Lord Mayor - Definition and Overview

Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). Note the chain of office.

The Lord Mayor is the mayor of a city with special recognition.

In the United Kingdom it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London.
In the Republic of Ireland, the post of Lord Mayor of Dublin still exists.
In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong. See list of cities in Australia.
It is also, as the translation of Oberbürgermeister, the title of the mayors of independent (county-free) or formerly independent cities in Germany.

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