Lord Mayor

Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). Note the chain of office.

The Lord Mayor is the mayor of a city with special recognition.

In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong. See list of cities in Australia.
In Canada, the mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the only city with a Lord Mayor, as recognition of its role as the first Capital of Upper Canada.
In Denmark, as the translation of Danish Overborgmester, it is the title of the highest mayor of such large cities as Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Aalborg.
In Germany, as the translation of German Oberbürgermeister, it is the title of the mayors of independent (county-free) or formerly independent cities.
In the Republic of Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Cork still exist.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London.

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