Mayor of Stafford

The town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England gained its mayoral charter from King James I. The first mayor was Matthew Cradock, jnr in 1614.^[1]

The following have been mayors of Stafford:

Source: Stafford Borough Council unless otherwise stated

• 1614–15 Matthew Cradock, First Mayor of Stafford, MP for Stafford 5 times between 1621 and 1628 ^[2]
• 1622 Thomas Worswick ^[3]
• 1706 William Abnett^[4]
• 1708 Abraham Hoskins
• 1716 Abraham Hoskins
• 1719 William Robins^[4]
• 1720 William Abnett
• 1731 William Robins
• 1740 William Robins

19th century

Source: Stafford Borough Council^[5]

• 1836  John Masfen Jn. Kenderdine Shaw
• 1837  William Jones
• 1838  Charles Dudley
• 1839  Thomas Stevenson
• 1840  Edward Lloyd
• 1841  John Rogers
• 1842  Charles Chester Mort
• 1843  Thomas Boulton
• 1844  John Griffin
• 1845  Charles Ed Morgan
• 1846  James Webb
• 1847  John Marson
• 1848  James Turnock
• 1849  Thomas Benson Elley
• 1850  Thomas Benson Elley
• 1851  William Jones, Jun.
• 1852  Thomas Turner
• 1853  Thomas Boulton
• 1854  John Henson Webb
• 1855  John Griffin
• 1856  John Griffin
• 1857  John Griffin
• 1858  Henry Thos Lomax
• 1859  John Lea
• 1860  William Buxton
• 1861  William Buxton
• 1862  John Brewster
• 1863  Jonas Pilling
• 1864  Edward Mousley
• 1865  Edward Mousley
• 1866  John Morgan
• 1867  William Silvester
• 1868  Richard Podmore
• 1869  Ephraim Austin
• 1870  Henry Gillard
• 1871  Hugh Woods Gibson
• 1872  Bateman P Wright
• 1873  John Kelsall
• 1874  John Shallcross
• 1875  John Shallcross
• 1876  Jas C Marson (deceased)
• 1876  H W Gibson (successor)
• 1877  John Averill
• 1878  Frederic Marson
• 1879  William Wright
• 1880  John Tasker Evans
• 1881  Chas Henry Dudley
• 1882  Chas Henry Dudley
• 1883  Zachariah Anderson
• 1884  Frederic Greatrex
• 1885  Nicholas Joyce
• 1886  Wm Henry Peach
• 1887  Alfred Ward
• 1888  Cornelius Mycock
• 1889  Thomas Amies
• 1890  William Peach
• 1891  William Lloyd
• 1892  William Silvester
• 1893  George Wormal
• 1894  Charles Henry Wright
• 1895  Wm Hy Turkington
• 1896  Frederick Greatrex
• 1897  Walter Charles Towers Mynors
• 1898  Walter Charles Towers Mynors
• 1899  Walter Charles Towers Mynors

20th century

• 1900–03 Walter Charles Towers Mynors (2 years (of 4))
• 1902–03 P M Bridgwood (Conservative)^[6]
• 1903–04 Samuel George Lovatt
• 1904–05 John Mottram
• 1905–06 William Marson
• 1906–07 Albert Andrews
• 1907–09 Ebenezer Williamm Taylor (2 years)
• 1909–10 Edward Horton
• 1910–11 Thomas Westhead
• 1911–12 Ebenezer William Taylor
• 1912–13 Charles William Miller
• 1913–14 James Cornelius Mycock
• 1914–15 Henry John Bostock
• 1915–16 Thomas Samuel Bailey
• 1916–17 Richard John Young
• 1917–18 -
• 1918–19 Joseph Rushton
• 1919–20 Frederick Milnes Blumer
• 1920–21 Richard Edwin Meade
• 1921–22 Thomas Alfred Dunn
• 1922–23 Ernest Albert Thompson
• 1923–24 John Wheeldon
• 1924–25 Harry Eymer
• 1925–26 John Hall
• 1926–30 William Thomas Richardson (4 years)
• 1930–32 Thomas Henry Tunnicliffe (2 years)
• 1932–33 Ellen Maria South (Mrs)
• 1933–34 Samuel Robinson
• 1934–35 Frederick William Pitt (died and replaced by Samuel Robinson)
• 1935–37 George Owen (2 years)
• 1937–38 R Gordon Amies
• 1938–42 Horace Joynes (4 years)
• 1942–44 Arthur Egerton Hourd (2 years)
• 1944–46 Harold Wallace-Copeland (2 years)
• 1946–48 Ruth Turney (Mrs) (3 years)
• 1949–50 Leslie Dobson (2 years)
• 1951–53 Charles Edward Fowke (2 years)
• 1953–55 Charles Jones (2 years)
• 1955–57 Horace Henry Coghlan (2 years)
• 1957–59 Frank Redvers Green (2 years)
• 1959–60 Bertram Sinkinson
• 1960–61 John Edward Roberts
• 1961–62 Elizabeth Wilford (Mrs)
• 1962–63 Rees Llewellyn Tyler
• 1963–64 Albert Edward Collins
• 1964–65 Iris Helen Moseley (Miss)
• 1965–66 Lawrence Harry Kinson
• 1966–67 Samuel Harry Robinson
• 1967–68 Stanley Gordon Sheppard
• 1968–69 Oliver Frederick Bradley
• 1969–70 Trevor Arnold Evans
• 1970–71 Walter Richard Dean
• 1971–72 Edith Stella Kidman
• 1972–73 Norman Leonard Potter
• 1973–74 William Robert Simpson
• 1974–75 Ruth M Dickson
• 1975–76 William Bowen
• 1976–77 Roland E Tonge
• 1977–78 George H Mason
• 1978–79 Harold Doffman
• 1979–80 Leonard Jacques
• 1980–81 Michael Dale
• 1981–82 Mavis V Keleghan
• 1982–83 Trevor J Reeves
• 1983–84 Michael H Roberts
• 1984–85 Hugh Lowry
• 1985–86 Graham Will
• 1986–87 Barbara H Bower
• 1987–88 Douglas J James
• 1988–89 Matthew H Guymer
• 1989–90 William J Kemp
• 1990–91 Michael R Heenan
• 1991–92 Stuart Glaister
• 1992–93 Frances Salome Dainton
• 1993–94 Andrew Compton
• 1994–95 Kenneth F Brown
• 1995–96 Ellis A J Bevan
• 1996–97 John T Holland
• 1997–98 Judith M Dalgarno
• 1998–99 Harry Brunt
• 1999–2000 Christine A Baron

21st century

• 2000–01 Peter Bruce
• 2001–02 Douglas W Davies
• 2002–03 Ralph P Cooke
• 2003–04 John A Russell
• 2004–05 Francis A Finlay
• 2005–06 Joyce Farnham
• 2006–07 Mike Shone
• 2007–08 David Brian Price
• 2008–09 Ann P Edgeller
• 2009–10 Jean E Tabernor
• 2010–11 Malcolm T Millichap
• 2011–12 James S Highfield
• 2012–13 Bryan M Cross
• 2013–14 Angela M Loughran
• 2014–15 Raymond M Sutherland
• 2015–16 Peter W Jones
• 2016–17 Geoffrey R Collier
• 2017–18 Aidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey
• 2018-19 Raymond Barron
• 2019–20 Gareth Jones
• 2020-21 Gareth Jones
• 2021-22 Anthony Nixon
• 2022-23 Philip A Leason

References

1. "In Touch with the Past". Stafford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. "CRADOCK, Matthew (1584-1636), of Stafford and Caverswall Castle, Staffs. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
3. "'Castle Church', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5, East Cuttlestone Hundred, ed. L Margaret Midgley (London, 1959), pp. 82-100". British History Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
4. "ROBINS, John (c.1714-54), of Stafford. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
5. "Former Mayors of Stafford Borough | Stafford Borough Council". www.staffordbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
6. "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.