In 1996-1997, Robert served as Lord Mayor of Westminster and between 2001 and 2018 as a rota Deputy Lord Mayor (Lord Mayor Locum Tenens). He also Chaired the London Mayors’ Association, representing mayors, past and present of all 33 London boroughs between 1998 and 2015.
Robert’s proudest moments were being appointed one of Her Majesty The Queen’s Deputy Lieutenants for Greater London and the award of an MBE in recognition for his exemplary and long-term commitment to public service.
Robert currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, is a trustee of the Savoy Educational Trust and a trustee of "Mousetrap Theatre Projects".
He is also a founding trustee of the Sir Simon Milton Foundation, a charity set up in the name of Robert's late civil partner Sir Simon Milton who had served as Leader of Westminster City Council and Deputy Mayor of London (under Boris Johnson) before his untimely death in 2011. The Foundation addresses loneliness and isolation amongst older people and the training of young people to assist them getting full time employment.
He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers and a Freeman of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen.
In 2014 he was voted "Conservative Councillor of the Year" in a national newspaper.
He was educated at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge and at Wolfson College Cambridge before training as a Solicitor at the College of Law in Lancaster Gate.
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