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{{Short description|British politician (born 1956)}}
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|honorific-prefix = '''Alderman'''
| honorific-prefix = [[Sir]]
|name = Sir Andrew Parmley
| name = Andrew Parmley
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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KStJ}}
|order = 689th
| image = Andrew Parmley 2017.jpg
|office = Lord Mayor of London
| order = 689th
|1blankname = [[Mayor of London|Metropolitan Mayor]]
| office = Lord Mayor of London
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| term_start = 11 November 2016
|1namedata = [[Sadiq Khan]]
|term_start = 11 November 2016
| term_end = 10 November 2017
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| predecessor = [[Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans|The Lord Mountevans]]
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|term_end = 10 November 2017
| successor = [[Charles Bowman (Lord Mayor of London)|Sir Charles Bowman]]
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|predecessor = [[Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans|The Lord Mountevans]]
|successor = [[Charles Bowman (Lord Mayor of London)|Charles Bowman]]
| birth_name = Andrew Charles Parmley
|birth_name = Andrew Charles Parmley
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|10|17}}
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| birth_place = [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]]<ref name="womenlaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.citywomenflaward.co.uk/award-symposium/alderman-dr-andrew-parmley/ |title=Women in the City - Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley |website=Women in the City Future Leaders Award |date= |accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956|10|}}
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|birth_place = Manchester<ref name="womenlaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.citywomenflaward.co.uk/award-symposium/alderman-dr-andrew-parmley/ |title=Women in the City - Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley |website=Women in the City Future Leaders Award |date= |accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref>
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| occupation = [[Educator]]
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|occupation = [[Educator]]
| spouse = Lady Wendy Parmley
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[[File:Knights Bachelor Insignia.png|thumb|right|80px| Insignia of a Knight Bachelor]]
'''Sir Andrew Charles Parmley''' (born October 1956) is principal of the [[Harrodian School]] in Barnes, and was the [[Lord Mayor of London]] for 2016–17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=404 |title=City of London - Member details - The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Dr Andrew Charles Parmley MusM Hon FGS (Alderman) |website=Democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk |date=2012-02-28 |accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/250374/city-london-has-elected-principal-prestigious-west-london |title=The new lord mayor will be the principal of a prestigious West London school, the City of London Corporation has announced &#124; City A.M |publisher=City A.M. |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2016-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blacksmithscompany.org/news/2016/lord-mayors-show/ |title=Lord Mayor's Show 2016 |website=Blacksmithscompany.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115000157/http://blacksmithscompany.org/news/2016/lord-mayors-show/ |archive-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/about-cmf/trustees/ |title=Trustees |publisher=City Music Foundation |date= |accessdate=2016-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115070758/http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/about-cmf/trustees/ |archive-date=2016-11-15 |url-status = dead|df= }}</ref>
'''Sir Andrew Charles Parmley''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KStJ}} (born 17 October 1956) is [[Principal (education)|Principal]] of the [[Harrodian School]] in [[Barnes, SW13|Barnes]], London, and served as [[Lord Mayor of London]] for 2016–17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=404 |title=City of London - Member details - The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Dr Andrew Charles Parmley MusM Hon FGS (Alderman) |website=Democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk |date=2012-02-28 |accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/250374/city-london-has-elected-principal-prestigious-west-london |title=The new lord mayor will be the principal of a prestigious West London school, the City of London Corporation has announced &#124; City A.M |publisher=City A.M. |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2016-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blacksmithscompany.org/news/2016/lord-mayors-show/ |title=Lord Mayor's Show 2016 |website=Blacksmithscompany.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115000157/http://blacksmithscompany.org/news/2016/lord-mayors-show/ |archive-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/about-cmf/trustees/ |title=Trustees |publisher=[[City Music Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=2016-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115070758/http://www.citymusicfoundation.org/about-cmf/trustees/ |archive-date=2016-11-15 |url-status = dead}}</ref>


== Early life ==
==Early life==
Parmley was born in Manchester, the third of three sons. Having shown an early interest, he started playing the organ, passing the [[Royal College of Organists#Exams|ARCO]] at 16 and the FRCO aged 18, then won a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Music]]. He then studied for a Masters at [[Manchester University]], then studied at [[Royal Holloway, University of London]],<ref name="rhinegold"/> and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]].<ref name="womenlaw"/>
Born in [[Lancashire]], the third of three sons, Parmley was educated at [[Blackpool Aspire Academy|Blackpool Grammar School]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=RCO News: Royal College of Organists appoints Sir Andrew Parmley as Director|url=https://www.rco.org.uk/news_displaystory.php?newsid=291|access-date=2021-10-06|website=www.rco.org.uk}}</ref> He displayed an early interest in music and started playing the organ, passing the [[Royal College of Organists#Exams|ARCO]] at 16 and the [[FRCO]] aged 18, before winning a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Music]]. He then studied for a [[Master's degree|Master's]] at [[Manchester University]], before pursuing further studies at [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway College, London]],<ref name="rhinegold"/> and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]].<ref name="womenlaw"/>


== Career ==
==Career==
Parmley has been Director of Music at Forest School near Snaresbrook, then at South Hampstead High School, and the Grey Coat Hospital in Westminster. He is currently Principal of the [[Harrodian School]].<ref name="womenlaw"/>
Parmley has been Director of Music at Forest School near Snaresbrook, and [[South Hampstead High School]], and then at the [[Grey Coat Hospital]] in Westminster.


Sir Andrew is now Principal of the [[Harrodian School]].<ref name="womenlaw"/>
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===Livery companies and the City===
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He was first elected a Common Councilman for Vintry Ward in 1992 and became its [[Court of Aldermen|Alderman]] in 2001.<ref name="womenlaw"/>


He has also been Director of the [[Royal College of Organists]] since 2018.<ref name=":0" />
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His Mother Company is The Musicians, of which he is a Past Master. He is also a Past Master of Parish Clerks',<ref name="womenlaw"/> [[Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers|The Worshipful Company of Glass-Sellers of London]], and is the first from that livery to be elected as Lord Mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://glass-sellers.co.uk/news/past-master-andrew-parmley-elected-lord-mayor/ |title=Past Master Andrew Parmley elected Lord Mayor - The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London |website=Glass-sellers.co.uk |date=2016-09-29 |accessdate=2016-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115015720/http://glass-sellers.co.uk/news/past-master-andrew-parmley-elected-lord-mayor/ |archive-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Parmley is married to Wendy Parmley, who is a past Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Information Technologists]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wcit.org.uk/court.html |title=ITC - WCIT - Master and Wardens |publisher=Worshipful Company of Information Technologists |date= |accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref>
Parmley married, in 1980, Lady Wendy Parmley, a Past Master [[Worshipful Company of Information Technologists|Information Technologist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wcit.org.uk/court.html |title=ITC - WCIT - Master and Wardens |publisher=Worshipful Company of Information Technologists |date= |accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
Parmley was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2018 New Year Honours]] for services to Music, Education and Civic Engagement.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |date=30 December 2017 |page=N2 |supp=y}}</ref>
* [[File:Knight-Bachelor.ribbon.png|40px]] '''2018''': [[Knight Bachelor]] "for services to Music, Education and Civic Engagement";<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |date=30 December 2017 |page=N2 |supp=y}}</ref>
* [[Image:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|40px]] '''2016''': [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Knight of the Most Venerable Order of St John]].

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First elected as [[Court of Common Council|Common Council]]man for the [[Vintry|Ward of Vintry]] in 1992, Parmley was returned as [[Court of Aldermen|Alderman]] of the City of London in 2001.<ref name="womenlaw" />

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His [[Livery company|"mother company"]] is the [[Worshipful Company of Musicians|Musicians]], of which he is a Past Master. Sir Andrew is also a Past Master of both [[Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks|Parish Clerks]]<ref name="womenlaw" /> and [[Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers|Glass-Sellers]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2016-09-29|title=Past Master Andrew Parmley elected Lord Mayor - The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London|url=http://glass-sellers.co.uk/news/past-master-andrew-parmley-elected-lord-mayor/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115015720/http://glass-sellers.co.uk/news/past-master-andrew-parmley-elected-lord-mayor/|archive-date=15 November 2016|website=Glass-sellers.co.uk|accessdate=2016-11-14}}</ref>


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Sir
Andrew Parmley
KStJ
689th Lord Mayor of London
In office
11 November 2016 – 10 November 2017
Preceded byThe Lord Mountevans
Succeeded bySir Charles Bowman
Personal details
Born
Andrew Charles Parmley

(1956-10-17) 17 October 1956 (age 68)
Blackpool, Lancashire[1]
Nationality United Kingdom
SpouseLady Wendy Parmley
Alma materRoyal Academy of Music[2]
OccupationEducator
Insignia of a Knight Bachelor

Sir Andrew Charles Parmley, KStJ (born 17 October 1956) is Principal of the Harrodian School in Barnes, London, and served as Lord Mayor of London for 2016–17.[3][4][5][6]

Early life

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Born in Lancashire, the third of three sons, Parmley was educated at Blackpool Grammar School.[7] He displayed an early interest in music and started playing the organ, passing the ARCO at 16 and the FRCO aged 18, before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. He then studied for a Master's at Manchester University, before pursuing further studies at Royal Holloway College, London,[2] and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1]

Career

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Parmley has been Director of Music at Forest School near Snaresbrook, and South Hampstead High School, and then at the Grey Coat Hospital in Westminster.

Sir Andrew is now Principal of the Harrodian School.[1]

He has also been Director of the Royal College of Organists since 2018.[7]

Personal life

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Parmley married, in 1980, Lady Wendy Parmley, a Past Master Information Technologist.[8]

Honours

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Livery companies and the City

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First elected as Common Councilman for the Ward of Vintry in 1992, Parmley was returned as Alderman of the City of London in 2001.[1]

His "mother company" is the Musicians, of which he is a Past Master. Sir Andrew is also a Past Master of both Parish Clerks[1] and Glass-Sellers.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Women in the City - Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley". Women in the City Future Leaders Award. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Encounters: Andrew Parmley, Lord Mayor of the City of London". rhinegold.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ "City of London - Member details - The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Dr Andrew Charles Parmley MusM Hon FGS (Alderman)". Democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. ^ "The new lord mayor will be the principal of a prestigious West London school, the City of London Corporation has announced | City A.M". City A.M. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Lord Mayor's Show 2016". Blacksmithscompany.org. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Trustees". City Music Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b "RCO News: Royal College of Organists appoints Sir Andrew Parmley as Director". www.rco.org.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ^ "ITC - WCIT - Master and Wardens". Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  9. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N2.
  10. ^ "Past Master Andrew Parmley elected Lord Mayor - The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London". Glass-sellers.co.uk. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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