1791 – 28 October 1863 Alderman William Cubitt Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the City of London 17 October 1856-resigned in 1860; Lord Mayor of London 1860-1861. The Wikipedia article is at [1]; the Wikisource page is [2] and the East London History page at [3]. Material held at the London Metropolitan Archives is described here [4] For the contractor see William Cubitt (engineer)