Town Mayor of Dover Councillor Neil Rix with the Mayoress Mrs Jackie Rix and the Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce
Bürgermeister von Dover, Councillor Neil Rix became Speaker of the Cinque Ports in the historic annual “septennial revolution” ceremony. König Heinrich III. erteilte der Konföderation der Cinque Ports ihre erste bekannte Charta 1260 Zusammenführung der wichtigsten Küstenstädte im Südosten Englands in einem Verteidigungsbündnis. Der Bund pflegt die Verbindung zum historischen Erbe und setzt sich dafür ein, den Wert der Marine- und Seefahrtskompetenzen in der heutigen Gemeinschaft zu fördern. The Speaker acts as Chairman and principal representative of the Confederation in a role that goes back continuously over 600 Jahre bis mindestens 1357.
The Cinque Ports are known as the cradle of the Royal Navy and Dover is still one of the UK’s major ports. Many Dover people have links with the Port themselves or through family members. The Royal Navy Ship HMS Kent visited the Town recently and Marine Skills Academy opened last year aimed at training the men and women who will take Dover’s marine tradition forward in the 21st Century.