List of mayors of Plymouth

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This is a list of some notable mayors and all the later lord mayors of the city of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

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Plymouth had elected a mayor annually since 1439. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent dated 6 May 1935. [1] The dignity was granted as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of George V. [2] When the city became a non-metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974. [3]

Mayors of Plymouth [4]


Year(s)Name
1439-40William Kethriche
1440-41Walter Clovelly
1441-42William Pollard
1442-43John Schepeley
1443-45William Nycott
1445-46John Schepeley
1446-47John Facye
1447-48John Carwynyk
1448-49John Facye
1449-50John Paige
1450-52Stephen Chepeman
1453-55Vincent Petelysden
1455-56John Dernford
1456-57Vincent Petelysden
1457-58John Carwynyk
1458-59Thomas Tregle
1459-60William Yogge
1460-61John Pollard
1461-62William Yogge
1462-63John Page
1463-66John Rowland
1466-67Richard Bovy
1467-68William Yogge
1468-69John Page
1469-70John Rowland
1470-71William Yogge
1471-72William Page
1472-73Richard Bovy
1473-74Nicholas Heynscott
1474-75William Page
1475-77Nicholas Heynscott
1477-78John Pollard
1478-79Nicholas Heynscott
1479-80William Rodgers
1480-81Thomas Tregarthen
1481-82Thomas Tresawell
1482-83Nicholas Heynscott
1483-84Thomas Greyson
1484-85Pers Carswell
1485-86Thomas Tresawell
1486-87Thomas Greyson
1487-88Nicholas Heynscott
1488-89Peryn Earle
1489-90Thomas Greyson
1490-91Nicholas Heynscott
1491-92John Paynter
1492-94William Thykpeny
1494-95Thomas Bygporte
1495-96Thomas Nycoll
1496-97William Rogers
1497-98Thomas Tresawell
1498-99John Paynter
1499-1500John Ilcombe
1528–29 James Horsewell
1532–33 William Hawkins
1535–36 James Horsewell
1538–39 William Hawkins
1542–43 James Horsewell
1548–49 Richard Hooper
1564–65 Nicholas Slanning
1581–82 Sir Francis Drake
1595–96 James Bagg
1601 William Parker
1603–04 Sir Richard Hawkins
1608–09 Thomas Sherwill
1617–18 Thomas Sherwill
1619 Thomas Fones (d.1638) [5]
1626–27 Thomas Sherwill
1631–32 John Waddon Jnr
1633–34 Robert Trelawney Jnr
1642–43Philip Francis
1662–63 William Jennens
1686–87 John Trelawny
1694–95 James Yonge
1722–23 Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet
1728-29 John Rogers
1741–42 (part) Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet
1743-44 John Rogers
1773-74 Sir F L Rogers
1800–01 Philip Langmead
1829–30 William F Wise, Capt R N
1838 Henry Richard Glynn
1887–90Henry John Waring
1901–02Joseph Arthur Bellamy
1902–03H. Hurrell [6]
1913–16Thomas Baker
1917-19Joseph Pearce Brown [7]
1926–27 James John Hamlyn Moses

Lord Mayors of Plymouth

YearName
1935Hubert M Medland
1936Walter R Littleton
1937Solomon Stephens
1938George S Scoble
1939–1944 The Rt Hon Viscount Astor
1944Henry George Mason
1945The Rt Hon Isaac Foot
1946W Harry Taylor
1947–1949Heber James Perry
1949Francis George Leatherby
1950 Jacquetta Marshall
1951Randolph H Baker
1952Henry E Wright
1953Sir James Clifford Tozer
1954E W Perry
1955Edwin Broad
1956William James Oats
1957Leslie Francis Paul
1958George John Wingett
1959Percy N Washbourn
1960Frederick John Stott
1961Arthur Goldberg
1962Henry George Mason
1963Harold M Pattinson
1964Thomas H Watkins
1965Percival D Pascho
1966Thomas H L Stanbury
1967Frank Chapman
1968Ivor Clarence Lowe
1969George E H Creber
1970Eric Donald Nuttal
1971Dorothy F Innes
1972Jack Lester Luce
1973John Clifford Porter
1974 (part)George E H Creber
1974Frederick W Johnson
1975William I Thompson
1976Arthur R S Floyd
1977Robert R Thornton
1978William Evan Evans
1979Graham Joseph Jinks
1980Ronald George King
1981Ralph Vernon Morrell
1982Reginald C J Scott
1983Derek Mitchell
1984Peter Whitfeld
1985John Leslie Mills
1986William H C Glanville
1987Anthony H Parish
1988Gordon A Draper
1989Dennis H Dicker
1990John Finnigan
1991Catherine E Easton
1992Ronald Simmonds
1993John Bird Richards
1994Walter Thomas Ainsworth
1995Peter Nelson Wood
1996Sylvia Yvonne Bellamy
1997Joan Iris Stopporton
1998Eileen Ruby Evans
1999Thomas E J Savery
2000Dennis John Camp
2001David Frank Viney
2002Ian Peter Gordon
2003David John Stark
2004Bernard Claude Miller
2005Patrick John Nicholson
2006Michael Charles John Fletcher
2007David John James
2008Brian Vincent
2009Kenneth James Foster
2010Mary Elizabeth Aspinall
2011Peter Brookshaw
2012Michael Wright
2013Vivien Anne Pengelly
2014Michael Robert Fox [8]
2015Dr John Mahony [9]
2016Pauline Murphy
2017Wendy Foster [10]
2018Sam Davey [11]
2019Richard Ball
2020Chris Mavin
2021Terri Beer
2022Sue Dann
2023Mark Shayer
2024Tina Tuohy

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References

  1. ↑ "No. 34160". The London Gazette . 14 May 1935. p. 3139.
  2. ↑ J V Beckett, City Status in the British Isles, 1830-2002, Aldershot, 2005
  3. ↑ "No. 46255". The London Gazette . 4 April 1974. p. 4400.
  4. ↑ "List of past Lord Mayors".
  5. ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.372
  6. ↑ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  7. ↑ "List of past Lord Mayors".
  8. ↑ "Lord Mayor 2014 to 2015". Plymouth City Council. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lord Mayor 2015 to 2016". Plymouth City Council. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "A new Lord Mayor has been chosen for Plymouth". The Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Domain parking page".
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