List of Chairmen of Romford Urban District Council

This is a list of chairmen of Romford Urban District Council, Essex. The office was created when the urban district came into being on 1 January 1895 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1894.


 * 1895-1900: Thomas Bird
 * 1900-03: James Everett Dowsing
 * 1903-04: William Poole
 * 1904-05: John James Craig
 * 1905-07: Joseph Smith
 * 1907-10: John Bassett
 * 1910-13: John Richard Holliday
 * 1913-14: Charles Kirkpatrick
 * 1914-16: Edward Winmill
 * 1916-21: George James Rich
 * 1921-22: Thomas England
 * 1922-23: Arthur H. Dexter
 * 1923-24: Stephen Philpot
 * 1924-25: Thomas Henry Cooper
 * 1925-26: Leonard Noel Rudkin
 * 1926-27: Herbert Walter Hole
 * 1927-28: Arthur Wilmott Gray
 * 1928-29: Charles Henry Allen
 * 1929-30: William Reeve
 * 1930-31: John James Crowe
 * 1931-32: John Basil Poel
 * 1932-33: William Thomas Boston
 * 1933: Harold John Waterson
 * 1933-35: Richard Albert Forge
 * 1935-36: William Morgan Goldsmith
 * 1936-37: Charles Henry Allen
 * 1937-Nov: Charles Henry Allen (appointed Charter Mayor)

Romford received a charter of incorporation in 1937, and became a municipal borough, with a mayor replacing the office of chairman. See List of Mayors of Romford.