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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lever, Sir Christopher
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Description area
Dates of existence
1937-
History
Sir Christopher Lever is a British wine merchant, 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.
Leaver served as Alderman for Dowgate City (1974-2002), as Sheriff of the City of London (1979) and as Lord Mayor of London (1981-82). He is also a Justice of the Peace. He was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross in 1981 and appointed as a member of the KStJ in 1982