Background
Welch was the son of James Reader Welch and Harriet Cullum, and brought up in Chard, Somerset.
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Welch was the son of James Reader Welch and Harriet Cullum, and brought up in Chard, Somerset.
He was educated at Alleyn"s School.
He again served with the regiment during the Second World War, gaining the rank of Lieutenant colonel. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1944. In 1946 Welch was elected Chief Commoner of the Court of Common Council.
He served as an Alderman of the City of London between 1947 and 1970, and was Sheriff of the City of London in the 1950.
He was knighted in 1952. Welch was Honorary Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers between 1953 and 1965 and of the City of London Army Cadet Force from 1956 to 1965.
In 1956 he was elected Lord Mayor of London. On 16 December 1957 he was created a baronet, of Chard in the County of Somerset.