As well as officiating at ceremonies, and representing the city, the mayor is the impartial chairman of the council.[2]
List of mayors since 1847
1874–1876 Henry Pearson Gates, JP[3] Gates represented himself, in his capacity as mayor against the crown in R. v Mayor of Peterborough, heard before Blackburn J.[4] The hearing was for a writ of mandamus relating to a procedural matter in a ratepayers meeting to fund corporation (council) opposition to the parliamentary Peterborough Water Bill.[4]
↑ The Solicitor's Journal, 20 November 1875, page 52, col 1
1 2 The Weekly Reporter, Vol 23, p344-5, 6 March 1875
Further reading
Betty Chambers (2015). Victorian Peterborough & Mr Mayor: The Story of John Whitwell and Henry Pearson Gates. Betty Chambers MBE. ISBN978-1-782-80492-5.
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