The Chairing of Sir John Arnott at Cork on the completion of his three years mayoralty: the procession passing the Commercial Buildings, 1862. After the inauguration, on the 1st January, of Mr. Maguire, M.P., who has been elected Mayor of Cork for the present year, the city trades, to show their respect to Sir John Arnott, whose extensive charities have rendered him a general favourite, chaired him through the city, preceded by bands of music and the various symbols of their guilds. Arnott was elected Lord Mayor of Cork three times, in 1859, 1860 and 1861. He was also Sheriff of Cork City in 1871. He was Justice of the Peace for Cork City and County and served as Member of Parliament for Kinsale between 1859 and 1863. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.