on the adjective eald ‘old’). Alderman (Old English ealdorman ) was a political title or…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Anglo-Saxon term for the noble governor of a shire; after the Norman Conquest the office was replaced with that of sheriff . From the 19th century aldermen were the senior members of the borough or county councils in England and Wales, elected by the other councillors, until the abolition of the…
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
A member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions. A member of the higher branch of the municipal or borough council in England and Ireland before 1974. a. A noble of high rank or authority in Anglo-Saxon England. b. The chief officer of a shire in Anglo- …
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( pl al'dermen ) in Anglo-Saxon times a nobleman of highest rank, a governor of a shire or district, a high official; later, head of a guild; in English boroughs, a civic dignitary next in rank to the mayor, elected by fellow councillors (chiefly hist ); a superior member of an English county…
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Full text Article ALDERMAN, Prof Geoffrey

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s of Samuel Alderman (d 1987), of London, and Lily, née Landau (d 2006) b. 10 February 1944 Grocers' Company's Sch Hackney, Lincoln Coll Oxford (open exhibitioner, MA, DPhil, DLitt) 9 Sept 1973, Marion Joan, yr da of Eliezer and Stella Freed; 1 da (Naomi Alicia b 1974), 1 s (Eliot Daniel b 1978) res…
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b. 8 December 1961, London Uppingham Sch, Univ of Bristol 28 Sept 1999, Samantha Jane, née Kemball; 2 da (Grace b 3 Sept 1999, Charlotte b 11 March 2001) PricewaterhouseCoopers: joined 1983, ptnr 1995- (currently a sr ptnr), set up Audit and Assurance Practice, non-exec dir Tax Practice, ptnr…
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Full text Article MAINELLI, Alderman Prof Michael R

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s of Michael R Mainelli, and Katherine E, née Smith b. 19 December 1958 Harvard Univ (Martin Marietta scholar, BA), Trinity Coll Dublin, LSE (PhD) Family 1 s (Nicholas b 7 Oct 1989); m, 1996, Elisabeth, née Reuss; 2 da (Xenia b 2 Feb 1998, Maxine b 12 Sept 2000) researcher Harvard Laboratory for…
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