Harry Livermore Explained

Sir Harry Livermore
Honorific-Suffix:Kt.
Birth Date:17 October 1908
Office:Lord Mayor of Liverpool
Term Start:1958
Term End:1959
Predecessor:Frank Hamilton Cain L.L.D.
Successor:Herbert Neville Bewley C.B.E.

Sir Harry Livermore (1908–1989) was a Liverpool solicitor and local politician who served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool.[1]

Biography

Livermore was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne and at the University of Durham. He qualified as a solicitor in 1930 and entered practice in Liverpool. In 1985 he represented many of the defendants in the stadium disaster in Heysel, Belgium.[2] He was a partner in the law firm Silverman Livermore.[3]

He entered Liverpool City Council in 1945 as a labour candidate for Abercromby[4] but lost his seat in 1947.[5] He tried unsuccessfully for Castle Street Ward in 1950 election but gained a seat in his old ward of Abercromby in 1953.[6] He was elected as an Alderman in 1955.[7] He served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1958–59.[8]

He served as Chairman of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, the Merseyside Arts Association and the Everyman Theatre. He was knighted in 1973 for his services to the arts.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Liverpool Echo 25 March 1958 p.12
  2. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History edited by W. Rubinstein, Michael a. Jolles
  3. Web site: Legal services Runcorn, Widnes, Cheshire, Halewood, Knowsley about | Silverman Livermore Solicitors.
  4. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-46
  5. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1947-48
  6. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1953-54
  7. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1955-56
  8. Web site: List of Lord Mayors of Liverpool . 13 August 2016 . 21 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821081150/http://liverpoolcityhalls.co.uk/media/1093/former-mayors-and-lord-mayors.pdf . dead .
  9. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History edited by W. Rubinstein, Michael a. Jolles