Merlita Bryan
Jamaican-British local politician (born 1951)
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Merlita Bryan MBE (born 1951) is a Jamaican-born-British local politician.
Life and work
Bryan was born in 1951, in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica. In December 1962, she emigrated to Nottingham to reunite with her parents.[1]
From 2013 to 2014, she served as the Lord Mayor of Nottingham.[2]
In 2011/12[3] and again in 2021/22 she was appointed as the Sheriff of Nottingham.[4]
In 2024, she was named in the King's Birthday Honours list, and awarded an MBE.[5]
From 6 April, 2026, she was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.[6]