Thomas Willett Huxley. The Fire Department of New York operated a fireboat named "Thomas Willett" from 1908 to 1959. Attribution Thomas Willett Thomas Willett (1605 – August 29, 1674) was a British merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, magistrate of Plymouth Colony, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia and was the 1st and 3rd Mayor of New York City, prior to the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898. The fourth son of English clergyman Andrew Willet, he was born in August 1605, in the rectory-house of Barley, Hertfordshire, and was baptised
Mayor of North Shore City Mayor of North Shore City The Mayor of North Shore City was the head of the municipal government of North Shore City, New Zealand, from 1989 to 2010, and presided over the North Shore City Council with 15 councillors. The mayor was directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The councillors were elected from three wards: Northern, Harbour and Central. The elections were held every three years. The last serving mayor, elected in 2007, was Andrew Williams. North Shore City Council ceased to exist on 31 October 2010 and was incorporated into the Auckland Council, for which elections were held