The Bellinghman (bellinghman) wrote,
The Bellinghman
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Oops, I was wrong

I had thought that an ancestor of mine was Lord Mayor of Dublin in the early 19th Century.

In fact, Daniel Bellingham was the very first Lord Mayor, back in 1665. There have been over 300 other holders of the title since.
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