(died 1423) Lord Mayor of London three times (1397-98, 1406-7 and 1419-20). Most British people know the stories about him: that he was running away from London when he was a boy, but thought he heard the church bells telling him to 'Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London', and that he became rich by selling his cat to a foreign king. The story of his life is a popular subject for pantomimes.