This article is about mayors of the Borough of Richmond, Surrey, in the south-western suburbs of London, England. For a list of Mayors of Richmond, Virginia, see this Wikipedia article .
This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Richmond, Surrey. The office was created in 1890 when the town was granted a charter of incorporation and abolished in 1965 when the area became part of the larger London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
- Charter Mayor 1890: Sir Edward Hertslet CB
- 1890-91: John Whittaker Ellis
- 1891-92: Thomas Skewes-Cox[1]
- 1892-93: Charles Burt [2]
- 1893-94: James Weeks Szlumper (knighted 1894)
- 1894-95: Stephen Roberts
- 1895-96: Frederick Dalgarno Robinson
- 1896-97: George Richard Cundell MD
- 1897-98: Albert Chancellor [3]
- 1898-99: Clifford Blackburn Edgar
- 1899-1900: James Bracebridge Hilditch
- 1900-01: Sir James Weeks Szlumper (second term)
- 1901-02: Alfred Aldin
- 1902-03: Albert Chancellor (second term)
- 1903-04: Clifford Blackburn Edgar (second term)
- 1904-05: Sir James Weeks Szlumper (third term)
- 1905-06: William Sandover
- 1906-07: Isaac Dan McDougall [4]
- 1907-08: Thomas Walls Stephens
- 1908-09: William Thompson
- 1909-10: Richard William Simpson[5]
- 1910-11: Clifford Blackburn Edgar (third term)
- 1911-12: Richard William Simpson[5] (second term)
- 1912-13: Joseph John Bisgood[6]
- 1913-14: William John J Cook [7]
- 1914-15: Thomas Terry
- 1915-16: Dr Lewis Gibson Hunt
- 1916-17: Dr George Jordan Maguire 1870-1941
- 1917-18: Mallam Williams
- 1918-19: Dr Lewis Gibson Hunt (second term)
- 1919-20: Richard William Simpson[5] (third term)
- 1920-21: Professor Sidney Luxton Loney
- 1921-22: James Morrison
- 1922-23: Percy Estcourt Metzner [8]
- 1923-24: William Charles Robinson
- 1924-25: Arthur Howitt
- 1925-26: Albert Evan Bernays
- 1926-27: Joseph John Bisgood (second term) (died in office 10 February 1927)[9], Arthur Howitt (previously mayor in 1924-25) completed the term of office.
- 1927-28: William Charles Robinson (second term)
- 1928-29: Sydney William Gladwell [10]
- 1929-30: Frederick William Frost
- 1930-31: Norton Courlander [11]
- 1931-32: Joseph Theophilus Mears
- 1932-33: Alexander Reid[12]
- 1933-34: John Thomas Edwards [13]
- 1934-35: Calvert H E Smith[14]
- 1935-36: Percy Harry Goodwin[15]
- 1936-37: James William Maycock[16]
- 1937-38: Charles Eaton Mills[17]
- 1938-39: Valentine Wood (4 February 1878 - 6 February 1957) [18]
- 1939-40: Hyman Appleby Leon
- 1940-41: Mrs Doreen Whitewick Sinclair (wife of 1960-61 mayor) [19]
- 1941-42: W Robinson
- 1942-43: Ernest Albert Collings [20]
- 1943-44: Philip Vibert Mauger[21]
- 1944-45: William John W Westlake[22]
- 1945-46: Thomas Raymond Starr [23]
- 1946-47: Herman Courlander [24]
- 1947-49: Ernest Wesley Wilton 1 February 1891-1972
- 1949-50: Frederick George Gaines[25]
- 1950-51 Percy Henderson Keene[26]
- 1951-52 Harry Cooper
- 1952-53 JH Bedford
- 1953-54 Ald CJ Hartley
- 1954-55 CJ Hartley
- 1955-56 RCH Baker
- 1956-57 Alan Samuel Chandos Brock[27]
- 1957-58 Robert Arthur James Alcock[28] (Also Mayor of Richmond upon Thames 1976-1977).
- 1958-59 JH Harwood
- 1959-60 Hyman Appleby Leon
- 1960-61 Captain Robert Sinclair (husband of 1940-41 mayor)[29]
- 1961-62 Arthur Boniface Meadows[30]
- 1962-63 Mrs Annie Katherine B Wilmot [31]
- 1963-64 Harold Alfred Taylor[32]
- 1964-65 Albert Charles McDougall [33]
References[]
- ↑ 1849-1912, MP for Kingston 1895-1906
- ↑ Sir Charles Burt 1832-1913 Sir Charles Burt. Find A Grave.
- ↑ A Reputation 200 Years In The Making. The Chancellors Group Of Estate Agents Ltd.
- ↑ Died 1910 aged 72
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Born 1855 in Preston, Lancs. In Richmond by 1880s. Managing director of a printing works. Died 3 September 1941 in Richmond.
- ↑ Grace's Guide.
- ↑ Died 1935 aged 69
- ↑ 1855-1924 [1] and [2] Accountant
- ↑ "Notes on Current Events". Derby Daily Telegraph. 10 February 1927.
- ↑ Died 1939 aged 70
- ↑ Died 1936 aged 83 [3], painting [4]
- ↑ Brother of Dr Walter Reid, Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Geological Society "Aberdonian Mayor of Richmond". Aberdeen Journal. 12 October 1932.
- ↑ Retired dairyman
- ↑ Solicitor. Born 13 December 1885 in Madras, India. Died 1967 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
- ↑ Born 7 March 1887, died 11 September 1955. Listed as a solicitors' managing clerk and director of companies in the 1939 England and Wales Register. Photograph here
- ↑ Photographer and Chairman of the Richmond Trades & Labour Council. Twice stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party for election to parliament at Ealing at the 1929 and 1931 general elections.
- ↑ Solicitor, born 19 September 1883, died 1972.
- ↑ Jeweller and optician.
- ↑ Née Frost, born 1899, married 1931, died 2003. Image here
- ↑ Born 1 December 1887, died 1969. Described as a House Furnisher in the 1939 Register of England and Wales where it was also noted that he was a member of the Auxiliary fire Service.
- ↑ Born 2 March 1884 in Jersey, subsequently lived in Western Australia before moving to London in the 1920s. Described as the director of a company of Fresh Fruit Distributors and Importers in the 1939 Register of England and Wales.
- ↑ Born 1880 in Plymouth, son of a furnishing salesman. Became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in 1920. He was engineer and surveyor for Brentford Urban District Council, retiring in 1927 when that council was merged with Chiswick Urban District. He died on 26 June 1952 aged 71, in Worthing.
- ↑ 28 March 1899-1975. Given Freedom of the Borough 1965 [5]
- ↑ November 1893-1970 [6], [7], [8]
- ↑ Born 16 March 1895, died 1969.
- ↑ Born 13 October 1882, died 17 August 1953. Described as a Master Builder & Undertaker in the 1939 Register of England and Wales.
- ↑ Born in Willesden in 1907, son of a Metropolitan Asylums Board worker. Died in Westminster in 1968.
- ↑ Born 22 September 1915, died 15 December 1995. Director of Murfitt's Department Store, Hounslow. Married to daughter of Ernest Collings, mayor for 1942-43.
- ↑ Born 26 June 1899. Described as a Motor Engineer in the 1939 Register of England and Wales.
- ↑ Born 3 May 1887, died 9 June 1978. Described as a manager of an electricity supply undertaking in the 1939 Register of England and Wales , when he was living in Wembley. He raised £3,000 towards the cost of an old people's welfare centre during his mayoral year. Opened in November 1963, it was named Meadows Hall. (Municipal Journal, Volume 71, Part 4, p.3016)
- ↑ 16 January 1906-1975
- ↑ Born 27 May 1890. Railway signalman, attended the Labour Party National Conference in 1931.
- ↑ Died 1966 aged 69