London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 until 1965, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. It covered the area today known as Inner London.

Leaders of the London County Council

The post of Leader was only officially recognised in 1933. This table takes into account the usual convention in British local government that the Leader is the Chairman of certain important committees.

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• Sir Thomas Farrer 1889–1890
• James Stuart 1890–1892
• Charles Harrison 1892–1898
• Thomas McKinnon Wood 1898–1907
• Richard Robinson 1907–1908
• Hon. William Wellesley Peel 1908–1910
• Cyril Jackson 1910–1915
• R. C. Norman 1915–1917
• Sir George Hume 1917–1925
• Sir William Ray 1925–1933
• Herbert Morrison 1933–1940
• Lord Latham 1940–1947
• Sir Isaac Hayward 1947–1965