[3] During his period as Lord Mayor, the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing took place and his subsequent discussions with John Major led to the establishment of the Ring of Steel around the City of London.
[1] Francis McWilliams was born on 8 February 1926,[4][5] in a tenement house in Portobello, Edinburgh,[1] and educated at Holy Cross Academy in Leith.
[1] While at Holy Cross, he and a fellow student, the artist Eduardo Paolozzi, were thrown out of class for misbehaviour.
"[1] McWilliams received a scholarship to attend the University of Edinburgh to study civil engineering when he was 16 years old.
[2] He was later appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.