Sir Nicholas Stephen Leland Lyons KStJ DL (born 20 December 1958), is an Anglo-Irish financier who served as the 694th Lord Mayor of London for the 2022–23 term.[1]
Nicholas Lyons | |
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.jpg) Lord Mayor Lyons in 2023 | |
| 694th Lord Mayor of London | |
| In office 11 November 2022 – 10 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent Keaveny |
| Succeeded by | Michael Mainelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas Stephen Leland Lyons 20 December 1958 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| Spouse |
Felicity Parker (m. 1986) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | King's School, Canterbury |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Awards | .svg){kind=small} Knight Bachelor_ribbon_-vector.svg){kind=small} Knight of St John Coronation Medal |
Biography
editThe younger son of Dr Leland Lyons, FBA, FRSL, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin,[2] descended from a cadet branch of the landed gentry Lyons family, formerly of Old Park, Belfast,[3] he was educated at King's School, Canterbury, before going up to read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating as BA (proceeding MA).
Lyons first worked as a political research assistant in London and then for the EEC Directorate-General for External Relations in Brussels, before joining Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York in London in 1982 where he worked for 12 years, then at Salomon Brothers from 1994 to 1995 and then moved with a team to Lehman Brothers where he worked from 1995 until 2003.[4]
A Court Assistant of the Merchant Taylors' and Bakers' companies, Lyons was elected Lord Mayor of London, taking office on 11 November 2022.[5] He was appointed Knight of the Order of Saint John (KStJ) in 2022[6] and awarded an Hon DLitt by City University in 2023.[7] He is taking a sabbatical from being Chairman of Phoenix Group Holdings, the largest player in the UK retirement and long-term savings industry and a FTSE 100 company.[8]
As Lord Mayor,[9] Lyons seeks to build upon Charles Booth's pensions work by championing ‘Financing our Future’.[10] Lyons represented the City of London in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III, attired in the Lord Mayor's Coronation robes.[11]
In 1986 Lyons married Felicity née Parker,[12] by whom he has 4 children.[13] In the run-up to the Coronation, as Lady Mayoress she deputised at various civic events, such as presenting the Curriers' Company London History Essay Prize at the Guildhall.[14]
He was knighted in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours "for services to the financial sector, to the growth economy and to financial literacy".[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "City of London Corporation elects business veteran Nicholas Lyons as 694th Lord Mayor". CityAM. September 29, 2022.
- ^ "Lyons, Francis Stewart Leland | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie.
- ^ "Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland 1958". Archived from the original on 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- ^ Master, The Web (September 30, 2022). "Nicholas Lyons elected 694th Lord Mayor of the City of London".
- ^ "Lord Mayor biography". City of London.
- ^ "Order of St John | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ "A bumper year for City's winter graduation ceremonies | City, University of London". www.city.ac.uk. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ "Nick Lyons | Miller". www.miller-insurance.com.
- ^ www.royal.uk
- ^ www.pensioncorporation.com
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ www.struttandparker.com
- ^ "www.cityconsorts.org" (PDF).
- ^ www.curriers.co.uk
- ^ "No. 64423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2024. p. B2.
