THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR
Gwladys Lady Deiamert enjoys a double distinction in East Africa. She is the only woman ever to hold the rank of Mayor of Nairobi. She is also the only Mayor—of eithei.sex —in the whole of British East Africa. Such other towns as are administered under a municipal constitution afford no higher rung on the local government idder than "Chairman oi the Board.' Lady Delamere's tenure, however, represents a problem as well as a privilege. For some time a battle-has been raging over her proper form of address. Honours have been fairly evenly divided between "His" and "Her" Worship the Mayoi of Nairobi. An ingenious solution aas been found by the Government. In the number of the Official Gazette of the colony. Lady Delamere is described as "The Worshipful the Mayor."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 39, 15 August 1939, Page 18
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133THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 39, 15 August 1939, Page 18
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