Florence Cayford
Dame Florence Evelyne Cayford, DBE, JP (14 June 1897 – 1987)[1] was a Labour politician in London.
From 1937–65 Cayford served as a member of Hampstead Borough Council, leading the Labour group 1945–58. She sat an alderman on the London County Council, of which she was Chairman in 1960. She continued as a councillor on the newly formed London Borough of Camden from 1964, serving as Deputy Mayor 1967–68 and Mayor 1968–69, and represented Islington on the Greater London Council from 1964-67.[2] In the 1965 Birthday Honours, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) for "political and public services".[3]
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Sidney Barton
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Chairman of the London County Council 1960–1961 |
Succeeded by Harold Shearman |
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