List of mayors of Worcester
The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.
Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.[1]
List of Mayors of Worcester
- Notable previous mayors
- 1623: John Haselock
- 1631: Thomas Chettle
- 1633: John Nash
- 1646: Edward Elvines
- 1667: Thomas Street
- 1709: Richard Lane
- 1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) [2]
- 1819: Elias Isaac (banker) [2]
- 1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea and Perrins)
- 1859: Thomas Rowley Hill
- 1860: Joseph Wood [3]
- 1864: Alexander Clunes Sheriff
- 1887: Herbert Caldicott [4]
- 1892–93: Alfred Percy Allsopp
- 1894–95: Alfred Percy Allsopp
- 1897–98: Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins)
- 1902-03: Mr. C. J. Whitehead (Conservative)[5]
- 1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term)
- 1916–19: Arthur Carlton [6]
- 1922–23: Arthur Carlton [6]
- 1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941)
- 1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards [7]
- Recent mayors
Source[1]
- 1999–2000: Josephine Hodges
- 2000–01: Mary Drinkwater
- 2001–02: David Clark
- 2002–03: Robert Rowden
- 2003–04: Gareth Jones
- 2004–05: Allah Ditta
- 2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck
- 2006–07: Ian Imray
- 2007–08: Stephen Inman
- 2008–09: Lucy Hodgson
- 2009–10: Andy Roberts
- 2010–11: Mike Layland
- 2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt
- 2012–13: Roger Berry
- 2013–14: Pat Agar
- 2014–15: Alan Amos
- 2015–16: Roger Knight
- 2016–17: Paul Denham
- 2017–18: Steve Mackay
- 2018–19: Jabba Riaz
- 2019- : Allah Ditta
References
- ^ a b "About the Mayor". Worcester City Council. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ a b https://www.worcestergcc.co.uk/the-club/heritage/
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-joseph-wood-d-1887-mayor-of-worcester-1860-53441
- ^ https://caldicott.one-name.net/2017/09/17/herbert-caldicott-1843-1898-mayor-of-worcester/
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ a b "No. 32906". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1924. pp. 1262–1263.
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/harold-alfred-richards-mayor-of-worcester-1958-53464
External links
- List of Mayors 1621–1651 and 1750–1775
- A general history of Worcester, embellished with plates. p. 346. List of Mayors 1790–1817