Florence Cayford

Dame Florence Evelyne Cayford DBE JP (14 June 1897 – 25 February 1987[1]) was a Labour politician in London.

Florence Cayford with the Queen

From 1937 to 1965, Cayford served as a member of Hampstead Borough Council, leading the Labour group 1945–58. She sat an alderman on the London County Council, and later as a councillor Shoreditch and Finsbury. She served as chair of the council 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 to 1967.[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] In 1968 she saw foundation stone laid for what would become Webheath.

References
  1. "Birthdays". The Times. London, England. 13 June 1987. p. 26. Tomorrow: ... Dame Florence Cayford, former member, LCC and GLC, 90; ...
  2. "Greater London Council: Election Results". The Times. London, England. 10 April 1964. p. 15.
  3. "No. 43667". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1965. p. 5480.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Sidney Barton		 Chairman of the London County Council
1960–1961		 Succeeded by
Harold Shearman


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