List of mayors of Chesterfield
The office of Mayor of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, has existed since 1598 when Queen Elizabeth issued a charter to the town, granting the town the right to have a mayor. The first holder of this position was Ralph Clarke. This charter is on display in the Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery.[1]
Prior to 1933 when the Local Government Act 1933 came into effect, any local citizen could hold the position, following this act only elected councillors could become mayor.[2]
In 1974, a new charter issued by Queen Elizabeth II was granted when Staveley and Brimington where added to the borough to form the Chesterfield Borough Council.
Office-holders[edit]
Reference[3]
- 1598 Ralph Clarke[4]
- 1599 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1600–1601 Thomas Rayneshaw
- 1602–1605 Thomas Heathcote
- 1606 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1607 Thomas Woodward
- 1608–1609 Martin Bretland
- 1610 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1611 Nicholas Webster
- 1612–1613 Ralph Wheeldon
- 1614–1617 William Boot
- 1618 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1619 Ralph Wheeldon
- 1620–1621 Godfrey Webster
- 1622 William Boot
- 1623 Richard Taylor
- 1624–1625 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1626 Richard Milnes
- 1627 Reynold Bretland
- 1628 George Dickons
- 1629 Ralph Clarke
- 1630 Richard Taylor
- 1631 Thomas Forth
- 1632 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1633 William Clarke
- 1634 Reynold Bretland
- 1635 Ralph Clarke
- 1636-7 Richard Taylor
- 1638 William Newton
- 1639–1644 George Dickons
- 1645 Reynold Bretland
- 1646 Thomas Forth
- 1647 Thomas Bretland
- 1648 Ralph Clarke
- 1649 Richard Wood
- 1650 William Newton
- 1651 Samuel Taylor
- 1652 Reynold Bretland
- 1653 Thomas Forth
- 1654 Hercules Clay
- 1655 Ralph Clarke
- 1656 Richard Wood
- 1657 Gabriel Wain, Captain
- 1658 William Newton
- 1659 Thomas Forth
- 1660 Thomas Needham
- 1661 Hercules Clay, removed 25 September 1662 and John Allwood installed
- 1662 John Allwood
- 1663 Richard Marchant
- 1664 James Milnes
- 1665 Thomas Pinder
- 1666 Anthony Legate
- 1667 Richard Marchant
- 1668 John Woodward
- 1669 James Milnes
- 1670 Richard Clarke
- 1671 Thomas Bretland
- 1672 Peter Dowker
- 1673 Richard Youle
- 1674 Richard Marchant
- 1675 John Woodward
- 1676 James Milnes
- 1677 Richard Clarke
- 1678 Peter Dowker
- 1679 Richard Coupe
- 1680 Richard Youle
- 1681 Richard Marchant
- 1682 John Woodward
- 1683 Thomas Dowker
- 1684 Robert Stringfellow
- 1685 Peter Dowker
- 1686 Richard Coupe
- 1687 Richard Youle
- 1688 Francis Houldsworth
- 1689 John Woodward
- 1690 Thomas Dowker
- 1691 Francis Moore
- 1692 John Ashe
- 1693 Roger Coates
- 1694 John Milnes
- 1695 David Seale
- 1696 Richard Youle
- 1697 Thomas Webster
- 1698 Francis Moore
- 1699 John Revell
- 1700 John Ashe
- 1701 Jacob Breilsford
- 1702 Thomas Bower
- 1703 Richard Wood
- 1704 David Seale
- 1705 Francis Moore
- 1706 John Revell
- 1707 John Bright
- 1708 Jacob Breilsford
- 1709 Thomas Bower
- 1710 Richard Wood
- 1711 David Seale
- 1712 William Woodhouse
- 1713 John Revell
- 1714 John Bright
- 1715 William Clarke
- 1716 Christophe Pegge
- 1717 Jacob Breilsford
- 1718 William Sharshaw
- 1719 Job Bradley
- 1720 John Revell
- 1721 John Bright
- 1722 William Clarke
- 1723 Christopher Pegge (died in January 1724 before completing term)[5]
- 1724 John Revell
- 1724 Samuel Inman
- 1725 Job Bradley
- 1726 John Bright
- 1727 Thomas Bower
- 1728 John Revell
- 1729 William Clark
- 1730 Samuel Inman
- 1731 Job Bradley
- 1732 John Bright
- 1733 Francis Bagshaw
- 1734 Richard Milnes
- 1735 William Clark
- 1736 Samuel Inman
- 1737 John Burton
- 1738 Job Bradley
- 1739 Francis Bagshaw
- 1740 Joshua Jebb
- 1741 Bernard Lucas
- 1742 Job Bradley
- 1743 William Clark
- 1744 Job Bradley
- 1745 Francis Bagshaw
- 1746 John Fidler
- 1747 Robert Watts
- 1748 Joshua Jebb
- 1749 William Saunders
- 1750 Henry Thornhill
- 1751 John Fidler
- 1752 Robert Watts
- 1753 Joshua Jebb
- 1754 William Saunders
- 1755 Henry Thornhill
- 1756 John Fidler
- 1757 Joshua Jebb
- 1758 William Saunders
- 1759 Henry Thornhill
- 1760 Joshua Jebb
- 1761 Nicholas Twigg
- 1762 Thomas Clark
- 1763 Godfrey Webster
- 1764 Joshua Jebb
- 1765 Nicholas Twigg
- 1766 Thomas Clark
- 1767 Samuel Towndrow
- 1768 Charles Staniforth
- 1769 Samuel Jebb
- 1770 Joshua Jebb
- 1771 No Mayor elected; Writ of Mandamus issued 8 July 1772 to compel election; Nicholas Twigg elected 15 July.
- 1772 Robert Jennings
- 1773 William Barker
- 1774 Samuel Towndrow
- 1775 John Willot
- 1776 Thomas Short
- 1777 Robert Jennings
- 1778 Samuel Towndrow
- 1779 John Elam
- 1780 Thomas Short
- 1781 Robert Marsden
- 1782 John Elam
- 1783 John Bale
- 1784 John Elam
- 1785 Thomas Dutton
- 1786 John Bale
- 1787 Thomas Dutton
- 1788 Mark Hewitt
- 1789 John Bale
- 1790 Thomas Dutton
- 1791 Job Bradley
- 1792 Thomas Dutton
- 1793 John Elam
- 1794 Job Bradley
- 1795 John Elam
- 1796 John Bower
- 1797 Thomas Dutton
- 1798 John Bower
- 1799 John Saxton
- 1800 Thomas Dutton
- 1801 John Bower
- 1802 Thomas Dutton
- 1803 John Bower
- 1804 John Elam
- 1805 Thomas Dutton
- 1806 John Bower
- 1807 John Elam
- 1808 Thomas Dutton
- 1809 John Bower
- 1810 George Fletcher
- 1811 John Elam
- 1812 Thomas Dutton
- 1813 John Bower
- 1814 John Elam
- 1815 Joseph Graham
- 1816 John Muggleston
- 1817 John Elam
- 1818 Samuel Dutton
- 1819 Joseph Graham
- 1820 Samuel Dutton
- 1821 John Elam
- 1822 John Muggleston
- 1823 Gilbert Crompton
- 1824 Samuel Dutton
- 1825 John Elam
- 1826 George Fletcher
- 1827 John Muggleston
- 1828 Thomas Wilcockson
- 1829 William Battison
- 1830 Samuel Dutton
- 1831 John Muggleston
- 1832 William Battison
- 1833 Samuel Dutton
- 1834 Thomas Wilcockson
- 1835 Thomas Wilcockson to November, then Gilbert Crompton
- 1836 John Charge
- 1837 Gilbert Crompton
- 1838 Samuel Dutton
- 1839 Edmund Gilling Maynard
- 1840 Robert Daniel
- 1841 Gilbert Crompton
- 1842 Samuel Dutton
- 1843 Thomas Clark
- 1844 John Gregory Cottingham[6]
- 1845 Samuel Dutton
- 1846 Edmund Gilling Maynard
- 1847 John Gilbert Crompton
- 1848 John Gregory Cottingham
- 1849 John Walker
- 1850 Godfrey Heathcote
- 1851 Edmund Gilling Maynard
- 1852 John Walker
- 1853-4 William Drabble
- 1855 William Hewitt
- 1856 William Drabble
- 1857 William Hewitt
- 1858 Charles Stanhope Burke Busby
- 1859–1860 Joseph Shipton
- 1861 William Drabble
- 1862 Thomas Jones
- 1863 Cornelius Black
- 1864 James Ball White
- 1865 James Wright
- 1866–1867 Charles Stanhope Burke Busby
- 1868 James Ball White
- 1869–1870 James Wright
- 1871–1872 John Marsden
- 1873 Thomas Philpot Wood
- 1874 George Albert Rooth
- 1875 James Wright & George Albert Rooth
- 1876 John Marsden
- 1877 John Drabble
- 1878 Theophilus Pearson
- 1879–1880 John Brown
- 1881 John Brown to May, then John Higginbottom
- 1882 John Higginbottom
- 1883–1884 George Edward Gee
- 1885–1886 Thomas Philpot Wood
- 1887 George Booth
- 1888 Bowery Douglas
- 1889 Edward Woodhead
- 1890–1892 John Morton Clayton
- 1893–1894 William Bradbury Robinson
- 1895 Adam Clarke Locke
- 1896 Charles Paxton Markham
- 1897 James Pearson
- 1898 Bowery Douglas
- 1899–1901 William Spooner
- 1902 Charles Portland Robinson[7]
- 1903 James Pearson
- 1904 Arthur Ernest Hopkins
- 1905–1907 George Albert Eastwood
- 1908 Samuel Edward Short
- 1909–1910 Charles Paxton Markham
- 1911 Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
- 1912 William Bradbury Robinson
- 1913–1918 Ernest Shentall
- 1919–1920 Wilfred Hawksley Edmunds
- 1921 William Rhodes
- 1922 George Clark
- 1923–1924 William Edmund Wakerley
- 1925–1926 Harry Cropper
- 1927 Violet Rosa Markham
- 1928 Philip Moffat Robinson
- 1929–1930 Herbert Jowett Watson
- 1931 Thomas Dennis Sims
- 1932 Arthur Whiteley Swale
- 1933 Robert Anderson McCrea
- 1934 Harry Varley
- 1935 Harry Pearson Short
- 1936 George Frank Kirk
- 1937 Harry Hatton
- 1938 Samuel Thomas Rodgers
- 1939 James William Thompson
- 1940 Walter Wicks
- 1941 Sydney Ashton Syddall
- 1942 William Baines
- 1943 Edgar Thomas Styler
- 1944 William Edwin Taylor
- 1945 Thomas Joseph Mitchell
- 1946 Florence Robinson
- 1947–1948 Edgar Smith
- 1949 John Eaton Bird
- 1950 William Porter
- 1951 George William Heathcote
- 1952 Frank Hadfield
- 1953 Edwin Swale
- 1954 Leonard Wilkinson
- 1955 Henry Charles Day
- 1956 William Weston
- 1957 Hiram Tagg
- 1958 Levi Heath
- 1959 John Leslie Hadfield
- 1960 Harold Charles Mullett
- 1961 Harry Cantrell Martin
- 1962 Ernest Bradbury Robinson
- 1963 James Anderson
- 1964 Edward Cyril Hancock
- 1965 Tom Bucknall
- 1966 Annie Collishaw
- 1967 George Albert Wigfield
- 1968 George Henry Rees
- 1969 Victor Stuart Allen
- 1970 Elizabeth Mary Turner
- 1971 Basil Crosbie Willett
- 1972 John Ford
- 1973 Lois Tideswell
- 1974 Harold Barber Fisher
- 1975 John Wickins
- 1976 Walter Everett
- 1977 William Gorman
- 1978 Patrick Edward Kelly
- 1979 Margaret Wyper Anderson
- 1980 Stanley Meakin
- 1981 Cissie Sargeant
- 1982 Donald Arthur Wain
- 1983 Ronald Jepson
- 1984 Michael Gabriel Caulfield
- 1985 Thomas Edmund Whyatt
- 1986 William Smith
- 1987 Edwin Harold Barker
- 1988 John Smith
- 1989 Leslie McCulloch
- 1990 Arthur Webber
- 1991 William Jepson
- 1992 Terence Kendellen
- 1993 George Arthur Wright
- 1994 Richard Albert Matthews
- 1995 David Stone
- 1996 Geoffrey Waddoups
- 1997 Margaret Ann Higgins
- 1998 Michael Lancelot Fanshawe
- 1999 Terence Frank Gilby
- 2000 Michael Leverton
- 2001 James McManus
- 2002 Paul Najid Al Rahman Barry
- 2003 June Isabel Beckingham
- 2004 Asad Shafi Qazi
- 2005 Keith Falconer
- 2006 Trudi Mulcaster
- 2007 Christine Ludlow
- 2008 Fred Quayle
- 2009 Adrian Kitch
- 2010 Keith P Morgan
- 2011 Peter I Barr
- 2012 Donald Parsons
- 2013 Paul Christopher Stone
- 2014 Alexis Saliou Diouf
- 2015 Barry Bingham
- 2016 Steve Brunt
- 2017 Maureen Davenport
- 2018 Stuart Brittain
- 2019 Gordon Simmons
- 2020 Glenys Falconer
- 2021 Glenys Falconer
- 2022 Tony Rogers
- 2023 Mick Brady
References[edit]
- ^ "Chesterfield Borough Council – History". chesterfield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Chesterfield Borough Council – Mayor and mayoress". chesterfield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ V. Morley (24 May 2017). "Mayors of Chesterfield (Appendix 20)" (PDF). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Bestall, J.M. (1984). History of Chesterfield: pt. 1. Tudor and Stuart Chesterfield. History of Chesterfield. Borough of Chesterfield. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9500459-9-3. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Riden, P.; Blair, J.; Chesterfield (England). Borough Council (1980). History of Chesterfield: Records of the Borough of Chesterfield and related documents 1204–1835. Chesterfield Borough Council. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-9500459-8-6. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
The newspaper article already referred to provides additional information about a few of the mayors. ... to the removal of Hercules Clay and the installation of John Allwood; to Christopher Pegge's death in office in January 1724; and to the writ ...
- ^ Yeatman, J.P.; Sitwell, G.R.; Liverpool, C.G.S.F.E. (1889). The Feudal History of the County of Derby; (chiefly During the 11th, 12th, and 13th Centuries). The Feudal History of the County of Derby. Bemrose. p. 160. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.