List of Mayors of Paddington

This is a list of people who held the office of mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington. The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.


 * John Aird MP. Created a baronet, March 1901. 1900-1901
 * Sir John Aird MP 1901-1902 (second term)
 * Henry Andrade Harben 1902-1903
 * John Williams 1903-1904
 * William Urquhart 1904-1905
 * Herbert Lidiard 1905-1906
 * Herbert Lidiard 1906-1907 (second term)
 * Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie 1907-1908
 * H H Fuller 1908-1909
 * H H Fuller 1909-1910 (second term)
 * Herbert Lidiard 1910-1911 (third term)
 * William George Perring 1911-1912
 * Harry George Handover 1912-1913
 * Harry George Handover 1913-1914 (second term)
 * Harry George Handover 1914-1915 (third term)
 * Harry George Handover 1915-1916 (fourth term)
 * Harry George Handover 1916-1917 (fifth term)
 * Harry George Handover 1917-1918 (sixth term)
 * Harry George Handover 1918-1919 (seventh term)
 * Harry George Handover 1919-1920 (eighth term)
 * Harold Vaughan Kenyon 1920-1921
 * Harold Vaughan Kenyon 1921-1922 (second term)
 * Harold Vaughan Kenyon 1922-1923 (third term)
 * Harold Vaughan Kenyon 1923-1924 (fourth term)
 * C Stanley Crosse 1924-1925
 * Leonard T Snell 1925-1926
 * Leonard T Snell 1926-1927 (second term)
 * Alfred Instone 1927-1928
 * Leonard T Snell 1928-1929 (third term)
 * Leonard T Snell 1929-1930 (fourth term)
 * Leonard T Snell 1930-1931 (fifth term)
 * Sir Harry George Handover 1931-1932 (ninth term)
 * Sir Harry George Handover 1932-1933 (tenth term)
 * Sir Harry George Handover 1933-1934 (eleventh term)
 * Sir Harry George Handover 1934-1935 (twelfth term)
 * Harold Vaughan Kenyon 1935-1936 (fifth term)
 * Harold Vaughan Kenyon 1936-1937 (sixth term). Knighted 1937.
 * John Burgess Preston Karslake 1937-1938
 * Henry Halford Dawes 1938-1939
 * Henry Halford Dawes 1939-1940 (second term) (died 17 February 1940)
 * 1940 (February-November) John Burgess Preston Karslake (second term)
 * Frank Stanley Henwood 1940-1941
 * 1941-1942
 * 1942-1943
 * 1943-1944
 * 1944-1945
 * H B Hobsbaum 1945-1946
 * 1946-1947
 * James Eugene MacColl 1947-1948
 * James Eugene MacColl 1948-1949 (second term)
 * 1949-1950
 * 1950-1951 Norris Vaughan Kenyon
 * 1951-1952 Norris Vaughan Kenyon (second term)
 * 1952-1953
 * 1953-1954
 * 1954-1955 S H Crosse
 * 1955-1956 Catharine Rabagliati
 * 1956-1957 Catharine Rabagliati (second term)
 * 1957-1958 James Collins
 * 1958-1959 A N Carruthers
 * 1959-1960
 * 1960-1961
 * 1961-1962 Patrick Barry
 * 1962-1963
 * 1963-1964 James Collins (second term)
 * 1964-1965 J Gillett