The town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England gained its mayoral charter from King James I. The first mayor was Matthew Cradock, jnr in 1614.[1]
The following have been mayors of Stafford:
Source: [1] Stafford Borough Council unless otherwise stated
- 1614–15 Matthew Cradock, First Mayor of Stafford, MP for Stafford 5 times between 1621 and 1628 [2]
- 1622 Thomas Worswick [3]
- 1706 William Abnett[4]
- 1708 Abraham Hoskins
- 1716 Abraham Hoskins
- 1719 William Robins[4]
- 1720 William Abnett
- 1731 William Robins
- 1740 William Robins
19th century edit
Source: Stafford Borough Council[5]
- 1836 John Masfen Jn. Kenderdine Shaw
- 1837 William Jones
- 1838 Charles Dudley
- 1839 Thomas Stevenson
- 1840 Edward Lloyd
- 1841 John Rogers
- 1842 Charles Chester Mort
- 1843 Thomas Boulton
- 1844 John Griffin
- 1845 Charles Ed Morgan
- 1846 James Webb
- 1847 John Marson
- 1848 James Turnock
- 1849 Thomas Benson Elley
- 1850 Thomas Benson Elley
- 1851 William Jones, Jun.
- 1852 Thomas Turner
- 1853 Thomas Boulton
- 1854 John Henson Webb
- 1855 John Griffin
- 1856 John Griffin
- 1857 John Griffin
- 1858 Henry Thos Lomax
- 1859 John Lea
- 1860 William Buxton
- 1861 William Buxton
- 1862 John Brewster
- 1863 Jonas Pilling
- 1864 Edward Mousley
- 1865 Edward Mousley
- 1866 John Morgan
- 1867 William Silvester
- 1868 Richard Podmore
- 1869 Ephraim Austin
- 1870 Henry Gillard
- 1871 Hugh Woods Gibson
- 1872 Bateman P Wright
- 1873 John Kelsall
- 1874 John Shallcross
- 1875 John Shallcross
- 1876 Jas C Marson (deceased)
- 1876 H W Gibson (successor)
- 1877 John Averill
- 1878 Frederic Marson
- 1879 William Wright
- 1880 John Tasker Evans
- 1881 Chas Henry Dudley
- 1882 Chas Henry Dudley
- 1883 Zachariah Anderson
- 1884 Frederic Greatrex
- 1885 Nicholas Joyce
- 1886 Wm Henry Peach
- 1887 Alfred Ward
- 1888 Cornelius Mycock
- 1889 Thomas Amies
- 1890 William Peach
- 1891 William Lloyd
- 1892 William Silvester
- 1893 George Wormal
- 1894 Charles Henry Wright
- 1895 Wm Hy Turkington
- 1896 Frederick Greatrex
- 1897 Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1898 Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1899 Walter Charles Towers Mynors
20th century edit
- 1900–03 Walter Charles Towers Mynors (2 years (of 4))
- 1902–03 P M Bridgwood (Conservative)[6]
- 1903–04 Samuel George Lovatt
- 1904–05 John Mottram
- 1905–06 William Marson
- 1906–07 Albert Andrews
- 1907–09 Ebenezer Williamm Taylor (2 years)
- 1909–10 Edward Horton
- 1910–11 Thomas Westhead
- 1911–12 Ebenezer William Taylor
- 1912–13 Charles William Miller
- 1913–14 James Cornelius Mycock
- 1914–15 Henry John Bostock
- 1915–16 Thomas Samuel Bailey
- 1916–17 Richard John Young
- 1917–18 -
- 1918–19 Joseph Rushton
- 1919–20 Frederick Milnes Blumer
- 1920–21 Richard Edwin Meade
- 1921–22 Thomas Alfred Dunn
- 1922–23 Ernest Albert Thompson
- 1923–24 John Wheeldon
- 1924–25 Harry Eymer
- 1925–26 John Hall
- 1926–30 William Thomas Richardson (4 years)
- 1930–32 Thomas Henry Tunnicliffe (2 years)
- 1932–33 Ellen Maria South (Mrs)
- 1933–34 Samuel Robinson
- 1934–35 Frederick William Pitt (died and replaced by Samuel Robinson)
- 1935–37 George Owen (2 years)
- 1937–38 R Gordon Amies
- 1938–42 Horace Joynes (4 years)
- 1942–44 Arthur Egerton Hourd (2 years)
- 1944–46 Harold Wallace-Copeland (2 years)
- 1946–48 Ruth Turney (Mrs) (3 years)
- 1949–50 Leslie Dobson (2 years)
- 1951–53 Charles Edward Fowke (2 years)
- 1953–55 Charles Jones (2 years)
- 1955–57 Horace Henry Coghlan (2 years)
- 1957–59 Frank Redvers Green (2 years)
- 1959–60 Bertram Sinkinson
- 1960–61 John Edward Roberts
- 1961–62 Elizabeth Wilford (Mrs)
- 1962–63 Rees Llewellyn Tyler
- 1963–64 Albert Edward Collins
- 1964–65 Iris Helen Moseley (Miss)
- 1965–66 Lawrence Harry Kinson
- 1966–67 Samuel Harry Robinson
- 1967–68 Stanley Gordon Sheppard
- 1968–69 Oliver Frederick Bradley
- 1969–70 Trevor Arnold Evans
- 1970–71 Walter Richard Dean
- 1971–72 Edith Stella Kidman
- 1972–73 Norman Leonard Potter
- 1973–74 William Robert Simpson
- 1974–75 Ruth M Dickson
- 1975–76 William Bowen
- 1976–77 Roland E Tonge
- 1977–78 George H Mason
- 1978–79 Harold Doffman
- 1979–80 Leonard Jacques
- 1980–81 Michael Dale
- 1981–82 Mavis V Keleghan
- 1982–83 Trevor J Reeves
- 1983–84 Michael H Roberts
- 1984–85 Hugh Lowry
- 1985–86 Graham Will
- 1986–87 Barbara H Bower
- 1987–88 Douglas J James
- 1988–89 Matthew H Guymer
- 1989–90 William J Kemp
- 1990–91 Michael R Heenan
- 1991–92 Stuart Glaister
- 1992–93 Frances Salome Dainton
- 1993–94 Andrew Compton
- 1994–95 Kenneth F Brown
- 1995–96 Ellis A J Bevan
- 1996–97 John T Holland
- 1997–98 Judith M Dalgarno
- 1998–99 Harry Brunt
- 1999–2000 Christine A Baron
21st century edit
- 2000–01 Peter Bruce
- 2001–02 Douglas W Davies
- 2002–03 Ralph P Cooke
- 2003–04 John A Russell
- 2004–05 Francis A Finlay
- 2005–06 Joyce Farnham
- 2006–07 Mike Shone
- 2007–08 David Brian Price
- 2008–09 Ann P Edgeller
- 2009–10 Jean E Tabernor
- 2010–11 Malcolm T Millichap
- 2011–12 James S Highfield
- 2012–13 Bryan M Cross
- 2013–14 Angela M Loughran
- 2014–15 Raymond M Sutherland
- 2015–16 Peter W Jones
- 2016–17 Geoffrey R Collier
- 2017–18 Aidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey
- 2018-19 Raymond Barron
- 2019–20 Gareth Jones
- 2020-21 Gareth Jones
- 2021-22 Anthony Nixon
- 2022-23 Philip A Leason
References edit
- ^ "In Touch with the Past". Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "CRADOCK, Matthew (1584-1636), of Stafford and Caverswall Castle, Staffs. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "'Castle Church', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5, East Cuttlestone Hundred, ed. L Margaret Midgley (London, 1959), pp. 82-100". British History Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ a b "ROBINS, John (c.1714-54), of Stafford. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "Former Mayors of Stafford Borough | Stafford Borough Council". www.staffordbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.