List of Lord Mayors of Manchester
This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Manchester in the North West of England.[1][2]
Mayors of Manchester
1838–1892
No. | Mayor | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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1 | Sir Thomas Potter | 1838 – 1840 | 2 | father of Sir John Potter, who was Mayor 1848–1851.[3][4] |
2 | William Neil | 1840 – 1842 | 2 | |
3 | James Kershaw | 1842 – 1843 | 1 | |
4 | Alexander Kay | 1843 – 1845 | 2 | |
5 | William Benjamin Watkins | 1845 – 1846 | 1 | |
6 | Sir Elkanah Armitage | 1846 – 1848 | 2 | |
7 | Sir John Potter | 1848 – 1851 | 3 | son of Sir Thomas Potter, who was Mayor 1838–1840.[3][4] |
8 | Robert Barnes | 1851 – 1853 | 2 | |
9 | Benjamin Nicholls | 1853 – 1855 | 2 | |
10 | Sir James Watts | 1855 – 1857 | 2 | |
11 | Ivie Mackie | 1857 – 1860 | 3 | |
12 | Matthew Curtis | 1860 – 1861 | 1 | |
13 | Thomas Goadsby | 1861 – 1862 | 1 | |
14 | Abel Heywood (1st time) | 1862 – 1863 | 1 | |
15 | John Marsland Bennett | 1863 – 1865 | 2 | |
16 | William Bowker | 1865 – 1866 | 1 | |
17 | Robert Neill | 1866 – 1868 | 2 | |
18 | John Grave | 1868 – 1871 | 3 | |
19 | William Booth | 1871 – 1873 | 2 | |
20 | Alfred Watkin | 1873 – 1874 | 1 | |
21 | John King | 1874 – 1875 | 1 | |
22 | Matthew Curtis | 1875 – 1876 | 1 | |
23 | Abel Heywood (2nd time) | 1876 – 1877 | 1 | |
24 | Charles Sydney Grundy | 1877 – 1879 | 2 | |
25 | Henry Patteson | 1879 – 1880 | 1 | |
26 | Sir Thomas Baker | 1880 – 1882 | 2 | |
27 | John Hopkinson | 1882 – 1883 | 1 | |
28 | Philip Goldschmidt (1st time) | 1883 – 1884 | 1 | |
29 | Sir John James Harwood (1st time) | 1884 – 1885 | 1 | |
30 | Philip Goldschmidt (2nd time) | 1885 – 1886 | 1 | |
31 | Matthew Curtis | 1886 – 1887 | 1 | |
32 | Sir John James Harwood (2nd time) | 1887 – 1888 | 2 | |
33 | William Batty | 1888 – 1889 | 1 | |
34 | Sir John Mark | 1889 – 1891 | 2 | The first Mayor of the County Borough. |
35 | Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech | 1891 – 1892 | 1 |
Lord Mayors of Manchester
19th century
No. | Lord Mayor | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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1 | Sir Anthony Marshall | 1892 – 1894 | 2 | |
2 | Abraham Evans Lloyd | 1894 – 1896 | 2 | |
3 | John Foulkes Roberts | 1896 – 1897 | 1 | |
4 | Robert Gibson | 1897 – 1898 | 1 | |
5 | Sir William Henry Voudrey | 1898 – 1899 | 1 | |
6 | Thomas Briggs | 1899 – 1901 | 2 |
20th century
No. | Lord Mayor | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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7 | Sir James Hoy | 1901 – 1902 | 1 | |
8 | John Royle | 1902 – 1903 | 1 | |
9 | Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann | 1903 – 1905 | 2 | |
10 | James Herbert Thewlis | 1905 – 1906 | 1 | |
11 | John Harrop | 1906 – 1907 | 1 | |
12 | Sir Edward Holt, Bart. | 1907 – 1909 | 2 | |
13 | Sir Charles Behrens | 1909 – 1911 | 2 | |
14 | Sir Samuel Walter Royse | 1911 – 1913 | 2 | |
15 | Sir Daniel McCabe, DL | 1913 – 1915 | 2 | |
16 | Arthur George Copeland | 1915 – 1916 | 1 | |
17 | Sir Thomas Smethhurst | 1916 – 1917 | 1 | |
18 | Sir Alexander Porter | 1917 – 1918 | 1 | |
19 | John Makeague | 1918 – 1919 | 1 | |
20 | Sir William Kay, Kt. (1st time) | 1919 | 1 | |
21 | Tom Fox, OBE | 1919 – 1920 | 1 | |
22 | Sir William Kay, Kt. (2nd time) | 1920 – 1921 | 1 | |
23 | Ernest Emil Darwin Simon | 1921 – 1922 | 1 | knighted in 1932, created Baron Simon of Wythenshawe in 1947.[5] |
24 | Sir William Cundiff | 1922 – 1923 | 1 | |
25 | William Turner Jackson | 1923 – 1924 | 1 | |
26 | Sir Frederick Joseph West, Kt, GBE | 1924 – 1925 | 1 | |
27 | Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell, Kt, CBE | 1925 – 1926 | 1 | |
28 | James Henry Swales | 1926 – 1927 | 1 | |
29 | Sir William Davy, Kt | 1927 – 1928 | 1 | |
30 | Lt-Col George Westcott, OBE | 1928 – 1929 | 1 | |
31 | Sir Robert Noton Barclay, Kt | 1929 – 1930 | 1 | |
32 | George Frank Titt | 1930 – 1931 | 1 | |
33 | Ellis Green | 1931 – 1932 | 1 | |
34 | Sir William Walker, Kt | 1932 – 1933 | 1 | |
35 | Joseph Binns, MBE | 1933 – 1934 | 1 | |
36 | Samuel Woollam | 1934 – 1935 | 1 | |
37 | Thomas Stone Williams | 1935 – 1936 | 1 | |
38 | Joseph Toole | 1936 – 1937 | 1 | |
39 | Joseph Crookes Grimes, OBE | 1937 – 1938 | 1 | |
40 | Sir William Kay, Kt. (3rd time) | 1938 | 1 | |
41 | Elijah John Hart | 1938 – 1939 | 1 | |
42 | George Harold White | 1939 – 1940 | 1 | |
43 | Robert Griffith Edwards | 1940 – 1941 | 1 | |
44 | Wright Robinson | 1941 – 1942 | 1 | |
45 | John Septimus Hill | 1942 – 1943 | 1 | |
46 | Leonard Bramwell Cox | 1943 – 1944 | 1 | |
47 | William Philip Jackson | 1944 – 1945 | 1 | |
48 | Hugh Lee | 1945 – 1946 | 1 | |
49 | Thomas Henry Adams | 1946 – 1947 | 1 | |
50 | Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, DBE | 1947 – 1949 | 2 | |
51 | Robert Moss, | 1949 – 1950 | 1 | |
52 | Colonel Samuel Percy Dawson, CBE, MM, TD, DL | 1950 – 1951 | 1 | |
53 | William Collinson, OBE | 1951 – 1952 | 1 | |
54 | Douglas Gosling | 1952 – 1953 | 1 | |
55 | Abraham Moss | 1953 – 1954 | 1 | |
56 | Sir Richard Harper, Kt | 1954 – 1955 | 1 | |
57 | Tom Regan | 1955 – 1956 | 1 | |
58 | Harry Sharp | 1956 – 1957 | 1 | |
59 | Sir Lesle Lever MP | 1957 – 1958 | 1 | created Baron Lever in 1975.[6] |
60 | James Edward Fitzsimons | 1958 – 1959 | 1 | |
61 | Harold Quinney, DL | 1959 – 1960 | 1 | |
62 | Arthur Donovan | 1960 – 1961 | 1 | |
63 | Sir Lionel Biggs, Kt | 1961 – 1962 | 1 | |
64 | Sir Robert Thomas, Kt, DL | 1962 – 1963 | 1 | |
65 | Robert Carr Rogers, CBE | 1963 – 1964 | 1 | |
66 | Dr William Chadwick | 1964 – 1965 | 1 | |
67 | Bernard Sydney Langton, CBE | 1965 – 1966 | 1 | |
68 | Nellie Beer, OBE, DL | 1966 – 1967 | 1 | |
69 | Dame Elizabeth Yarwood, DBE, DL | 1967 – 1968 | 1 | |
70 | Harold Stockdale | 1968 – 1969 | 1 | |
71 | Neil Gowanloch Westbrook | 1969 – 1970 | 1 | |
72 | William Atkinson Downward, DL | 1970 – 1971 | 1 | |
73 | Douglas John Edwards | 1971 – 1972 | 1 | |
74 | Edward Grant | 1972 – 1973 | 1 | |
75 | Kenneth Collis | 1973 – 1974 | 1 | |
76 | F. J. Balcombe, JP | 1974 – 1975 | 1 | The first Lord Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough |
77 | Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw | 1975 – 1976 | 1 | |
78 | Kenneth Franklin | 1976 – 1977 | 1 | |
79 | Robert Crawford | 1977 – 1978 | 1 | |
80 | Trevor Thomas | 1978 – 1979 | 1 | |
81 | G.W.G. Fitzsimons | 1979 – 1980 | 1 | |
82 | Winnie Smith | 1980 – 1981 | 1 | |
83 | Hugh Lee | 1981 – 1982 | 1 | |
84 | Clifford Tomlinson | 1982 – 1983 | 1 | |
85 | Dr M. J. Taylor | 1983 – 1984 | 1 | |
86 | Harold Tucker | 1984 – 1985 | 1 | |
87 | Kenneth Strath | 1985 – 1986 | 1 | |
88 | Kathleen Robinson | 1986 – 1987 | 1 | |
89 | Eileen Kelly | 1987 – 1988 | 1 | |
90 | Patricia Conquest | 1988 – 1989 | 1 | |
91 | Yomi Mambu | 1989 – 1990 | 1 | |
92 | John Gilmore | 1990 – 1991 | 1 | |
93 | George Chadwick | 1991 – 1992 | 1 | |
94 | William Egerton | 1992 – 1993 | 1 | |
95 | William T Risby | 1993 – 1994 | 1 | |
96 | Sheila Smith | 1994 – 1995 | 1 | |
97 | Joyce Keller | 1995 – 1996 | 1 | |
98 | Derek Shaw | 1996 – 1997 | 1 | |
99 | Gerry Carroll | 1997 – 1998 | 1 | |
100 | Gordon Conquest | 1998 – 1999 | 1 | |
101 | Tony Burns | 1999 – 2000 | 1 |
21st century
No. | Lord Mayor | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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102 | Hugh Barrett | 2000 – 2001 | 1 | |
103 | John Smith | 2001 – 2002 | 1 | |
104 | Roy Walters, BEM, JP | 2002 – 2003 | 1 | |
105 | Audrey Jones, JP | 2003 – 2004 | 1 | |
106 | Tom O'Callaghan | 2004 – 2005 | 1 | |
107 | Mohammed Afzal Khan | 2005 – 2006 | 1 | |
108 | James Ashley | 2006 | 1 | Died in office.[7][8] |
109 | David Sandiford | 2006 – 2007 | 1 | |
110 | Glynn Evans | 2007 – 2008 | 1 | |
111 | Mavis Smitheman | 2008 – 2009 | 1 | |
112 | Alison Firth | 2009 – 2010 | 1 | [9] |
References
- ↑ Former Mayors of Manchester (1838-1892) Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed 3 December 2007.
- ↑ Former Lord Mayors of Manchester (1892-Present). URL accessed 3 December 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 thePeerage.com - Sir Thomas Potter. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 thePeerage.com - Sir John Potter. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page: Severn to Sligo Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (including Simon of Wythenshawe). URL accessed 14 December 2007.
- ↑ thePeerage.com - Sir Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
- ↑ Lord Mayor of Manchester has passed away. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
- ↑ Lord Mayor of Manchester dies. The Manchester Evening News, first published 14 August 2006.
- ↑ New Lord Mayor unites nations. URL accessed 27 November 2009.