List of mayors of Exeter

This is a chronological list of those who have served as Mayor of Exeter (and from 2002 as Lord Mayor), in the city of Exeter, England.

Mayors of Exeter

See also: Mayor of Exeter

Year appointed	Name	Terms	Monarch
1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206:	Henry Rifford [1]	7	King John
c.1207, 1266	William Durling (Derling or Dirling in some references) [2]	2	King John
c.1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212	John FitzRobert	6	King John
1213, 1214, 1215	William Blondy [3]	3	King John
1216, 1219, 1220, 1224. 1225, 1227, 1228, 1232, 1236	Walter Turbert [3]	9	Henry III
1217, 1221, 1222, 1226, 1229, 1230, 1235	Roger FitzHenry [3]	7	Henry III
1218, 1223, 1231, 1239	Walter Gervase [4]	4	Henry III
1233, 1255, 1257, 1258	Hillary Blondy [3]	4	Henry III
1234, 1237, 1238, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1245, 1247, 1249, 1252	Martin Roff [3]	11	Henry III
1244, 1246, 1250, 1251, 1253	Adam Rifford [3]	5	Henry III
1248	Walter Hastment [3]	1	Henry III
1254	John Okeston [3]	1	Henry III
1256, 1259, 1264	Philip Dyer [3]	3	Henry III
1260, 1262, 1265, 1268	Walter Okeston [3]	4	Henry III
1261	Hilary White [3]	1	Henry III
1263, 1267	Nicholas Ilchester [3]	1	Henry III
1269, 1275, 1276, 1278, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1284	Alphred Duport [3] - Executed after last period of office due to dereliction of duty [5]	8	Henry III/Edward I
1270, 1271, 1272, 1274, 1282	Martin Dirling [3]	4	Henry III/Edward I
1273	Richard Geythen [3]	1	Edward I
1277, 1279	John Feniton [3]	2	Edward I
1285, 1286	David Tayler [3]	2	Edward I
1287, 1288, 1290, 1291, 1294, 1295	John Zouch [3]	6	Edward I
1289	Richard Allen [3]	1	Edward I
1292, 1300, 1307, 1312	William Gatepath [3] [6]	4
1293, 1296, 1297, 1298	Richard Tantifer [3]	3	Edward I
1299	John Horn [3]	1	Edward I
1301	William Tantifer [3]	1
1302, 1305, 1306, 1308, 1309, 1313, 1314, 1317	Roger Beynim [3]	8	Edward I/Edward II
1303, 1304	Roger Wheaton [3]	2	Edward I
1310	Walter Tantifer [3]	1	Edward II
1311	Waltor Langdon [3]	1	Edward II
1315, 1316, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1328, 1329, 1331	Philip Lovecock [3]	9	Edward II
1321	William Wotton [3]	1	Edward II
1322, 1323	Robert Wotton [3]	2	Edward II
1327	Richard Soller [3]	1	Edward III
1330, 1332, 1334	Martin Lekenn [3]	3	Edward III
1333, 1337	Thomas Gervis [3]	2	Edward III
1335, 1336, 1338, 1340, 1341, 1344, 1345, 1347	Henry Hughton (or Haughton) [3]	8	Edward III
1339	Thomas Lichfield [3]	1	Edward III
1342	Robert Furbor [3]	1	Edward III
1343, 1346	Thomas Furbor [3]	2	Edward III
1348	Nicholas Halberton [3]	1	Edward III
1349, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1355	Robert Bridport [3]	4	Edward III
1353, 1354, 1357, 1359, 1360	John Spicer [3]	5	Edward III
1356, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1372	John Gyst (or Gist) [3]	5	Edward III
1358	Robert Nolle [3]	1	Edward III
1365	Nicholas Taverner [3]	1	Edward III
1366, 1367	Nicholas Brydestow [3]	2	Edward III
1368	Warren Bayliff [3]	1	Edward III
1369, 1371, 1373	Roger Plenty [3]	3	Edward III
1370	Martin Battishill [3]	1	Edward III
1374, 1375, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1382, 1384, 1386, 1388, 1390, 1392, 1394	Robert Wilsford [3]	12	Edward III/Richard II
1376, 1380, 1399	John Grey [3]	3	Edward III/Richard II
1381	John Nymett [3]	1	Richard II
1383, 1396	John Talbot [3]	2	Richard II
1385, 1397, 1407, 1410	Adam Scut [3] [7]	4	Richard II
1387, 1389, 1391, 1393, 1409	Richard Bosom [3]	5	Richard II
1395, 1398, 1405	Simon Grendon [3]	3	Richard II
1400, 1402, 1404, 1406, 1408, 1411, 1412	William Wilsford [3]	7	Henry IV
1401	William Oke [3]	1	Henry IV
1403	Henry Hull [3]	1	Henry IV
1413, 1415	Peter Sturt [3] [8]	2	King Henry V
1414, 1419, 1422, 1426	Thomas Easton [3]	4	King Henry V
1414	John Lake [9]	1	King Henry V
1415, 1419, 1420, 1422, 1423, 1426, 1427	Thomas Eston [10]	8	King Henry V/Henry VI
1416, 1417, 1418, 1420, 1423	John Batten [3]	5	King Henry V/Henry VI
1417, 1421, 1424	John Cook [3]	3	King Henry V/Henry VI
1425	Robert Vessy (or Voysey) [11] [3]	1	Henry VI
1427, 1430, 1437, 1445	John Hull [3]	4	Henry VI
1428, 1429, 1444, 1446	John Shillingford [12] [3]	4	Henry VI
1430, 1434, 1439	William Cook [3]	3	Henry VI
1432, 1435, 1441	Thomas Cook [3]	3	Henry VI
1433	John Salter [3]	1	Henry VI
1436, 1442, 1448	John Cutler alias Carwithan [3] [13]	3	Henry VI
1438	Bennet Drew [3]	1	Henry VI
1440	William Upton [3]	1	Henry VI
1443, 1449, 1451, 1453, 1455, 1462, 1464, 1466, 1470, 1474	Hugh Germin [3]	10	Henry VI
1450	William Crymell [3]	1	Henry VI
1452	Walter Pope [3]	1	Henry VI
1454	Richard Oreng [3]	1	Henry VI
1456, 1460	William Duke [3]	2	Henry VI
1457, 1461, 1477	John Kelly [3]	3	Henry VI
1458, 1463, 1465, 1481	Richard Druell [3]	4	Henry VI/Edward IV
1459	John Betty [3]	1	Henry VI
1467, 1480, 1486	Thomas Calwoodley [3]	3	Edward IV
1468	John Hamlyn [3]	1	Edward IV
1469	Robert Smith [3]	1	Edward IV
1471	Richard Jeffery [3]	1	Edward IV
1472, 1488	Richard Clerk [3]	2	Edward IV
1473	Richard Rumwell [3]	1	Edward IV
1475	John Oreng [3]	1	Edward IV
1476, 1479, 1483, 1492, 1496	John Atwill [3]	5	Edward IV/Richard III
1478, 1494	William Obleigh [3]	2	Edward IV
1482	Roger Worth [3]	1	Edward IV
1484	Matthew Jubb [3]	1	Richard III
1485	Robert Russell [3]	1	Henry VII
1487, 1503	Robert Newton [3]	2	Henry VII
1489	Stephen Rudgway or Ridgeway [3] [14]	1	Henry VII
1490	John Hooker [3]	1	Henry VII
1491	Robert Chubb	1	Henry VII
1493	John Colshill [3]	1	Henry VII
1495, 1501, 1507	John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh [15]	3	Henry VII
1497	William Frost [3]	1	Henry VII
1498	Richard Undy [3]	1	Henry VII
1499	Nicholas Hamlyn [3]	1	Henry VII
1500	Walter York [3]	1	Henry VII
1502	Walter Champneys [3]	1	Henry VII
1504, 1510	Thomas Andrew [3]	1	Henry VII
1505, 1515, 1518	William Crudg [3]	1	Henry VII/Henry VIII
1506, 1513	Richard Hewet (or Hewett) [3] [16]	2	Henry VII/Henry VIII
1508	John Limpenny [3]	1	Henry VII
1509, 1516	John Buckenam [3]	2	Henry VIII
1510	Thomas Andrew [3] [17]	1	Henry VIII
1511	William Wilsford [3]	1	Henry VIII
1512	Richard Symons [3]	1	Henry VIII
1514	John Moor [3]	1	Henry VIII
1517, 1523 (interim), 1537	Thomas Hunt [3]	2	Henry VIII
1519	Jeffery Lewes [3]	1	Henry VIII
1520	John Broadmere [3]	1	Henry VIII
1521	John Noseworthy (or Nosworthy) [3] [18]	1	Henry VIII
1522	Richard Duke	1	Henry VIII
1523	John Simon (or Symons) [3] [19] - died shortly after his election, with Thomas Hunt taking on interim duties [3]	1	Henry VIII
1523-4, 1535, 1545, 1551, 1561	William Hurst [20] [3]	6	Henry VIII
1525	William Bennet	1	Henry VIII
1526, 1538	Henry Hamlyn	2	Henry VIII
1527, 1534, 1546	John Britnall	3	Henry VIII
1528	Robert Buller [3]	1	Henry VIII
1529	Robert Hooker [21] (died 1537)	1	Henry VIII
1530, 1536, 1548	John Blackaller [22] [3]	3	Henry VIII
1531, 1539	Gilbert Kirk [23]	2	Henry VIII
1532	William Peryam [3]	1	Henry VIII
1533	Richard Martin [3]	1	Henry VIII
1540	Thomas Spurway [3]	1	Henry VIII
1541	William Buckenam [3]	1	Henry VIII
1542, 1558	John Buller [3]	2	Henry VIII
1543	Robert Tooker [3]	1	Henry VIII
1544, 1550	Thomas Prestwood [24] [3]	2	Henry VIII
1547, 1554	John Midwinter	2	Edward VI
1549	John Tuckfield [25] [3] [26]	1	Edward VI
1552	William Tothill [3]	1	Edward VI
1553	William Smith [3] [27]	1	Mary I
1555, 1564	Moris Levermore [3]	2	Mary I
1556	Walter Staplehead (or Staplehill) [27] [3]	1	Mary I
1557, 1562, 1575	John Peter [3]	3	Mary I/Elizabeth I
1559	Robert Midwinteo [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1560	John Blackall [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1563, 1572, 1587, 1598	John Peryam [3]	4	Elizabeth I
1565	John Wolcott (or Woolcott) [3] [28]	1	Elizabeth I
1566	Thomas Richardson [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1567	John Smythe (or Smith) [29]	1	Elizabeth I
1568	Robert Chaff [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1569, 1579	William Chappel [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1570	Simon Knight [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1571, 1580	Thomas Bruerton [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1573	William Tryvett [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1574	Nicholas Martin [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1576	Thomas Prestwood [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1577	George Peryman [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1578, 1589	Richard Prowse [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1581, 1618	Thomas Martin [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1582, 1591	Michael Germin [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1583	Jeffery Thomas [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1584, 1594, 1604	John Davy [3]	3	Elizabeth I
1585, 1631	Nicholas Martin [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1586, 1597, 1607	George Smith [30]	3	Elizabeth I
1588	Thomas Chappell [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1590, 1600	Wiliam Martin [3]	2	Elizabeth I
1592, 1603, 1619, 1644	Nicholas Spicer [3]	4	Elizabeth I
1593	Thomas Spicer [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1595	John Chappell [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1597	John Levermore [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1599	John Howell [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1601, 1614, 1625, 1667	Thomas Walker [3]	4	Elizabeth I/James I
1602	Richard Beavis [3]	1	Elizabeth I
1605	Henry Hull [3]	1	James I
1606	Richard Dorchester [3]	1	James I
1608, 1619	John Prowse [3]	2	James I
1609, 1620	Hugh Crossing [3]	2	James I
1610, 1621	Walter Borough [3]	2	James I
1611	John Lant [3]	1	James I
1612	William Newcomb [3]	1	James I
1613	Jeffery Waltham [3]	1	James I
1615	John Marshall [3]	1	James I
1616	John Sheer [3]	1	James I
1617	Ignatius Jourden [3]	1	James I
1622	John Modyford [3]	1	James I
1623	John Gupwill [3]	1	James I
1624, 1637	Thomas Crossing [3]	2	James I/Charles I
1626	John Tayler [3]	1	Charles I
1627	John Acland [3]	1	Charles I
1628	John Lynn [3]	1	Charles I
1630	Thomes Flay [3]	1	Charles I
1632	John Hakewill [3]	1	Charles I
1633	Gilbert Sweet [3]	1	Charles I
1634	Francis Crossing [3]	1	Charles I
1635, 1647, 1649 (deputising)	Adam Bennet [3]	2	Charles I
1636	Roger Mallock [3]	1	Charles I
1638	James Tucker [3]	1	Charles I
1639	Robert Walker, MP for Exeter [31]	1	Charles I
1640	John Penny [3]	1	Charles I
1641	Richard Saunders [3]	1	Charles I
1642	Christopher Clark [3]	1	Charles I
1643	Sir Hugh Crocker [3]	1	Charles I
1645	John Cupper [3]	1	Charles I
1646	Walter White [3]	1	Charles I
1648	James Gould [3]	1	Charles I
1649, 1654	Richard Crossing [3] was elected but refused to serve in 1649 due to the overthrow of the King, with Adam Bennet deputising	2	Interregnum
1650	Richard Evans [3]	1	Interregnum
1651	Richard Sweet [3]	1	Interregnum
1652	Ralph Hermn [3]	1	Interregnum
1653	Simon Snow, MP for Exeter [32]	1	Interregnum
1655	Nicholas Brooking [3]	1	Interregnum
1656	Thomas Ford [3]	1	Interregnum
1657	James Pearse [3]	1	Interregnum
1658	James Marshall [3]	1	Interregnum
1659	Christopher Clark Junior [3]	1	Interregnum
1660	Christopher Lethbridge (d.1670) [33]	1	Charles II
1661, 1672	Henry Gandy [3]	2	Charles II
1662	John Martin [3] initially refused to serve, but did so after instructed by the King	1	Charles II
1663	John Butler [3]	1	Charles II
1664	Alan Penny [3]	1	Charles II
1665	Nicholas Isacke [3]	1	Charles II
1666	John Acland [3]	1	Charles II
1668	George Tuthill [3]	1	Charles II
1669	Peter Hagedot [3]	1	Charles II
1670	Sir Benjamin Oliver [3]	1	Charles II
1671	William Sanford [3]	1	Charles II
1673, 1681	Isaac Mawditt [3]	2	Charles II
1674	Christopher Brodridge [3]	1	Charles II
1675	John Par [3]	1	Charles II
1676	William Glyde [3]	1	Charles II
1677	George Tuthill [32]	1	Charles II
1678	William Sandford [32]	1	Charles II
1679	John Collyns [32]	1	Charles II
1680	Henry Smyth [32]	1	Charles II
1682	Endymion Walker Esq [32]	1	Charles II
1683	Christopher Broadridge (or Brodridge) [32]	1	Charles II
1684	James Walker [32]	1	Charles II
1685, 1694	Robert Dabynott [32]	2	James II/William III & Mary II
1686	George Saffin [32]	1	James II
1687, 1689, 1700	John Snell [32]	3	James II/William III & Mary II
1688	Sir Thomas Jefford [32]	1	James II
1690	Edward Cross [32]	1	William III & Mary II
1691	Edward Seward (or Seaward), knight. [32] His portrait was painted by William Gandy.	1	William III & Mary II
1692	Christopher Coke [32]	1	William III & Mary II
1693, 1702, 1714	John Gandy [32]	3	William III & Mary II/Anne/George I
1695	Christopher Bale [32]	1	William III & Mary II
1697	John Curson [32]	1	William III & Mary II
1698, 1718	John Burell [32]	2	William III & Mary II/George I
1699, 1711	Joshua Hickman [32]	2	William III & Mary II
1701	John Cholwill [32]	1	William III & Mary II
1703	John Newcombe [32]	1	Anne
1704	Gilbert Wood [32]	1	Anne
1705	Thomas Baron [32]	1	Anne
1706	Nicholas Wood [32]	1	Anne
1707	Edward Daly [32]	1	Anne
1708	Edward Spicer [32]	1	Anne
1709	Edward Collins [32]	1	Anne
1710	Thomas Salter [32]	1	Anne
1712	Jacob Rowe [32]	1	Anne
1715	William Sandford [32]	1	George I
1716, 1730	Nathaniel Dewdney [32]	2	George I/George II
1717	Philip Pear [32]	1	George I
1719	Thomas Coplestone [32]	1	George I
1720	William Gandy [32]	1	George I
1721	John Phillips [32]	1	George I
1722	Thomas Salter [32]	1	George I
1723	Philip Russell [32]	1	George I
1724	Humphrey Bawden [32]	1	George I
1725	Anthony Tripe [32]	1	George I
1726	Emanuel Hole [32]	1	George I
1727	John Elston [32]	1	George II
1728	Robert Lydston [32]	1	George II
1729	William Stabback [32]	1	George II
1731	Ethelred Davy [32]	1	George II
1732	Richard Vivian [32]	1	George II
1733, 1736	Samuel Symons [32]	2	George II
1734	John Newcombe [32]	1	George II
1735, 1746	Matthew Spry [32]	2	George II
1737	Arthur Culme [32]	1	George II
1738, 1749	Thomas Heath [32]	2	George II
1739	Nicholas Blake [32]	1	George II
1740, 1751, 1752 (deputising)	Nicholas Lee [32] - took over from Robert Dodge for remainder of 1752 term	2 (3)	George II
1741	William Newcombe [32]	1	George II
1742	Nicholas Medland [32]	1	George II
1743	Philip Elston [32]	1	George II
1744	John Hawker [32]	1	George II
1745, 1761 (deputising)	Francis Brayne [32]	1 (2)	George II
1747	John Manley [32]	1	George II
1748, 1755	Lewis Portbury [32]	2	George II
1750, 1756	William Trosse [32]	2	George II
1752	Robert Dodge [32] - September to November (replaced by Nicholas Lee)	1	George II
1753	John Luckett [32]	1	George II
1754	Nicholas Arthur [32]	1	George II
1757	Joseph Elliot [32]	1	George II
1758	Richard Densham [32]	1	George II
1759	Richard Jackson [32]	1	George II
1760	Samuel Pearce [32]	1	George III
1761	Samuel Dix [32] - Until Jan 1762, replaced by Francis Brayne	1	George III
1762, 1767 (deputising)	James Crossing [32]	1 (2)	George III
1763	Edward Walker [32]	1	George III
1764	Jacob Fowe [32]	1	George III
1765, 1782	John Bussell [32]	2	George III
1766	Humphry Hill [32]	1	George III
1767	William Jollin [32] - until Feb 1768, replaced by James Crossing	1	George III
1768	Philip Dacie [32]	1	George III
1769, 1777	Thomas Dodge [32]	2	George III
1770	John Flound [32]	1	George III
1771	Thomas Coffon [32]	1	George III
1772	Gregory Jackson [32]	1	George III
1773	Henry Kitson [32]	1	George III
1774	John Dennis [32]	1	George III
1775	John Eiles Pier [32]	1	George III
1776	Charles Edwards [32]	1	George III
1778	James Grant [32]	1	George III
1779	Charles Furlong [32]	1	George III
1780	Samuel Moore [32]	1	George III
1783	William Ibert [32]	1	George III
1784	Benjamin Horyce Walker [32]	1	George III
1785	George Westlake [32]	1	George III
1786	Nicholas Elias Cosserat [32]	1	George III
1787	Richard Jenkin [32]	1	George III
1788	Jonathan Burnett [32]	1	George III
1789	William Pate [32]	1	George III
1790	Edward Raguener [32]	1	George III
1791	Reuben Phillips [32]	1	George III
1792, 1803	John Pinhey [32]	2	George III
1793	Richard Chamberlain [32]	1	George III
1794	Richard Hart [32]	1	George III
1795	John Balle [32]	1	George III
1796	Charles Upham [32]	1	George III
1797	John Brake [32]	1	George III
1798, 1808	Joseph Gattey [32]	2	George III
1799	Jonathan Worthy [32]	1	George III
1800	Richard Jenkin [32]	1	George III
1801, 1818	Thomas Flound [32]	2	George III
1802, 1807	Charles Collyns [32]	2	George III
1804	Joseph Greenway [32]	1	George III
1805	John Thomas Wright [32]	1	George III
1806, 1816	Samuel White [32]	2	George III
1809	Edward Upham [32]	1	George III
1810	John Hore [32]	1	George III
1811	William Lee [32]	1	George III
1812	Benjamin Wm Johnson [32]	1	George III
1813	Burnet Patch [32]	1	George III
1814, 1826	John Hart [32]	2	George III/George IV
1815	John William Williams [32]	1	George III
1817	Charles Brake [32]	1	George III
1819, 1827, 1832	Henry Blackall [32]	3	George III/George IV/William IV
1820, 1829	Robert Rogers Sanders [32]	2	George IV
1821	George Galloway [32]	1	George IV
1822	John Harris [32]	1	George IV
1823	William Crockett [32]	1	George IV
1824	Humphry Hill Pinhey [32]	1	George IV
1825	William Payne [32]	1	George IV
1828	John Haddy Jones [32]	1	George IV
1830	Paul Measor [32]	1	William IV
1831, 1836	William Kennaway [32]	1	William IV
1833, 1845	Edward Woolmer [32]	2	William IV/Queen Victoria
1834, 1835	Philip Chilwell de la Garde [32] - Sep-Dec when Chamber replaced with Council, then elected Jan-Nov 1835	2	William IV
1835	Samuel Kingdon Junior [32]	1	William IV
1837, 1838	William John Players Wilkinson [32]	2	Queen Victoria
1839	Edward MacGowan [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1840	William Drewe [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1841	John Crew Carew [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1842	Charles Henry Turner [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1843	William Page Kingdon [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1844, 1858	Henry Hooper [32]	2	Queen Victoria
1846	Charles Brutton [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1847	William Denis Moore [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1848	Thomas Shapter [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1849	Christopher Arden [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1850	Edward Andrew Sanders [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1851, 1852	William Wills Hooper [32]	2	Queen Victoria
1853	Robert Stribling Cornish [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1854, 1855	John Daw [32]	2	Queen Victoria
1856	Thomas G Norris [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1857	William Buckingham [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1859	Thomas Tanner [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1860	Thomas E Drake [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1861	William Kendall [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1862	William Barnes [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1863	Thomas Maitland Snow [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1864, 1865, 1866	Robert Thomas Head [32]	3	Queen Victoria
1867	John Trehane [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1868	Henry Samuel Ellis [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1869	Richard James Norman King [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1870	Bartholomew Charles Gidley [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1871	Joseph Handing [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1872, 1873	Charles John Follett [32]	2	Queen Victoria
1874	Horace Charles Lloyd [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1875	Henry Wilcocks [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1876	William Cuthbertson [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1877	Henry Drew Thomas [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1878, 1879	William Horton Ellis [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1880	Walter Pring [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1881	Thomas Andrew [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1882	Samuel Jones [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1883	Robert Carne Wilkinson [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1884	William Brown [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1885	Richard Rendle Miller Daw [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1886	Arthur Burch [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1887	Charles Tanner Kingdon Roberts [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1888	William Peters [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1889	Thomas Snow [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1890	Charles Edwin Ware [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1891	Edward Holroyd Houlditch [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1892	Henry Frederick Willey [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1893	Edward James Domville [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1894	Alfred Robert Steele [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1895, 1896, 1897	Robert Pople [34]	3	Queen Victoria
1898	Samuel Ward [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1899	Hubert Palmer Osborne Hamlin [32]	1	Queen Victoria
1900, 1901	Albert Edward Dunn [35]	2	Queen Victoria/Edward VII
1902	Charles Edward Rowe (Liberal) [36]	1	Edward VII
1903	Frederick John Widgery [32]	1	Edward VII
1904	Edwin Charles Perry [32]	1	Edward VII
1905	Thomas Linscott [32]	1	Edward VII
1906	William Henry Reed [32]	1	Edward VII
1907	Henry Gadd [32]	1	Edward VII
1908	James George Commin [32]	1	Edward VII
1909	Henry Hugh Wippell [32]	1	Edward VII
1910	Alfred Thomas Loram [32]	1	George V
1911	Charles James Vlieland [32]	1	George V
1912, 1931	Henry William Michelmore [32]	2	George V
1913	William Kendall King [32]	1	George V
1914, 1915, 1916, 1917	James George Owen [32]	4	George V
1918	Sir James George Owen [32]	1	George V
1919	Thomas Bradley Rowe [32]	1	George V
1920	Arthur Charles Roper [32]	1	George V
1921, 1922, 1923	Philip Foale Rowsell [37]
1924	Arthur Northcote Pitts [32]	1	George V
1925	William Brock [32]	1	George V
1926	Ransom Pickard [32]	1	George V
1927	Arthur Ernest Brock [32]	1	George V
1928	John Shirley Steele-Perkins [32]	1	George V
1929	Harold Charles Rowe [32]	1	George V
1930	Charles Warren [32]	1	George V
1932	Kenneth Gatey [32]	1	George V
1933	Thomas John Wembridge Templeman [32]	1	George V
1934	James William Ackroyd [32]	1	George V
1935	Percy Rufus Gayton [32]	1	George V
1936	Alfred Anstey [32]	1	Edward VIII
1937	Reginald John Rew [32]	1	George VI
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943	Rowland Glave Saunders [32]	6	George VI
1944	Vincent Thompson [32]	1	George VI
1945	Francis Henry Tarr [32]	1	George VI
1946	William Outon Wills [32]	1	George VI
1947, 1948	William "Potato Pete" Slader [32]	2	George VI
1949	William Godwin Michelmore [32]	1	George VI
1950	John Geoffrey Rowe Orchard [32]	1	George VI
1951	Frederick Peter Cottey [32]	1	George VI
1952	Richard Wayland Smith [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1953	Alfred James Bovey [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1954	Charles William Holcombe Hill [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1955	Gilbert John Greenslade [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1956	Clifford James Fuller [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1957	Ronald Hay Creasy [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1958	Charles Rew [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1959	Charles Woodland [32] [38]	1	Elizabeth II
1960	Philip Francis Brooks [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1961	Alfred Peter Steele-Perkins [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1962	Kenneth Charles Harold Rowe [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1963	Walter George Daw [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1964	Patrick Allan Spoerer [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1965	James Lethley Smeall [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1966	Minnie Nichols [32] - first female mayor	1	Elizabeth II
1967	Ronald Edward Charles Board [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1968	John Belsey Martin [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1969	William James Hallett [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1970	Percy Hilton [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1971	Herbert Samuel Sargent [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1972	Gordon Anthony Joy [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1973	Ernest Charles Lovelace Tozer [32] until 30 March 1974- last Mayor of the City and County of Exeter	1	Elizabeth II
1974	Walter George Daw [32] - from 1 April to 2 April	1	Elizabeth II
1974	Samuel Honeywill [32] - from 2 April	1	Elizabeth II
1975	William Peter Hutchings [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1976	John Frederick Landers [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1977	Roger John Keast [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1978	Norman William Francis Long [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1979	Richard John Van Oppen [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1980	Joan Margaret Richardson [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1981	Ivy Maud Johns [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1982	Patricia Spencer [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1983	Raymond Edward Robert Long [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1984	James Pollitt [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1985	Roy Slack [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1986	Alan Williamson [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1987	William Henry John Rowe [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1988	Michael James O'Callaghan [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1989	Diana Winifred Pamela Sutton Bess [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1990	George Clark [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1991	Anthony Fry [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1992	Yolanda Henson [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1993	Martin Rich [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1994	Ramon Yeo [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1995	Margaret Midgeley [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1996	Ian Mitchell [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1997	John Holman [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1998	Barry McNamara [32]	1	Elizabeth II
1999	Roy Hill [32]	1	Elizabeth II
2000	Mary Evans [32]	1	Elizabeth II
2001	Granville Baldwin [32]	1	Elizabeth II

Lord Mayors of Exeter

• 2001: Granville Baldwin ^[2] – first Lord Mayor
• 2002: Val Dixon ^[32]
• 2003: Margaret Danks ^[32]
• 2004: Hilda Sterry ^[32]
• 2005: Peter Wadham ^[32]
• 2006: Norman Shiel ^[32]
• 2007: Hazel Slack ^[32] – runs a nursery shop in the city.
• 2008: Paul Smith ^[32]
• 2009: John Winterbottom ^[32] – former financial adviser.
• 2010: Marcel Choules – has been a fairground booth fighter, bouncer and chef.
• 2011: Stella Brock ^[32]
• 2012: Rob Newby ^[32]
• 2013: Rachel Lyons ^[39] – former nurse
• 2014: Percy Prowse ^[40]
• 2015: Olwen Margaret Foggin ^[41]
• 2016: Cynthia Thompson
• 2017: Lesley Robson ^[42]
• 2018: Rob Hannaford
• 2019: Peter Holland ^[43] - former headteacher and postman.
• 2021: Trish Oliver ^[44]
• 2022: Yolonda Henson ^[45]
• 2023: Kevin Mitchell

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