Alphabetical list of Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works

See also List of Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works


 * John Abbott, Limehouse District 1880–1889
 * Borlase Hill Adams, St Giles District 1860–death, 29 April 1885
 * William Adams, Islington St Mary Vestry took seat 24 February 1888–1889
 * Captain Charles William Andrew, Lambeth Vestry took seat on 22 June 1888 in place of Francis Fowler, resigned 1889
 * William Andrews, Greenwich District 1885–1889
 * Charles Atkins, Lewisham District with Plumstead District 1855– resigned 24 April 1857
 * Frederick Baker, George St Pancras Vestry 1885–1889
 * Charles Stuart Barker, St Mary Newington Vestry 1869– resigned January 1873
 * Captain Edward Barnett, RN St Giles District 1855–1857
 * Joseph Bennett, St George Hanover Square Vestry 1858–1864
 * George Berry, St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1887–1889
 * [Thomas J Bevan junior]] Bethnal Green Vestry 1855–1879
 * Henry Bidgood, Westminster St James Vestry took seat 14 January 1856 resigned 26 January 1877
 * John Bonthron, Westminster St James Vestry 1886–1889
 * William Boutcher, St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry 1885–1888
 * Ambrose Boyson, St Mary Newington Vestry 1855–1860
 * John Edwin Bradfield, Islington St Mary Vestry 1882–died 16 October 1888
 * Dr. William Brewer MP, St George Hanover Square Vestry 1870–1873, took seat 18 January 1878 died 3 November 1881
 * Alfred Rhodes Bristow, Greenwich District took seat 7 January 1856 –1862
 * James Brooker, Lewisham District with Plumstead District elected May 1857–1870
 * George Brown( MBW), Fulham and Hammersmith, 1881–1886, Hammersmith Vestry 1886–1889
 * Thomas Brushfield, Whitechapel District nominated in place of Wallis 4 November 1864 died 8 October 1875
 * Henry Burslem, Paddington Vestry 1855–1860
 * Andrew Cameron, Wandsworth District 1885–1886, 1887-1889
 * William Carpmael, Wandsworth District 1855– died 9 July 1867
 * Charles Carr, St Luke Middlesex Vestry elected 11 October 1872-died in January 1881
 * Francis Chalmer, Chelsea Vestry 1855– resigned November 1858
 * William Clark, St George in the East Vestry 1865–died 19 December 1875
 * Frederick Clarke, Hackney District 1866-1867
 * General Sir William John St George Codrington, Hanover Square Vestry took seat following death of Westerton 17 May 1872. resigned 1877 and Brewer took seat 18 January 1878
 * Edward Collinson, Southwark St George the Martyr Vestry 1855–1857, 1862– resigned 1871; Redman took his seat.
 * Edward Rider Cook, Poplar District 1865–188 9
 * William Corrie, St Pancras Vestry 1855– resigned 1856
 * Frederick Cox, Hackney District 1885–resigned December 1888. Seat remained vacant until dissolution of board.
 * Philip Crellin, St George in the East Vestry 1855–1865
 * Alderman William Cubitt (politician), City of London took seat 17 October 1856-resigned 1860
 * Robert Stephens Cufflin, Islington St Mary Vestry took seat 10 December 1875 died 5 October 1878
 * Sir Edmund Hay Currie, St Luke Middlesex Vestry (1879) took seat of Storey 20 June 1879 and then resigned: Ingoldby took seat
 * Henry Cushen, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry 1887–1889
 * Thomas D’Iffanger junior, St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1855–died 1865
 * William Henry Dalton, St Martin in the Fields Vestry 1855– died June 1884
 * Lewis Davis, Woolwich Vestry 1855–1857
 * William Debenham, St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1882–1889
 * William Dennis, Islington St Mary Vestry 1855–1858
 * Edward Conduitt Dermer, St Mary Newington Vestry 1860–1864
 * Benjamin Dixon, Limehouse District 1855–1872
 * Henry Dodd, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry took seat of Jeremiah Long 5 February 1869-resigned 14 April 1872
 * Frederick Doulton, Lambeth Vestry 1855–1868
 * Beriah Drew, Bermondsey Vestry 1855– resigned 17 September 1858
 * Rev. Robert Eckett, St Pancras Vestry 1858–1862
 * George Edwards, St Luke Middlesex Vestry took seat of John Nicholay 19 December 1873–1889
 * Alan de Tatton Egerton, Hon. St George Hanover Square Vestry 1881–1889
 * Thomas Henry Elam, Westminster St James Vestry took his seat following Bidgood's resignation 26 January 1877. He resigned due to ill health in January 1886
 * Charles Henry Elt, Islington St Mary Vestry took seat 19 October 1866 died 19 May 1882
 * Benjamin Evans, St Mary Newington Vestry 1864–1869
 * Alfred Ewin, Bethnal Green Vestry took seat 14 November 1879–1889
 * Thomas W Fairclough, St George in the East Vestry took his seat 14 January 1876 following the death of Clark–1888
 * Thomas George Fardell, Paddington Vestry 1884–1889
 * William Halford Fell, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry 1875– resigned 23 October 1885
 * Charles Few, Strand District 1855–1857
 * Alderman James Figgins, City of London elected 20 November 1879. following resignation of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott resigned on becoming Lord Mayor 1881;
 * Alderman Thomas Quested Finnis, City of London elected 19 November 1863-resigned 1866
 * Lord Frederick John Fitzroy Fitzroy, St George Hanover Square Vestry took his seat 16 January 1880- resigned 1885, and Webster took his seat 19 June 1885
 * Alderman Sir Robert Norman Fowler, City of London elected 19 November 1885 following resignation of Staples –1886
 * Francis Hayman Fowler, Lambeth Vestry 1868–1888
 * Robert Freeman, St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry 1858-death 19 January 1887
 * Henry Samuel Friend, Islington St Mary Vestry 1888–1889
 * Frederick Charlwood Frye, St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry 1888–1889
 * Peter William Funnell, Lambeth Vestry 1885–1889
 * John Spencer Furlong, Islington St Mary Vestry 1887–1889
 * Robert Furniss, St Pancras Vestry elected 5 April 1871–1889
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Edward James Gardiner, St Giles District took seat 8 May 1888 following Hewitt's resignation –1889
 * William Burnham Garrett, City of London. elected by Common Council 26 July 1883-resigned 1888
 * Alderman Sills John Gibbons, following resignation of Stone, Gibbons City of London chosen by Common Council 11 June 1868–1871
 * Alderman Simeon Charles Hadley, City of London appointed 1881 on resignation of Figgins–1883
 * John Orde Hall, Holborn District elected 23 September 1857–1880
 * Thomas Henry Hall, City of London 1855– died 2 October 1856
 * Henry Took Harben, Hampstead Vestry took seat of Simeon Stone 29 October 1880–1889
 * Charles Harris, St Saviour's District took his seat 7 January 1856 died on 18 November 1886
 * Deputy Edward Harrison, City of London chosen by Common Council 23 July 1863. resigned 1863
 * William Hawkes, St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry 1855– retired 1858
 * Alexander Hawkins,. Southwark St George the Martyr Vestry 1887– resigned 19 October 1888 seat remained vacant until the dissolution of the board
 * Francis Healey, St Pancras Vestry 1862– died 6 December 1872
 * William Henry Hewitt, St Giles District took his seat 8 May 1885, resigned 1888
 * George Hill, (1881–1889) Lambeth Vestry
 * Colonel James Hogg, (St George Hanover Square Vestry 1867– November 1870 Hogg gave up his seat on being elected chairman
 * William Arnold Hadden Hows, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry 1855–1859, 1865– resigned 1871, Lawrence took seat
 * George Hudson, Woolwich Vestry 1857–1878
 * Colonel Edwin Hughes, MP Plumstead District 1886–1889
 * Edwin Hughes, Lewisham District with Plumstead District 1885–1886
 * Samuel Hughes, Westminster District 1859–1862
 * Alderman John Humphery, Rotherhithe Vestry with St Olave District 1857– died 28 September 1863
 * Henry Arthur St George Hunt, Hanover Square Vestry 1855– resigned 7 March 1856 on appointment to a government post
 * George Ilsley, Whitechapel District 1888–1889
 * Dr. Frederick Ingoldby, St Luke Middlesex Vestry took seat of 21 November 1879–1887
 * Alexander Lodwick Irvine, Camberwell Vestry 1855–1858
 * William Parry Jackson, Woolwich Vestry 1878–1881
 * George James, St Martin in the Fields Vestry took seat of William Dalton 20 July 1884–1889
 * John Robert Jolly, Woolwich Vestry 1881–1889
 * John Jones (watchmaker), Strand District 1879–1889
 * Robert Jones, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry 1876–1879, 1880 -1886
 * Benjamin Lucas Judkins, Rotherhithe Vestry with St Olave District 1863–1866
 * Mark Hayler Judge Paddington Vestry Judge took seat 22 June 1888 in place of Urquhart, –1889
 * Lieutenant Colonel John Pitt Kennedy, St Giles District 1857– resigned 27 April 1860
 * Edward Kingsbury, elected by Chelsea Vestry 13 May 1873 –1885
 * Simon Currie Knight, Poplar District, 1855–1861
 * William Henry Lammin, Fulham and Hammersmith 1862–1881, Fulham Vestry 1886–1887
 * Alfred Lawrence, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry took seat 19 May 1871–1875 following resignation of Hows
 * Edwin Lawrence, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry Lawrence took Turner’s seat 19 March 1886–1889
 * Alderman William Lawrence (London MP), City of London took his seat on 19 October 1860–1863
 * Philip Hemery Le Breton. Hampstead Vestry 1859–resigned 26 September 1879
 * Cyrus Legg Chosen by Bermondsey Vestry 28 September 1858-resigned 21 January 1881
 * John Lenanton, Poplar District 1885–1889
 * John Leslie, St George Hanover Square Vestry took seat 16 March 1856–1861, 1873– died in December 1879
 * William A Lindsay, St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry 1885–1889
 * James Richard Lloyd, Lewisham District with Plumstead District 1870–1885
 * Jeremiah Long, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry 1862– resigned 1869
 * Major William Lyon, St George Hanover Square Vestry 1855–1858, 1864–1867
 * George Manners, City of London. elected 12 July 1888–1889
 * Denis McDonnell, St. James & St. John Clerkenwell Vestry 1861–66
 * George Pitney Meaden, Wandsworth District 1867–1889
 * Andrew Middlemass,. Camberwell Vestry 1885– died January 1889 seat remained vacant until abolition of board on 21 March 1889
 * John Miller Taverner, Westminster District 1862-1868
 * William Misken, Rotherhithe Vestry with St Olave District 1855–1857
 * Theodore Moore, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry 1879–1880
 * Joseph Moreland,. St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1855– July 1875
 * Charles Mossop, Chelsea Vestry 1885–1889
 * Colonel Donald Munro, Whitechapel District took seat following death of Brushfield, 8 October 1875– died May 1888
 * Frederick Murray, Islington St Mary Vestry 1888 died April 1888
 * William Nathan, Limehouse District took his seat following Benjamin Dixon's resignation, 14 April 1872 -died January 1880
 * William Newton, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry 1862– died 9 March 1876
 * John Augustus Nicholay, St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1855– died 21 November 1873
 * George Offor, Hackney District 1855–1862
 * Edward Palmer, Southwark St George the Martyr Vestry 1857– died 23 April 1862
 * James Pascall (Clerkenwell), St. James & St. John Clerkenwell Vestry 1855–1861
 * George Peckett, Islington St Mary Vestry 1858–resigned in October 1866, died 30 November 1866
 * James Pew, Camberwell Vestry 1858–1868
 * Philip Pethick Perry, Fulham Vestry 1887–1889
 * George Phillips, Holborn District 1880–1889
 * John Samuel Phillips, Strand District 1857– died 4 January 1879
 * Alfred Pocock, Southwark St George the Martyr Vestry took Redman’s seat 18 June 1875 died 17 May 1887
 * George Arthur Poland, St Luke Middlesex Vestry took his seat on 21 January 1881 resigned on 29 September 1882
 * Samuel Price, Islington St Mary Vestry 1885– resigned 1888
 * Nathaniel Purdy, Battersea Vestry 1888-1889
 * Johnathon Rashleigh, St Pancras Vestry took seat 5 December 1856 –185
 * John Reddish, Islington St Mary Vestry took his seat 25 October 1878–1887
 * Alfred Redman, Southwark St George the Martyr Vestry took Collinson’s seat 21 April 1871; resigned 1875
 * Guildford Barker Richardson, Greenwich District 1862–1889
 * Thomas Francis Rider, St Saviour's District 1886–1889
 * Henry George Robinson, St George Hanover Square Vestry 1861–1864
 * William Robson, chosen by Clerkenwell Vestry 20 September 1883–1889
 * Charles Mills Roche, Paddington Vestry 1860–1881
 * Edward Dresser Rogers, Camberwell Vestry 1868–1889
 * George Rooke, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry took seat following Dodd's resignation, 14 April 1872-resigned 1 November 1878
 * John Runtz, Hackney District 1867–1889
 * Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda, Poplar District 1861–1865
 * James Ebenezer Saunders, City of London elected following resignation of Deputy Edward Harrison 1863–1885
 * John Savage, Islington St Mary Vestry 1855– died 1875
 * Robert Benton Seeley, Holborn District 1855–resigned September 1857
 * William Robbins Selway,. St Mary Newington Vestry took seat 24 January 1873–1889
 * Alexander Nesbitt Shaw, St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1865– died 1872
 * George Shaw, City of London1885–1889
 * Sir John Villiers Shelley MP, 1855- resigned 1 January 1856 before the first meeting of the board Westminster St James Vestry
 * Edward Shepherd, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry 1859–1865)
 * William Shepherd, # Bermondsey Vestry
 * Alderman Thomas Sidney, City of London 1874– resigned 1875
 * Richard Stevens Sly, St George in the East Vestry 1888–1889
 * William Ephraim Snow, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry 1855-1862
 * Alderman John Staples, City of London elected 30 October 1884 following resignation of Alderman Sir Charles Whetham resigned on becoming Lord Mayor 1885, 1886– died 16 January 1888
 * Valentine Stevens, Fulham and Hammersmith, 1855– died 30 November 1862
 * Simeon Stone Hampstead Vestry took seat of Le Breton 21 November 1879 resigned October 1880
 * Alderman David Henry Stone, City of London elected May 1866 following resignation of Thomas Quested Finnis; resigned 1868; 1871–1874 resigned on being elected Lord Mayor of London November 1874
 * Joseph Storey, St Luke Middlesex Vestry 1878– resigned June 1879
 * John Joseph Tanner, Hackney District 1862–1866
 * Henry Lowman Taylor, City of London. 1855–: died 7 July 1883
 * Robert Taylor, Lambeth Vestry 1855–19 October 1881
 * Silas Taylor, St Pancras Vestry 1863– died March 1871
 * Edward John Thompson, St. James & St. John Clerkenwell Vestry 1864– resigned 1883
 * John Thwaites was elected for St Saviour's District 1855 and also Greenwich District 1855–1856 . He resigned both seats on being elected chairman 22 December 1855
 * William Tite, MP Chelsea Vestry took his seat 26 November 1858, died 20 April 1873
 * John Tolhurst, Rotherhithe Vestry with St Olave District took seat of Turner 26 November 1875–1889
 * Alderman Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott, City of London elected 3 December 1875. following resignation of Alderman Thomas Sidney; resigned on becoming Lord Mayor November 1879, elected 16 February 1888 following death of Alderman Sir John Staples –1889
 * Thomas Turner, Hampstead Vestry (1855–1859)
 * Thomas Turner Rotherhithe Vestry with St Olave District 1866– resigned 1875), Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry died February 1886
 * (There were two persons of the same name)
 * William Urquhart, Paddington Vestry 1881– resigned 1884, 1885–1888
 * Colonel Howard Vincent MP, St George Hanover Square Vestry 1888–1889
 * Alfred J Walker,. St Luke Middlesex Vestry took seat of Joseph Morland 8 August 1875–1878
 * George Starkins Wallis, Whitechapel District 1855– died 10 October 1864
 * John Ware, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry 1855– resigned 5 December 1862
 * James Watkins, St Pancras Vestry 1873–1882
 * Jubal Webb, St Mary Abbott Kensington Vestry 1887–1889
 * Robert Grant Webster, St George Hanover Square Vestry took seat of Lord Frederick John Fitzroy 19 June 1885–1888
 * Benjamin Weir, Wandsworth District 1885–1889
 * Major Frederick Moore Wenborn, Shoreditch St Leonard Vestry took seat 3 November 1885–1889
 * Charles Westerton, St George Hanover Square Vestry 1864–1872
 * William James Wetenhall, St Pancras Vestry 1882–1889
 * Alderman Sir Charles Whetham, City of London 1884-resigned 17 October 1884
 * Thomas J White, Westminster District 1868–1889
 * Josiah Wilkinson, St Pancras Vestry 1855–1863
 * Theophilus William Williams, Lewisham District 1886–1889
 * Edward Wood, Wandsworth District 1886-1887
 * Francis John Wood, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town Vestry 1886–1887
 * Alexander Wright, Westminster District 1855–1859