Jump to content

List of mayors of Oxford: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
The earliest recorded '''[[Mayor]] of [[Oxford]]''' in [[England]] was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1205_1348/index.html |title=Mayors of Oxford in early medieval times 1205–1348 |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |date=9 August 2009 |work=Mayors of Oxford |publisher=Stephanie Jenkins |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref>
The earliest recorded '''[[Mayor]] of [[Oxford]]''' in [[England]] was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1205_1348/index.html |title=Mayors of Oxford in early medieval times 1205–1348 |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |date=9 August 2009 |work=Mayors of Oxford |publisher=Stephanie Jenkins |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref>
⚫
[[File:Oxford Lord Mayoralty Royal Proclamation.jpg|thumb|right|Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford.]]
⚫
Since 1962 there has been a [[Lord Mayor]] of Oxford.<ref name=LordMayors>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1962_today/index.html |title=Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford 1962–today |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |date=7 May 2011 |work=Mayors of Oxford |publisher=Stephanie Jenkins |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref> Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include [[J. N. L. Baker]] (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal [[William Foster MacNeece Foster]] (1966–67) and [[Olive Gibbs]] (1974–75 and 1981–82).<ref name=LordMayors/>


⚫
[[File:Oxford Lord Mayoralty Royal Proclamation.jpg|thumb|right|Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford.]]
The Lord Mayor for 2012–13 is Alan Armitage of the [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decCD/Lord_Mayor_of_Oxford_occw.htm
⚫
In 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a [[Lord Mayor]].<ref name=LordMayors>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1962_today/index.html |title=Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford 1962–today |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |date=7 May 2011 |work=Mayors of Oxford |publisher=Stephanie Jenkins |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref> Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include [[J. N. L. Baker]] (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal [[William Foster MacNeece Foster]] (1966–67) and [[Olive Gibbs]] (1974–75 and 1981–82).<ref name=LordMayors/>
| title=Lord Mayor of Oxford | work=Oxford City Council |publisher=Oxford City Council |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref>


==List of Lord Mayors==
==List of Lord Mayors==


* 1962/1963: Evan Owen Roberts
* 1962/1963: Evan Owen Roberts (first Lord Mayor}
* 1963/1964: Alec Percival Parker
* 1963/1964: Alec Percival Parker
* 1964/1965: [[J. N. L. Baker|John Leonard Norman Baker]] (University Councillor)
* 1964/1965: [[J. N. L. Baker|John Leonard Norman Baker]] (University Councillor)
Line 16: Line 14:
* 1968/1969: Peter Spencer Spokes
* 1968/1969: Peter Spencer Spokes
* 1969/1970: Percy Dudley Bromley
* 1969/1970: Percy Dudley Bromley
* 1970/1971: Michael Maclagan (University Councillor)
* 1970/1971: [[Michael Maclagan]] (University Councillor)
* 1971/1972: Thomas James Meadows
* 1971/1972: Thomas James Meadows
* 1972/1973: Arthur Bernard Connors
* 1972/1973: Arthur Bernard Connors
Line 31: Line 29:
* 1983/1984: Mrs Janet Gillespie Todd
* 1983/1984: Mrs Janet Gillespie Todd
* 1984/1985: Frank Arnold Garside
* 1984/1985: Frank Arnold Garside
* 1985/1986: Roger Alan Dudman
* 1985/1986: [[Roger Dudman|Roger Alan Dudman]]
* 1986/1987: John George William Parker
* 1986/1987: John George William Parker
* 1987/1988: Mrs Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford (in place of her husband Bert who died on 19 May 1987 when Lord Mayor Elect)
* 1987/1988: Mrs Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford (in place of her husband Bert who died on 19 May 1987 when Lord Mayor Elect)

Revision as of 14:19, 24 January 2014

The earliest recorded Mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).[1]

Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford.

In 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor.[2] Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs (1974–75 and 1981–82).[2]

List of Lord Mayors

  • 1962/1963: Evan Owen Roberts (first Lord Mayor}
  • 1963/1964: Alec Percival Parker
  • 1964/1965: John Leonard Norman Baker (University Councillor)
  • 1965/1966: Mrs Florence Kathleen Lower
  • 1966/1967: William Foster MacNeece Foster (Air Vice-Marshal)
  • 1967/1968: Francis (Frank) Vincent Pickstock
  • 1968/1969: Peter Spencer Spokes
  • 1969/1970: Percy Dudley Bromley
  • 1970/1971: Michael Maclagan (University Councillor)
  • 1971/1972: Thomas James Meadows
  • 1972/1973: Arthur Bernard Connors
  • 1973/1974: Frederick George Ingram
  • 1974/1975: Mrs Olive Frances Gibbs
  • 1975/1976: William George Robert Fagg
  • 1976/1977: Miss Ann Hazel Spokes, later Mrs Ann Spokes Symonds
  • 1977/1978: Mrs Dora Minnie Carr
  • 1978/1979: William Eaton Simpson
  • 1979/1980: John Arundell Hamilton
  • 1980/1981: Gordon Woodward
  • 1981/1982: Henry Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo died in office December 1981 and replaced by Mrs Olive Frances Gibbs
  • 1982/1983: Anthony William Williamson
  • 1983/1984: Mrs Janet Gillespie Todd
  • 1984/1985: Frank Arnold Garside
  • 1985/1986: Roger Alan Dudman
  • 1986/1987: John George William Parker
  • 1987/1988: Mrs Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford (in place of her husband Bert who died on 19 May 1987 when Lord Mayor Elect)
  • 1988/1989: Nellie Dorothy (“Queenie”) Whorley (later Mrs Comfort)
  • 1989/1990: Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley
  • 1990/1991: Mrs Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton
  • 1991/1992: Alan David Pope
  • 1992/1993: Mrs Barbara May Gatehouse
  • 1993/1994: John Gordon Power
  • 1994/1995: William Walker Buckingham
  • 1995/1996: Joseph Charles Blewitt
  • 1996/1997: Beryl Ivy Keen
  • 1997/1998: William John Baker
  • 1998/1999: Carol Roberts
  • 1999/2000: Mrs Valerie Smith
  • 2000/2001: Mrs Maureen Christian
  • 2001/2002: Peter Moss
  • 2002/2003: Mrs Gillian Ann Sanders
  • 2003/2004: Patrick Stannard
  • 2004/2005: Bryan Keen
  • 2005/2006: Robert John Price
  • 2006/2007: Jim Campbell
  • 2007/2008: John Tanner
  • 2008/2009: Susanna Pressel
  • 2009/2010: Mary Clarkson
  • 2010/2011: John Goddard
  • 2011/2012: Elise Benjamin
  • 2012/2013: Alan Armitage resigned 4 March 2012 and replaced 13 March 2013 by Mohammed Abbasi
  • 2013/2014: Dee Sinclair

References

  1. ^ Jenkins, Stephanie (9 August 2009). "Mayors of Oxford in early medieval times 1205–1348". Mayors of Oxford. Stephanie Jenkins. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Jenkins, Stephanie (7 May 2011). "Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford 1962–today". Mayors of Oxford. Stephanie Jenkins. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Stub icon

This government-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This England-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mayors_of_Oxford&oldid=592176077"