As well as officiating at ceremonies, and representing the city, the mayor is the impartial chairman of the council.[1]
List of mayors since 1847
1874–1876 Henry Pearson Gates, JP[2] Gates represented himself, in his capacity as mayor against the crown in R. v Mayor of Peterborough, heard before Blackburn J.[3] The hearing was for a
writ of mandamus relating to a procedural matter in a ratepayers meeting to fund corporation (council) opposition to the parliamentary
Peterborough Water Bill.[3]
1877 Andrew Percival
1878 William Paley MD, JP
1879 and 80 John Core
1881 and 82 John Thompson JP
1883 John Whitwell
1884 William Barford JP
1885 Edward Vergette
1886 William Daniel Nichols JP
1887 Henry Pearson Gates
1888 and 89 Thomas Lawrence Barrett JP
1890 William Beaver JP
1891 and 92 John Henry Beeby JP
1893 Joseph Clifton
1894 William Daniel Nichols JP
1895 Daniel Henry Redhead JP
1896 and 97 John Thompson JP
1898 Joseph Hunting JP
1899 William Beaver JP
1900 John Thomas Miller JP
1901 G C Wentworth-Fitzwilliam DL JP
1902 and 03 George Keeble JP
1904 William Daniel Nichols JP
1905 Daniel Henry Redhead JP
1906 Thomas C Lamplugh JP
1907 Joseph Batten
1908 Thomas Ivatt Slater JP
1909 John Betts Tebbutt
1910 William Cliffe JP
1911 Charles Edward Crawley
1912 Thomas C Lamplugh JP
1913 John Golby Barford JP
1914 Sir Richard Winfrey JP
1915 John William Williamson JP
1916–1918 George Nicholls OBE, JP
1919 Charles Tomson Vergette
1920 Walter Riseley
1921 Frank Edwin Hunting
1922 Thomas Crosby Lamplugh JP
1923 and 24 Charles Day
1925 Charles Leonard Fletcher
1926 and 27 John Thomas Fisher JP
1928 Thomas Ivatt Slater JP
1929 Arthur John Edward Craig JP
1930 George Samuel Palmer JP
1931 Matthew Hooke
1932 John Mansfield JP
1933 William Oliver Snowden
1934 Arthur Edwin Fletcher
1935 Arthur Itter MA, B Com
1935 and 36 Arthur Holdich Mellows DL, MA, TD
1937 George Clavering Hall JP
1938 Richard Charles Howard
1939 and 40 Lily Violet Bryant
1941 James Alfred Bartram
1942 and 43 Harry Johnson Farrow
1944 Harry Wilfred Kelley JP
1945 Joseph Algernon Farrow
1946 Albert William Viney MBE
1947 John Edward Swain JP
1948–May 1949 Edward Victor Martin
1949–1950 John Richard Hall JP
1950–1951 Harry Ray Horrell
1951–1952 George Rowell Chamberlain
1952–1953 Mabel Wood JP
1953–1954 Arthur Lister Robinson MBE
1954–1955 Reginald William North
1955–1956 Lady (Gladys Mary) Benstead JP
1956–1957 John Walter Setchfield
1957–1958 George Alfred Smith
1958–1959 Royce William Westcombe MBE, JP
1959–1960 Maud Swift
1960–1961 John Azor Savage
1961–1962 Charles William Swift
1962–1963 George Walter Govey
1963–1964 Carl Ernest Hall
1964–1965 Ernest George Edward Bradley
1965–1966 Gordon Tyers
1966–1967 Alfred William Clements MM
1967–1968 Frank Leonard Mackman
1968–1969 Arthur William Leno Adams
1969–1970 George Alfred Forster
1970–1971 Edward Aaron Hall
1971–1972 Dennis William Bracey ChM, FRCS
1972–1973 Roy Topley
1973–1974 Harold Raymond Wentworth Laxton MA
1974–1975 Jack Farrell
1975–1976 William Richard Cashmore
1976–1977 Edward Ernest Titman
1977–1978 Jean Barker
1978–1979 Ben Franklin
1979–1980 Murdoch McKenzie Charteris MBE, AE
1980–1981 Audrey Chalmers
1981–1982 Thomas Arthur Gray
1982 Alfred Richard Shelford ACII, FRSA (died November 1982)
^The Solicitor's Journal, 20 November 1875, page 52, col 1
^
abThe Weekly Reporter, Vol 23, p344-5, 6 March 1875
Further reading
Betty Chambers (2015). Victorian Peterborough & Mr Mayor: The Story of John Whitwell and Henry Pearson Gates. Betty Chambers MBE.
ISBN978-1-782-80492-5.
External links
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As well as officiating at ceremonies, and representing the city, the mayor is the impartial chairman of the council.[1]
List of mayors since 1847
1874–1876 Henry Pearson Gates, JP[2] Gates represented himself, in his capacity as mayor against the crown in R. v Mayor of Peterborough, heard before Blackburn J.[3] The hearing was for a
writ of mandamus relating to a procedural matter in a ratepayers meeting to fund corporation (council) opposition to the parliamentary
Peterborough Water Bill.[3]
1877 Andrew Percival
1878 William Paley MD, JP
1879 and 80 John Core
1881 and 82 John Thompson JP
1883 John Whitwell
1884 William Barford JP
1885 Edward Vergette
1886 William Daniel Nichols JP
1887 Henry Pearson Gates
1888 and 89 Thomas Lawrence Barrett JP
1890 William Beaver JP
1891 and 92 John Henry Beeby JP
1893 Joseph Clifton
1894 William Daniel Nichols JP
1895 Daniel Henry Redhead JP
1896 and 97 John Thompson JP
1898 Joseph Hunting JP
1899 William Beaver JP
1900 John Thomas Miller JP
1901 G C Wentworth-Fitzwilliam DL JP
1902 and 03 George Keeble JP
1904 William Daniel Nichols JP
1905 Daniel Henry Redhead JP
1906 Thomas C Lamplugh JP
1907 Joseph Batten
1908 Thomas Ivatt Slater JP
1909 John Betts Tebbutt
1910 William Cliffe JP
1911 Charles Edward Crawley
1912 Thomas C Lamplugh JP
1913 John Golby Barford JP
1914 Sir Richard Winfrey JP
1915 John William Williamson JP
1916–1918 George Nicholls OBE, JP
1919 Charles Tomson Vergette
1920 Walter Riseley
1921 Frank Edwin Hunting
1922 Thomas Crosby Lamplugh JP
1923 and 24 Charles Day
1925 Charles Leonard Fletcher
1926 and 27 John Thomas Fisher JP
1928 Thomas Ivatt Slater JP
1929 Arthur John Edward Craig JP
1930 George Samuel Palmer JP
1931 Matthew Hooke
1932 John Mansfield JP
1933 William Oliver Snowden
1934 Arthur Edwin Fletcher
1935 Arthur Itter MA, B Com
1935 and 36 Arthur Holdich Mellows DL, MA, TD
1937 George Clavering Hall JP
1938 Richard Charles Howard
1939 and 40 Lily Violet Bryant
1941 James Alfred Bartram
1942 and 43 Harry Johnson Farrow
1944 Harry Wilfred Kelley JP
1945 Joseph Algernon Farrow
1946 Albert William Viney MBE
1947 John Edward Swain JP
1948–May 1949 Edward Victor Martin
1949–1950 John Richard Hall JP
1950–1951 Harry Ray Horrell
1951–1952 George Rowell Chamberlain
1952–1953 Mabel Wood JP
1953–1954 Arthur Lister Robinson MBE
1954–1955 Reginald William North
1955–1956 Lady (Gladys Mary) Benstead JP
1956–1957 John Walter Setchfield
1957–1958 George Alfred Smith
1958–1959 Royce William Westcombe MBE, JP
1959–1960 Maud Swift
1960–1961 John Azor Savage
1961–1962 Charles William Swift
1962–1963 George Walter Govey
1963–1964 Carl Ernest Hall
1964–1965 Ernest George Edward Bradley
1965–1966 Gordon Tyers
1966–1967 Alfred William Clements MM
1967–1968 Frank Leonard Mackman
1968–1969 Arthur William Leno Adams
1969–1970 George Alfred Forster
1970–1971 Edward Aaron Hall
1971–1972 Dennis William Bracey ChM, FRCS
1972–1973 Roy Topley
1973–1974 Harold Raymond Wentworth Laxton MA
1974–1975 Jack Farrell
1975–1976 William Richard Cashmore
1976–1977 Edward Ernest Titman
1977–1978 Jean Barker
1978–1979 Ben Franklin
1979–1980 Murdoch McKenzie Charteris MBE, AE
1980–1981 Audrey Chalmers
1981–1982 Thomas Arthur Gray
1982 Alfred Richard Shelford ACII, FRSA (died November 1982)
^The Solicitor's Journal, 20 November 1875, page 52, col 1
^
abThe Weekly Reporter, Vol 23, p344-5, 6 March 1875
Further reading
Betty Chambers (2015). Victorian Peterborough & Mr Mayor: The Story of John Whitwell and Henry Pearson Gates. Betty Chambers MBE.
ISBN978-1-782-80492-5.
External links
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stub. You can help Wikipedia by
expanding it.