Mayor of Peterborough

The English city of Peterborough has had a mayor since 1847.Victoria County History of Northampton, Volume 7 pages 217. Constable, London (1906).

Current role As well as officiating at ceremonies, and representing the city, the mayor is the impartial chairman of the council.https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/council/the-mayor/about-the-mayor

List of mayors since 1847 1874–1876 Henry Pearson Gates, JPThe Solicitor's Journal, 20 November 1875, page 52, col 1 Gates represented himself, in his capacity as mayor against the crown in R. v Mayor of Peterborough, heard before Blackburn J.The Weekly Reporter, Vol 23, p344-5, 6 March 1875 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. 1877 Andrew Percival 1878 William Paley MD, JP 1879 and 80 John Core 1881 and 82 John Thompson JP 1883 John Whitwell 1884 William Barford JP 1885 Edward Vergette 1886 William Daniel Nichols JP 1887 Henry Pearson Gates 1888 and 89 Thomas Lawrence Barrett JP 1890 William Beaver JP 1891 and 92 John Henry Beeby JP 1893 Joseph Clifton 1894 William Daniel Nichols JP 1895 Daniel Henry Redhead JP 1896 and 97 John Thompson JP 1898 Joseph Hunting JP 1899 William Beaver JP 1900 John Thomas Miller JP 1901 G C Wentworth-Fitzwilliam DL JP 1902 and 03 George Keeble JP 1904 William Daniel Nichols JP 1905 Daniel Henry Redhead JP 1906 Thomas C Lamplugh JP 1907 Joseph Batten 1908 Thomas Ivatt Slater JP 1909 John Betts Tebbutt 1910 William Cliffe JP 1911 Charles Edward Crawley 1912 Thomas C Lamplugh JP 1913 John Golby Barford JP 1914 Richard Winfrey JP 1915 John William Williamson JP 1916–1918 George Nicholls OBE, JP 1919 Charles Tomson Vergette 1920 Walter Riseley 1921 Frank Edwin Hunting 1922 Thomas Crosby Lamplugh JP 1923 and 24 Charles Day 1925 Charles Leonard Fletcher 1926 and 27 John Thomas Fisher JP 1928 Thomas Ivatt Slater JP 1929 Arthur John Edward Craig JP 1930 George Samuel Palmer JP 1931 Matthew Hooke 1932 John Mansfield JP 1933 William Oliver Snowden 1934 Arthur Edwin Fletcher 1935 Arthur Itter MA, B Com 1935 and 36 Arthur Holdich Mellows DL, MA, TD 1937 George Clavering Hall JP 1938 Richard Charles Howard 1939 and 40 Lily Violet Bryant 1941 James Alfred Bartram 1942 and 43 Harry Johnson Farrow 1944 Harry Wilfred Kelley JP 1945 Joseph Algernon Farrow 1946 Albert William Viney MBE 1947 John Edward Swain JP 1948–May 1949 Edward Victor Martin 1949–1950 John Richard Hall JP 1950–1951 Harry Ray Horrell 1951–1952 George Rowell Chamberlain 1952–1953 Mabel Wood JP 1953–1954 Arthur Lister Robinson MBE 1954–1955 Reginald William North 1955–1956 Lady (Gladys Mary) Benstead JP 1956–1957 John Walter Setchfield 1957–1958 George Alfred Smith 1958–1959 Royce William Westcombe MBE, JP 1959–1960 Maud Swift 1960–1961 John Azor Savage 1961–1962 Charles William Swift 1962–1963 George Walter Govey 1963–1964 Carl Ernest Hall 1964–1965 Ernest George Edward Bradley 1965–1966 Gordon Tyers 1966–1967 Alfred William Clements MM 1967–1968 Frank Leonard Mackman 1968–1969 Arthur William Leno Adams 1969–1970 George Alfred Forster 1970–1971 Edward Aaron Hall 1971–1972 Dennis William Bracey ChM, FRCS 1972–1973 Roy Topley 1973–1974 Harold Raymond Wentworth Laxton MA 1974–1975 Jack Farrell 1975–1976 William Richard Cashmore 1976–1977 Edward Ernest Titman 1977–1978 Jean Barker 1978–1979 Ben Franklin 1979–1980 Murdoch McKenzie Charteris MBE, AE 1980–1981 Audrey Chalmers 1981–1982 Thomas Arthur Gray 1982 Alfred Richard Shelford ACII, FRSA (died November 1982) 1983 Edward John James (to May 1983) 1983–1984 Kenneth Aubrey Winfield-Chislett 1984–1985 Raymond Palmer JP 1985–1986 Robert Edmund Burke 1986–1987 Joseph Ernest Hall 1987–1988 Rex Eady Perkins JP 1988–1989 Constance Margaret Gray 1989–1990 Derek John Hedges BA, FSCA 1990–1991 Alfred Arthur Sapey 1991–1992 Geoffrey Ronald Ridgway BSc CEng 1992–1993 Leslie Allan Rimes 1993–1994 Kathleen Coppen 1994–1995 Roberta Glenys Ewart Day 1995–1996 John Frederick White Holdich OBE 1996–1997 Mohammed Ayoub Choudhary 1997–1998 Yvonne Lowndes 1998–1999 Mary Beatrice Rainey B.Ed (Hons) 1999–2000 John Ernest Graham Bartlett 2000–2002 Raymond Arthur Pobgee MBE DL 2002–2003 Clifford Stanley Horace Sneesby 2003–2004 David Raines 2004–2005 Raja Akhtar 2005 John Ray Horrell CBE (died December 2005) 2006 David Thorpe (to May 2006) 2006–2007 Michael Burton OBE FRIN 2007–2008 Marion Todd 2008–2009 Patricia Nash MBE 2009–2010 Irene Walsh 2010–2011 Keith Sharp 2011–2012 Paula Thacker MBE 2012–2013 George Simons 2013–2014 June Stokes 2014–2015 David Over 2015–2016 John Peach 2016–2017 David Sanders 2017–2018 John Fox 2018–2019 Christopher Ash 2019–2021 Gul Nawaz 2021–2022 Stephen Lane 2022–2023 Alan Dowson 2023–2024 Nick Sandford

See also Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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