List of mayors of Ipswich Borough, Suffolk

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Ipswich was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John. [1] [2]

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Prior to 1835, the officers of Ipswich Corporation, at various times, consisted of: [3]

Municipal Borough of Ipswich

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created the Municipal Borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a mayor was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty councillors. [3] The mayors were as follows: [4] William Vick published an album, The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890 in 1890. [5]

DateNameImagePartyNotesRefs
1836 Benjamin Brame
Benjamin Brame (Vick 1890).png
Ipswich Yellow Party/Whig [6]
1836-37 Frederick Francis Seekamp Whig [6]
1837-38 Peter Bartholomew Long Physician
1838-39 George Green Sampson
George Green SAMPSON (Mayor of Ipswich, Suffolk, England) by Walter A. SMITH 1871 or later.jpg
Physician
1839-40John May (senior)
1840-41Peter Bartholomew Long
2nd term
1841-1842 John Chevallier Cobbold
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Conservative

County Borough of Ipswich

Following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1888 the County Borough of Ipswich was created with the rest of Suffolk being divided into the administrative counties of East and West Suffolk. The County Borough of Ipswich had the following mayors: [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Martin, Geoffrey "The Medieval and Early Modern Borough" in Salmon N. P. and Malster R. (eds), Ipswich From the First to the Third Millennium (Papers from an Ipswich Society Symposium), (Ipswich Society, Ipswich 2001), 7–17.
  2. ↑ Text of charter (translated into English) and image of 1200 Town Seal, see Wodderspoon, J., Memorials of the Ancient Town of Ipswich (Pawsey (Ipswich): Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (London) 1850), 'Ancient Incorporation of the Town', pp 75–130, at pp 75–85.
  3. 1 2 "The History of the Mayoralty" . Retrieved 17 January 2010. The old corporation (or Assembly) was replaced in 1835 by a Mayor, High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty Councillors, with the usual officers
  4. 1 2 "Mayors of Ipswich | Ipswich Borough Council". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890". Suffolk Libraries. Suffolk Libraries. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 "The Mayoralty in Ipswich". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Geater, Paul (2021). "Ipswich mayor stands down from local politics". Ipswich Star. No. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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