List of mayors of Dover

Winston Churchill and the Mayor of Dover in August 1940

Mayors of the town of Dover, Kent, England.

13th century

• 1258: James Lucas
• 1295: Thomas Edward Poynte
• 1299: John de Mari ^[1]

14th century

• 1329: William Hurtyn
• 1342: John Monyn
• 1356: Peter Reade
• 1357–1358: Richard atte Halle
• 1359: Peter Beade
• 1360–1364: ?
• 1365: William de Denne
• 1366–1367: Nicholas atte Hall
• 1368–1339: Thomas Spisor
• 1370: Simon Monyn ^[2]
• September 1371 – 1372: John Halle
• 1373–1374: John Halle
• 1375–1376: John Moony ^[3]
• 1376–1378: John Gerold ^[3]
• 1378–1380: John Strete ^[3]
• 1380–1382: John Halle
• 1382–1384: John Gyles
• 1388–1389: John Halle
• 1389–1391: John Gyles
• 1391–1392: John Halle
• 1392–1393: John Gyles
• 1393–1394: John Halle ^[4]
• 1399–1400: John Gyles

15th century

• 1401–1402: John Gyles ^[5]
• 1402–1403: Peter Rede ^[3]
• 1403–1404: John Monyn ^[3]
• 1404–1406: John Strete ^[3]
• 1406–1408: Thomas Gyles
• 1408–1411: John Strete ^[3]
• 1411–1412: John Enebroke and John Luestroke ^[3]
• 1413–1414: Thomas Gyles ^[6]
• 1414–1415: Thomas Gyles and Walter Stratton
• 1415–1417: John Garton
• 1417–1419: Walter Stratton
• 1419–1421: Thomas atte Crowche
• 1421–1422: Walter Stratton
• 1422–1423: Thomas Arnold
• 1423–1424: Walter Stratton
• 1424–1425: Thomas Arnold
• 1425–1426: John Braban
• 1426–1427: Walter Stratton
• 1427–1428: John Braban
• 1428–1429: Walter Stratton
• 1429–1430: William Brewys
• 1430–1431: Thomas Arnold
• 1431–1433: Walter Stratton
• 1433–1435: John Braban
• 1435–1436: John Braban and William Brewys
• 1436–1440: William Brewys
• 1439–1440: Walter Stratton
• 1440–1441: William Brewys
• 1441–1443: John Warde
• 1443–1444: William Brewys
• 1444–1445: Ralph Toke
• 1445–1449: Ralph Toke and Thomas Gore
• 1449–1450: Thomas Gore
• 1450–1451: Thomas Gore and Richard Grigge
• 1451–1453: Richard Grigge
• 1453–1456: Thomas Doyley
• 1456–1458: Thomas Gore
• 1458–1460: Nicholas Burton
• 1460–1461: Richard Palmer
• 1461–1462: Thomas Gore and Richard Palmer
• 1462–1463: Thomas Gore
• 1463–1464: Richard Palmer
• 1464–1465: Thomas Pety
• 1465–1466: Thomas Gore
• 1466–1467: Thomas Gore and Richard Palmer
• 1467–1468: Richard Palmer
• 1468–1470: Thomas Hexstall
• 1470–1471: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Toke
• 1471–1472: Richard Palmer and Thomas Hexstall
• 1472–1474: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Toke
• 1474–1475: Thomas Hexstall
• 1475–1476: Richard Pleysington
• 1476–1477: Robert Vyncent
• 1477–1478: Thomas Hexstall and Robert Vyncent
• 1478–1479: Thomas Toke and Thomas Hexstall
• 1479–1480: Richard Palmer
• 1480–1481: Thomas Fouche
• 1481–1482: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Fouche
• 1482–1485: John Byngham
• 1485–1486: Robert Vyncent
• 1486–1487: John Templeman
• 1487–1488: John Byngham
• 1488–1489: - Unknown
• 1489–1490: Robert Vyncent
• 1490–1491: Edward Hexstall
• 1491–1492: Robert Vyncent
• 1492–1493: Henry Balgy
• 1493–1494: William Warren ^[3]
• 1494–1496: Edward Hexstall
• 1496–1497: Richard Fyneaux
• 1497–1499: John Byngham
• 1499–1501: William Stone

16th century

• 1501–1502: John Pocock
• 1502–1504: Richard Fyneaux
• 1504–1505: Oliver Lythgo
• 1505–1506: Robert Nethersole
• 1506–1507: Edward Hexstall
• 1507–1508: Richard Fyneaux
• 1508–1509: Robert Nethersole
• 1509–1510: Richard Monin
• 1510–1511: Nicholas Templeman
• 1511–1512: John Broke
• 1512–1513: Robert Nethersole
• 1513–1514: Nicholas Aldy
• 1514–1515: Richard Fyneaux
• 1515–1516: Thomas Vaughan
• 1516–1517: Nicholas Aldy and John Gregorie
• 1517–1518: Nicholas Aldy
• 1518–1519: Robert Weltden
• 1519–1520: Thomas Vaughan
• 1520–1521: John Elam
• 1521–1522: John Elam and Robert Stelman
• 1522–1523: Robert Stelman
• 1523–1524: Robert Dyer
• 1524–1525: John Broke
• 1525–1526: John Warren ^[3]
• 1526–1527: Richard Crouch
• 1527–1528: Thomas Vaughan
• 1528–1529: Robert Fluce and Rouse Buskins
• 1529–1530: Robert Fluce
• 1530–1532: Robert Nethersole
• 1532–1533: Thomas Vaughan and Thomas Foxley
• 1533–1535: Edward May
• 1535–1536: John Payntor ^[7]
• 1536–1537: John Warren ^[3]
• 1537–1538: Ralph Buffkin
• 1538–1539: Edward May
• 1539–1540: John Bowles
• 1540–1541: John Warren and John Bowles
• 1541–1542: Thomas Foxley
• 1542–1543: Thomas Foxley and Robert Justice
• 1543–1544: John Elam
• 1544–1545: William Fisher
• 1545–1546: Thomas Colly
• 1546–1547: Richard Fyneaux and Thomas Colly
• 1547–1548: Richard Fyneaux, Hugo Brackett and Thomas Mauncell
• 1548–1549: Hugo Brackett and Thomas Warren
• 1549–1550: Thomas Mauncell and Thomas Warren
• 1550–1551: Thomas Portway, MP of Dover, 1553
• 1551–1552: Robert Justice, Thomas Portway and Robert Justin
• 1552–1554: Thomas Fynnett
• 1554–1555: Richard Elam and William Hannington
• 1555–1556: Adrian Whitt and Richard Elary
• 1556–1557: Adrian Whitt
• 1557–1558: Thomas Warren ^[3]
• 1558–1559: Thomas Colly
• 1559–1560: Thomas Pepper
• 1560–1561: Richard Gibbs
• 1561–1562: William Hannington
• 1562–1563: John Robins ^[8]
• 1563–1564: Thomas Pepper and John Robins
• 1564–1565: William Burden
• 1565–1566: Thomas Pepper
• 1566–1567: Thomas Watson
• 1567–1568: Thomas Pepper
• 1568–1569: John Edwards
• 1569–1570: Richard Elam
• 1570–1571: Thomas Burnell
• 1571–1574: Thomas Andrews
• 1574–1575: Thomas Andrews and Thomas Warren
• 1575–1576: John Robins ^[9]
• 1576–1577: John Lucas
• 1577–1579: Robert Fynnett
• 1579–1580: Thomas Allyn
• 1580–1582: John Garrett
• 1582–1583: Thomas Andrews and Thomas Warren
• 1583–1584: Thomas Andrews and William Willis
• 1584–1585: Thomas Watson
• 1585–1586: William Willis
• 1586–1588: Thomas Brodgatte
• 1588–1589: John Tench
• 1589–1590: Henry Leonard
• 1590–1591: Jeffery Glydd
• 1591–1592: Humphrey Meade
• 1592–1593: Thomas Elwood
• 1593–1594: Robert Burnett
• 1594–1595: John Skaythe
• 1595–1597: George Bynge
• 1597–1598: William Leonard
• 1598–1599: Jeremy Garrett
• 1599–1600: Edward Kempe

17th century

• 1600–1601: John Bachelor
• 1601–1602: John Bradgate
• 1602–1603: Richard Siseley
• 1603–1604: William Nethersole
• 1604–1606: George Bynge
• 1606–1607: John Tooke
• 1607–1608: Henry Steede
• 1608–1609: Robert Garrett
• 1609–1610: Robert Austin
• 1610–1612: William Leonard
• 1612–1613: Edward Kempe (died whilst in office) and William Warde
• 1613–1614: William Warde
• 1614–1615: Robert Garrett
• 1615–1616: John Waade
• 1616–1617: Thomas Foord
• 1617–1618: Nicholas Eaton
• 1618–1620: William Ward ^[10]
• 1621: Robert Garrett
• 1622: Henry Steed
• 1623–1624: John Waad
• 1625: Thomas Foord

19th century

• 1800: Thomas Bateman Lane
• 1801: George Stringer
• 1802: William Knocker
• 1803: Jonathan Osborn
• 1804: Robert Walker
• 1805: Phineas Kennett
• 1808: Robert Hunt
• 1807: William King
• 1808: Edward Thompson
• 1809: Thomas Mantell
• 1810: George Dell
• 1811: Edward Thompson
• 1812: Sir Thomas Mantell
• 1813: James Walker
• 1814: Henshaw Latham
• 1815: George Stringer
• 1816: Jonathan Osbom
• 1817: William Knocker
• 1818: Robert Walker
• 1819: Sir Thomas Mantell
• 1820: George Doll
• 1821: Heushaw Latham
• 1822: John Jeken
• 1823: Joseph Webb Pitcher
• 1824: Sir Thomas Mantell
• 1825: John Finnis
• 1826: George Stringer
• 1827: John Shipdem
• 1828: Matthew Kennett
• 1829: Henry Pringle Bruyeres
• 1830: Henshaw Latham
• 1831: John Coleman
• 1832: William Knocker
• 1833: Joseph Webb Pilcher
• 1834: William Cooke
• 1835: John Shipdem
• 1836: Edward Pett Thompson/William Cooke
• 1837–1838: Michael Elwin ^{[11] [12]}
• 1839: William Cocke
• 1840-1: Edward Poole
• 1842-5: William Clarke
• 1846: William Cocke
• 1863–1864: Captain Jeffery Wheelock Noble, R.N. ^[13]
• 1867: Joseph George Churchward, postal merchant between France, England and Belgium
• 1872: Edward Ruttley Mowll, wine and spirits merchant
• 1873–1874: Frederick Samuel Pierce, ship owner
• 1875: Percy Simpson Court
• 1876: George Fielding
• 1877: Percy Simpson Court
• 1878: Alexander Bottle
• 1879–1880: Richard Dickeson
• 1881: John Lade Bradley
• 1882: Richard Dickeson
• 1883: Rowland Rees
• 1884: Thomas Viney Brown
• 1885: William John Adcock
• 1886–1888: William Henry Crundall

William Crundall would serve as mayor a total of thirteen times between 1886 and 1910.

• 1889: Edward Lukey
• 1890: William John Adcock
• 1891–1884: William Henry Crundall
• 1895: Matthew Pepper
• 1896: Henry Minter Baker
• 1897–1899: William Henry Crundall

20th century

• 1900–1901: Sir William Henry Crundall
• 1901–1902: Henry Martyn Mowll, solicitor
• 1902–1903: Frederick George Wright (Conservative) ^[14]
• 1903–1904: Arthur Thomas Walmisley
• 1904–1905: Sir William Henry Crundall
• 1905–1906: William Wood Burkett
• 1906–1907: George Francis Raggett
• 1907–1910: Walter L Emden
• 1910–1911: Sir William Henry Crundall
• 1911–1913: William Bromley
• 1913–1919: Edwin W. T. Farley
• 1939–1945: James Robinson Cairns
• 1960–1961: Dorothy Bushell

21st century

Source: Dover Town Council

• 2000: Gordon Cowan
• 2001–2002: Diane G Smallwood
• 2003: George P Allt
• 2004: Robert R Markham
• 2005: Kenneth Tranter
• 2006: Janet F Tranter
• 2007: Robert R Markham
• 2008: Diane G Smallwood
• 2009: Sue Jones
• 2010: Sue Jones
• 2011: Veronica Philpott
• 2012: Anne Smith
• 2013: Veronica Philpott
• 2014: Pamela Brivio
• 2015: Chris Precious
• 2016–2017: Neil Rix
• 2018: Sue Jones
• 2019–2023: Gordon Cowan
• 2023–2024: Sue Jones
• 2024: Edward Biggs ^[15]

References

1. Samuel Percy Hammond Statham (1899). "The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover". Internet Archive. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 165. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. Samuel Percy Hammond Statham (1899). "The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover". Internet Archive. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 165. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
3. "Mayors of Dover | History on Dover.UK.com". www.dover.uk.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
4. "HALLE, John I (D.c.1409), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
5. "GYLES, John (D.c.1406), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
6. "GYLES, Thomas, of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
7. "PAYNTOR, John (By 1482-1540), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
8. "ROBINS, John (B.c.1511), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
9. "ROBINS, John (B.c.1511), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
10. Express letter dated 1618 from William Ward as Mayor to Lord Zouch, Warden of the Cinque Ports
11. Samuel Percy Hammond Statham (1899). "The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover". Internet Archive. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 165. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
12. "Previous Mayors of Dover". Dover Town Council. 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
13. "Funeral of the Mayor of Dover". Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser. 1 April 1865. p. 4.
14. "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
15. "Councillor Edward Biggs is appointed Mayor Of Dover". dovertowncouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.