List of mayors of Plymouth

This is a list of some notable mayors and all the later lord mayors of the city of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

Plymouth has elected a mayor annually since 1439. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent dated 6 May 1935. The dignity was granted as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of George V.J V Beckett, City Status in the British Isles, 1830-2002, Aldershot, 2005 When the city became a non-metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

Mayors of Plymouth

Year(s)Name1439-40William Kethriche1440-41Walter Clovelly1441-42William Pollard1442-43John Schepeley1443-45William Nycott1445-46John Schepeley1446-47John Facye1447-48John Carwynyk1448-49John Facye1449-50John Paige1450-52Stephen Chepeman1453-55Vincent Petelysden1455-56John Dernford1456-57Vincent Petelysden1457-58John Carwynyk1458-59Thomas Tregle1459-60William Yogge1460-61John Pollard1461-62William Yogge1462-63John Page1463-66John Rowland1466-67Richard Bovy1467-68William Yogge1468-69John Page1469-70John Rowland1470-71William Yogge1471-72William Page1472-73Richard Bovy1473-74Nicholas Heynscott1474-75William Page1475-77Nicholas Heynscott1477-78John Pollard1478-79Nicholas Heynscott1479-80William Rodgers1480-81Thomas Tregarthen1481-82Thomas Tresawell1482-83Nicholas Heynscott1483-84Thomas Greyson1484-85Pers Carswell1485-86Thomas Tresawell1486-87Thomas Greyson1487-88Nicholas Heynscott1488-89Peryn Earle1489-90Thomas Greyson1490-91Nicholas Heynscott1491-92John Paynter1492-94William Thykpeny1494-95Thomas Bygporte1495-96Thomas Nycoll1496-97William Rogers1497-98Thomas Tresawell1498-99John Paynter1499-1500John Ilcombe1528–29 James Horsewell1532–33 William Hawkins 1535–36 James Horsewell1538–39 William Hawkins 1542–43 James Horsewell1548–49 Richard Hooper 1564–65 Nicholas Slanning 1581–82 Sir Francis Drake1595–96 James Bagg 1601 William Parker 1603–04 Sir Richard Hawkins 1608–09 Thomas Sherwill 1617–18 Thomas Sherwill 1619 Thomas Fones (d.1638)Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.372 1626–27 Thomas Sherwill 1631–32 John Waddon Jnr 1633–34 Robert Trelawney Jnr 1642–43 Philip Francis1662–63 William Jennens1686–87 John Trelawny 1694–95 James Yonge 1722–23 Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet 1728-29 John Rogers1741–42 (part) Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet 1743-44 John Rogers1773-74 Sir F L Rogers1800–01 Philip Langmead1819 Richard ArthurCite archive record Plymouth Archive, The Box, 1/703/186, Letter to [Richard] Arthur esq, Mayor of Plymouth from Henry Too[ly] re descriptions of... 18191829–30 William F Wise, Capt R N 1838 Henry Richard Glynn 1887–90 Henry John Waring 1901–02 Joseph Arthur Bellamy 1902–03 H. Hurrell 1913–16 Thomas Baker 1917-19 Joseph Pearce Brown 1926–27 James John Hamlyn Moses

Lord Mayors of Plymouth

YearName1935 Hubert M Medland 1936 Walter R Littleton 1937 Solomon Stephens 1938 George S Scoble 1939–1944 Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor 1944 Henry George Mason1945 Isaac Foot 1946 W Harry Taylor 1947–1949 Heber James Perry 1949 Francis George Leatherby 1950 Jacquetta Marshall1951 Randolph H Baker 1952 Henry E Wright 1953 Sir James Clifford Tozer 1954 E W Perry 1955 Edwin Broad 1956 William James Oats 1957 Leslie Francis Paul 1958 George John Wingett 1959 Percy N Washbourn 1960 Frederick John Stott 1961 Arthur Goldberg 1962 Henry George Mason 1963 Harold M Pattinson 1964 Thomas H Watkins 1965 Percival D Pascho 1966 Thomas H L Stanbury 1967 Frank Chapman 1968 Ivor Clarence Lowe 1969 George E H Creber 1970 Eric Donald Nuttal 1971 Dorothy F Innes 1972 Jack Lester Luce 1973 John Clifford Porter 1974 (part) George E H Creber 1974 Frederick W Johnson 1975 William I Thompson 1976 Arthur R S Floyd 1977 Robert R Thornton 1978 William Evan Evans 1979 Graham Joseph Jinks 1980 Ronald George King 1981 Ralph Vernon Morrell 1982 Reginald C J Scott 1983 Derek Mitchell 1984 Peter Whitfeld 1985 John Leslie Mills 1986 William H C Glanville 1987 Anthony H Parish 1988 Gordon A Draper 1989 Dennis H Dicker 1990 John Finnigan 1991 Catherine E Easton 1992 Ronald Simmonds 1993 John Bird Richards 1994 Walter Thomas Ainsworth 1995 Peter Nelson Wood 1996 Sylvia Yvonne Bellamy 1997 Joan Iris Stopporton 1998 Eileen Ruby Evans 1999 Thomas E J Savery 2000 Dennis John Camp 2001 David Frank Viney 2002 Ian Peter Gordon 2003 David John Stark 2004 Bernard Claude Miller 2005 Patrick John Nicholson 2006 Michael Charles John Fletcher 2007 David John James 2008 Brian Vincent 2009 Kenneth James Foster 2010 Mary Elizabeth Aspinall 2011 Peter Brookshaw 2012 Michael Wright 2013 Vivien Anne Pengelly 2014 Michael Robert Fox2015 Dr John Mahony2016 Pauline Murphy 2017 Wendy Foster2018 Sam Davey2019 Richard Ball 2020 Chris Mavin 2021 Terri Beer 2022 Sue Dann 2023 Mark Shayer2024 Tina Tuohy2025 Kathy Watkin

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