{{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Nick Anstee (cropped).jpg | name = Nick Anstee | caption = | order = 682nd | office = Lord Mayor of London | term_start = 13 November 2009 | term_end = 12 November 2010 | predecessor = Ian Luder CBE | successor = Sir Michael Bear | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|05|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucs | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | party = non-affiliated | other_party = | spouse = Claire ''née'' Cooper | relations = | children = 3 daus: Becca, Megan & Jen | alma_mater = INSEAD | occupation = | profession = Chartered accountant (FCA) | portfolio = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Nicholas John Anstee''' (born 27 May 1958, Gloucestershire) is the former Lord Mayor of the City of London; he was the 682nd person to serve as mayor and his term was from 2009 to 2010. He served as Alderman for the Ward of Aldersgate having previously been its representative in the City since his election as a Common Councilman in 1987.<ref>[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/committees/member/displayMemberDetail.aspx?id=55 City of London Corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123174159/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/committees/member/displayMemberDetail.aspx?id=55 |date=23 November 2010 }} Nick Anstee profile</ref>
==Early life== Alderman Anstee was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, he is the son of Wing Commander Peter Anstee by his wife Ann Price. He attended Stamford School in Lincolnshire, before attending INSEAD at Fontainebleau and then Staffordshire University.
==Career== Having qualified as a chartered accountant in 1982, Anstee worked for a number of clearing banks before becoming a partner in Arthur Andersen. He then moved to Deloitte and Touche. Anstee is now a senior director of the international law firm SJ Berwin.
Sheriff of the City of London 2003–04,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2E6B6BD4-864A-4A6E-85F2-46F3F4FEFD55/0/sheriff_anstee.pdf| title= Mr Alderman and Sheriff Nick Anstee Sheriff of the City of London 2003/2004| publisher= City of London| accessdate= 2011-07-28}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> he became Lord Mayor of London for 2009–10, when Alderman Anstee was also the ''ex-officio'' Chancellor of City University London.
In 2010, he received a Doctor of Science ''honoris causa'' from City University London. Uniquely in modern times, he refused any national honour upon his retirement as Lord Mayor. He was offered appointment as a CBE, but reportedly turned it down.
==Personal life== Anstee married Claire Cooper in 1983. They have three daughters (born March 1985, July 1987 and January 1993), who attended the City of London School for Girls.
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==External links== * [http://www.debretts.com Debrett's People of Today] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612221418/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article6916432.ece ''Times'' November 2009]
{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{succession box | title=35px<br>Lord Mayor of London | before=Ian Luder | after=Sir Michael Bear | years=2009–2010}} {{s-end}}
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