William McArthur (Lord Mayor of London) William McArthur (Lord Mayor of London) Sir William McArthur, (6 July 1809 – 16 November 1887) was an Irish businessman and Lord Mayor of London, and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885. McArthur was born at Malin, County Donegal, the son of Rev. John McArthur, a Methodist minister in Londonderry. In 1821 he was apprenticed to a woollen draper in Enniskillen. He moved to Lurgan in 1825 where he was a merchant and in 1831 established a drapery business in Derry initially in a partnership, but later on his own. In
Lord mayor the modern title of Mayor of London governing Greater London. The style of address for the office of the Lord Mayors of Belfast, Cardiff, the City of London, and York is The Right Honourable. All other Lord Mayors are The Right Worshipful. This refers only to the post, rather than the person. The title Sir can be used for salutations when the lord mayor/mayor is being addressed. Lord mayor Lord mayor is a title of a mayor of what is usually a major city in the United Kingdom or Commonwealth realm, with special recognition bestowed by the sovereign. However, the