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This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Manchester in the North West of England.[1][2]

Mayors of Manchester

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1838–1892

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No. Mayor Tenure Terms Notes
1 Sir Thomas Potter 1838 – 1840 2 father of Sir John Potter, who was Mayor 1848–1851.[3][4]
2 William Neil 1840 – 1842 2
3 James Kershaw 1842 – 1843 1
4 Alexander Kay 1843 – 1845 2
5 William Benjamin Watkins 1845 – 1846 1
6 Sir Elkanah Armitage 1846 – 1848 2
7 Sir John Potter 1848 – 1851 3 son of Sir Thomas Potter, who was Mayor 1838–1840.[3][4]
8 Robert Barnes 1851 – 1853 2
9 Benjamin Nicholls 1853 – 1855 2
10 Sir James Watts 1855 – 1857 2
11 Ivie Mackie 1857 – 1860 3
12 Matthew Curtis 1860 – 1861 1
13 Thomas Goadsby 1861 – 1862 1
14 Abel Heywood (1st time) 1862 – 1863 1
15 John Marsland Bennett 1863 – 1865 2
16 William Bowker 1865 – 1866 1
17 Robert Neill 1866 – 1868 2
18 John Grave 1868 – 1871 3
19 William Booth 1871 – 1873 2
20 Alfred Watkin 1873 – 1874 1
21 John King 1874 – 1875 1
22 Matthew Curtis 1875 – 1876 1
23 Abel Heywood (2nd time) 1876 – 1877 1
24 Charles Sydney Grundy 1877 – 1879 2
25 Henry Patteson 1879 – 1880 1
26 Sir Thomas Baker 1880 – 1882 2
27 John Hopkinson 1882 – 1883 1
28 Philip Goldschmidt (1st time) 1883 – 1884 1
29 Sir John James Harwood (1st time) 1884 – 1885 1
30 Philip Goldschmidt (2nd time) 1885 – 1886 1
31 Matthew Curtis 1886 – 1887 1
32 Sir John James Harwood (2nd time) 1887 – 1888 2
33 William Batty 1888 – 1889 1
34 Sir John Mark 1889 – 1891 2 The first Mayor of the County Borough.
35 Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech 1891 – 1892 1

Lord Mayors of Manchester

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19th century

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No. Lord Mayor Tenure Terms Notes
1 Sir Anthony Marshall 1892 – 1894 2
2 Abraham Evans Lloyd 1894 – 1896 2
3 John Foulkes Roberts 1896 – 1897 1
4 Robert Gibson 1897 – 1898 1
5 Sir William Henry Voudrey 1898 – 1899 1
6 Thomas Briggs 1899 – 1901 2

20th century

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No. Lord Mayor Tenure Terms Notes
7 Sir James Hoy 1901 – 1902 1
8 John Royle 1902 – 1903 1
9 Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann 1903 – 1905 2
10 James Herbert Thewlis 1905 – 1906 1
11 John Harrop 1906 – 1907 1
12 Sir Edward Holt, Bart. 1907 – 1909 2
13 Sir Charles Behrens 1909 – 1911 2
14 Sir Samuel Walter Royse 1911 – 1913 2
15 Sir Daniel McCabe, DL 1913 – 1915 2
16 Arthur George Copeland 1915 – 1916 1
17 Sir Thomas Smethhurst 1916 – 1917 1
18 Sir Alexander Porter 1917 – 1918 1
19 John Makeague 1918 – 1919 1
20 Sir William Kay, Kt. (1st time) 1919 1
21 Tom Fox, OBE 1919 – 1920 1
22 Sir William Kay, Kt. (2nd time) 1920 – 1921 1
23 Ernest Emil Darwin Simon 1921 – 1922 1 knighted in 1932, created Baron Simon of Wythenshawe in 1947.[5]
24 Sir William Cundiff 1922 – 1923 1
25 William Turner Jackson 1923 – 1924 1
26 Sir Frederick Joseph West, Kt, GBE 1924 – 1925 1
27 Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell, Kt, CBE 1925 – 1926 1
28 James Henry Swales 1926 – 1927 1
29 Sir William Davy, Kt 1927 – 1928 1
30 Lt-Col George Westcott, OBE 1928 – 1929 1
31 Sir Robert Noton Barclay, Kt 1929 – 1930 1
32 George Frank Titt 1930 – 1931 1
33 Ellis Green 1931 – 1932 1
34 Sir William Walker, Kt 1932 – 1933 1
35 Joseph Binns, MBE 1933 – 1934 1
36 Samuel Woollam 1934 – 1935 1
37 Thomas Stone Williams 1935 – 1936 1
38 Joseph Toole 1936 – 1937 1
39 Joseph Crookes Grimes, OBE 1937 – 1938 1
40 Sir William Kay, Kt. (3rd time) 1938 1
41 Elijah John Hart 1938 – 1939 1
42 George Harold White 1939 – 1940 1
43 Robert Griffith Edwards 1940 – 1941 1
44 Wright Robinson 1941 – 1942 1
45 John Septimus Hill 1942 – 1943 1
46 Leonard Bramwell Cox 1943 – 1944 1
47 William Philip Jackson 1944 – 1945 1
48 Hugh Lee 1945 – 1946 1
49 Thomas Henry Adams 1946 – 1947 1
50 Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, DBE 1947 – 1949 2
51 Robert Moss, 1949 – 1950 1
52 Colonel Samuel Percy Dawson, CBE, MM, TD, DL 1950 – 1951 1
53 William Collinson, OBE 1951 – 1952 1
54 Douglas Gosling 1952 – 1953 1
55 Abraham Moss 1953 – 1954 1
56 Sir Richard Harper, Kt 1954 – 1955 1
57 Tom Regan 1955 – 1956 1
58 Harry Sharp 1956 – 1957 1
59 Sir Lesle Lever MP 1957 – 1958 1 created Baron Lever in 1975.[6]
60 James Edward Fitzsimons 1958 – 1959 1
61 Harold Quinney, DL 1959 – 1960 1
62 Arthur Donovan 1960 – 1961 1
63 Sir Lionel Biggs, Kt 1961 – 1962 1
64 Sir Robert Thomas, Kt, DL 1962 – 1963 1
65 Robert Carr Rogers, CBE 1963 – 1964 1
66 Dr William Chadwick 1964 – 1965 1
67 Bernard Sydney Langton, CBE 1965 – 1966 1
68 Nellie Beer, OBE, DL 1966 – 1967 1
69 Dame Elizabeth Yarwood, DBE, DL 1967 – 1968 1
70 Harold Stockdale 1968 – 1969 1
71 Neil Gowanloch Westbrook 1969 – 1970 1
72 William Atkinson Downward, DL 1970 – 1971 1
73 Douglas John Edwards 1971 – 1972 1
74 Edward Grant 1972 – 1973 1
75 Kenneth Collis 1973 – 1974 1
76 F. J. Balcombe, JP 1974 – 1975 1 The first Lord Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough
77 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw 1975 – 1976 1
78 Kenneth Franklin 1976 – 1977 1
79 Robert Crawford 1977 – 1978 1
80 Trevor Thomas 1978 – 1979 1
81 G.W.G. Fitzsimons 1979 – 1980 1
82 Winnie Smith 1980 – 1981 1
83 Hugh Lee 1981 – 1982 1
84 Clifford Tomlinson 1982 – 1983 1
85 Dr M. J. Taylor 1983 – 1984 1
86 Harold Tucker 1984 – 1985 1
87 Kenneth Strath 1985 – 1986 1
88 Kathleen Robinson 1986 – 1987 1
89 Eileen Kelly 1987 – 1988 1
90 Patricia Conquest 1988 – 1989 1
91 Yomi Mambu 1989 – 1990 1
92 John Gilmore 1990 – 1991 1
93 George Chadwick 1991 – 1992 1
94 William Egerton 1992 – 1993 1
95 William T Risby 1993 – 1994 1
96 Sheila Smith 1994 – 1995 1
97 Joyce Keller 1995 – 1996 1
98 Derek Shaw 1996 – 1997 1
99 Gerry Carroll 1997 – 1998 1
100 Gordon Conquest 1998 – 1999 1
101 Tony Burns 1999 – 2000 1

21st century

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No. Lord Mayor Tenure Terms Notes
102 Hugh Barrett 2000 – 2001 1
103 John Smith 2001 – 2002 1
104 Roy Walters, BEM, JP 2002 – 2003 1
105 Audrey Jones, JP 2003 – 2004 1
106 Tom O'Callaghan 2004 – 2005 1
107 Mohammed Afzal Khan 2005 – 2006 1
108 James Ashley 2006 1 Died in office.[7][8]
109 David Sandiford 2006 – 2007 1
110 Glynn Evans 2007 – 2008 1
111 Mavis Smitheman 2008 – 2009 1
112 Alison Firth 2009 – 2010 1 [9]

References

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  1. ↑ Former Mayors of Manchester (1838-1892) Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed 3 December 2007.
  2. ↑ Former Lord Mayors of Manchester (1892-Present). URL accessed 3 December 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 thePeerage.com - Sir Thomas Potter. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 thePeerage.com - Sir John Potter. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page: Severn to Sligo Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (including Simon of Wythenshawe). URL accessed 14 December 2007.
  6. ↑ thePeerage.com - Sir Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
  7. ↑ Lord Mayor of Manchester has passed away. URL accessed 14 December 2007.
  8. ↑ Lord Mayor of Manchester dies. The Manchester Evening News, first published 14 August 2006.
  9. ↑ New Lord Mayor unites nations. URL accessed 27 November 2009.

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