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Person    | Male  Born 31/3/1947  Died 21/10/2002

Sir Roger William Cork

Sir Roger William Cork

The 669th Lord Mayor of London 1996-7.

Roger William Cork was born on 31 March 1947 in Hatch End, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of Sir Kenneth Russell Cork (1913-1991) and Nina Cork née Lippold (1915-1999). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1947 in the Uxbridge Registration District, Middlesex (now Greater London).

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He married Barbara Anita Pauline Harper (1946-1996) in the 3rd quarter of 1970 in the Watford Registration District, Hertfordshire and they had three children: Christopher Kenneth Cork (b.1971); Melissa Sarah Cork (b.1973) and Georgina Sonia Cork (b.1974).

An accountant and insolvency expert he was, in 1999-2000, Master of the Worshipful Company of World Traders, a City of London Livery Company.

His death, aged 55 years, on 21 October 2002 was registered in the Aylesbury Vale Registration District, Hertfordshire.

He unveiled the Hodge the Cat statue in Gough Square, London, EC4, on 26 September 1997 and is shown as 'The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Roger Cork' on the Bank Station modernisation plaque in Bank Tube Station, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.

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Bank Station modernisation

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Hodge the Cat

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