Mayors of Bath Since 1230

MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1200 1234 1267 1201 1235 1268 1202 1236 1269 1203 1237 Henry le Tayleur 1270 1204 1238 1271 1205 1239 1272 1206 1240 1273 1207 1241 1274 1208 1242 1275 1209 1243 1276 1210 1244 1277 Henry Tailor 1211 1245 1278 1212 1246 1279 Nicholas Biscop 1213 1247 1280 c John de Cumbe William Scleht 1214 1248 Henry Tailor (Cissor) 1215 1249 c Walter Falc Sir Henry Tailor (Cissor) 1283 c Richard Tabernarius Richard Everard 1216 1250 1284 c Thomas Sweyn 1217 1251 1285 c William Cook (Cocus) Roger de Dichegate 1218 1252 Nicholas Clerk (Clerico) Stephen de Devyses 1219 1253 John de Cumbe Richard Everard 1220 1254 Gilbert Taylor 1221 1255 1286 c Gilbert Cissor 1222 1256 1290 Stephen Baker c Henry Tailor (Cissor) 1223 1257 1291 Stephen de Devyses 1224 1258 1292 1225 1259 1293 c John le Taylor William Scuel 1226 1260 William Cook (Cocus) Peter le Brevitor 1227 1261 1294 1228 1262 Henry the Tailor 1295 c Peter le Brevitor 1229 1263 1296 Thomas Sweyn 1230 John de Porta 1264 1297 1231 1265 1298 1232 1266 1299 William Cook (Cocus) 1233

1 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1300 William Cook 1334 Alexander Dyer (Tinctor) 1367 John Gregory c John le Veniur John Cole 1335 Adam Wytesone 1368 1302 Peter le Brevitor 1336 Roger Cole 1369 John Whittokesmede c William Scuel 1337 Alexander Dyer 1370 William Drayton 1304 c William Cook 1338 Roger Crist 1371 John Gregory 1305 1339 William Cubbel 1372 Robert Wattes 1306 1340 Adam Wytesone 1373 John Gregory 1307 Peter le Brevitor 1341 Alexander Dyer 1374 1308 1342 Roger Crist 1375 John Compe 1309 1343 John Cole 1376 John Gregory 1310 c William Cook 1344 William Cubbel 1377 John Compe 1311 Walter Falconer 1345 Adam Wytesone 1378 John Natton 1312 1346 Alexander Dyer 1379 Robert Wattes 1313 Peter le Brevitor 1347 William Cubbel 1380 John Natton 1314 Richard Wytesone 1348 William Cubbel 1381 John Gregory 1315 1349 Roger Crist 1382 Richard Bedul 1316 John Baker (Pistor) 1350 Thomas Stote 1383 1317 John Baker (Pistor) 1351 Robert le Dyer 1384 1318 Richard Wytesone 1352 William Cubbel 1385 John Natton 1319 1353 Thomas Stote 1386 1320 1354 Walter Carpenter 1387 1321 1355 John Whittokesmede 1388 Robert Waspray 1322 John Baker (Pistor) 1356 William Serrel 1389 1323 John Cole 1357 William Cook 1390 Robert Draper 1324 1358 John Sheory 1391 William Rous 1325 John de Wyk 1359 Robert le Dyer 1392 Robert Waspray 1326 1360 John Whittokesmede 1393 William Rous 1327 1361 Walter Carpenter 1394 Robert Waspray 1328 John de Wyk 1362 John Gregory 1395 John Waspray 1329 Adam Wytesone 1363 John Gregory 1396 Thomas Swayne 1330 William Cook 1364 John Whittokesmede 1397 1331 c Alexander Dyer (Tinctor) 1365 John Whittokesmede 1398 Thomas Plomes 1332 c Roger Cole 1366 John Gregory 1399 Robert Waspray 1333 William Sweyn

2 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1400 Roger Testwode 1434 William Phelyppes 1467 John Steere 1401 Roger Testwode 1435 William Hodgekyns 1468 William Stanburgh 1402 Roger Wasprey 1436 1469 1403 Roger Testwode 1437 William Phelyppes 1470 1404 Richard Wydcombe 1438 Walter Rich 1471 William Hayne 1405 1439 1472 1406 1440 1473 William Stanburgh 1407 Roger Testwode 1441 William Hodgekyns 1474 Robert Rogers 1408 Ralph Hunt 1442 William Phelyppes 1475 Robert Batyn 1409 John Savage 1443 Walter Ryche 1476 William Stanburgh 1410 Ralph Hunt 1444 William Phelyppes 1477 Robert Rogers 1411 Robert Waspray 1445 1478 1412 John Savage 1446 1479 1413 1447 William Hodgekyns 1480 1414 Ralph Hunt 1448 1481 1415 1449 William Cubbel 1482 1416 Walter Rytche 1450 1483 1417 Ralph Hunt 1451 1484 1418 Richard Wydcombe 1452 William Dreyton 1485 1419 1453 1486 1420 Richard Wydcombe 1454 Thomas Abell 1487 1421 1455 John Austell 1488 William Tyler 1422 Ralph Hunt 1456 1489 1423 William Phelyppes 1457 1490 1424 1458 1491 1425 John Savage 1459 1492 Robert Batyn 1426 William Hodgekyns 1460 1493 1427 Richard Wydcombe 1461 John Thomas 1494 1428 William Phelyppes 1462 1495 1429 Ralph Hunt 1463 1496 1430 1464 1497 Lawrence Leche 1431 1465 1498 1432 1466 1499 1433 William Phelyppes

3 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1500 1534 William Horsington 1567 John Pearman 1501 1535 1568 Robert Frauncys 1502 1536 1569 Robert Fraunces 1503 Richard Chapman 1537 1570 1504 1538 1571 1505 1539 1572 John Wyatt 1506 1540 Robert Style 1573 1507 1541 1574 William Cavell 1508 1542 1575 Thomas Turner 1509 1543 John Chapman 1576 George Pearman 1510 1544 Anthony Scrope 1577 George Pearman 1511 1545 1578 John Wyatt 1512 1546 1579 Thomas Bushe 1513 1547 1580 William Shareston 1514 1548 1581 William Waleye 1515 1549 1582 George Pearman 1516 1550 1583 John Chapman 1517 1551 Edward Ludwell 1584 William Shareston 1518 1552 1585 John Walley, Snr 1519 1553 John Davys 1586 Thomas Fytche 1520 1554 1587 John Sachefild 1521 1555 Thomas Ash 1588 John Walley, Jnr 1522 1556 1589 William Sherston 1523 1557 1590 1524 1558 1591 Thomas Fytche 1525 1559 1592 John Sachefild 1526 1560 1593 William Chapman 1527 1561 1594 William Heathe 1528 1562 1595 William Moreford 1529 1563 1596 John Sachfilde 1530 1564 1597 Thomas Fytche (died) William Heath (elected) 1531 1565 1598 William Shereston 1532 1566 1599 John Chapman 1533 Henry Covell

4 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1600 John Sachfeilde 1634 Matthewe Rendoll 1667 Thomas Gibbs 1601 Thomas Power 1635 George Chapman 1668 Robert Chapman 1602 William Heath 1636 John Bigg 1669 William Childe 1603 William Sherston 1637 Richard Chapman 1670 Edward White 1604 Christopher Stone 1638 Robert Ffisher 1671 John Masters 1605 Walter Chapman 1639 William Chapman 1672 Henry Chapman 1606 John Parker 1640 Matthew Clift 1673 Henry Parker 1607 Thomas Wyatt 1641 William Chapman 1674 John Reed 1608 William Clifte 1642 Thomas Burford 1675 John Bush 1609 John Sherston 1643 John Parker 1676 Walter Gibbs 1610 John Sachfeild 1644 Richard Chapman 1677 Benjamin Baber 1611 Christopher Stone 1645 John Bigg 1678 Robert Chapman 1612 John Wood 1646 John Atwood 1679 John Masters 1613 Richard Gay 1647 Walter Chapman 1680 William Bush 1614 John Cutt 1648 Richard Druce 1681 Edward Bushell 1615 William Sherstone 1649 Matthew Clift 1682 Robert Hayward 1616 William Chapman 1650 John Pearce 1683 Walter Hicks 1617 Walter Chapman 1651 John Bigge 1684 John Bush 1618 William Clift 1652 John Atwood 1685 John Stibbs 1619 Richard Gay 1653 John Parker 1686 John Pocock 1620 Walter Chapman 1654 Walter Chapman (died 1655) 1687 Benjamin Baber 1621 Thomas Moorford 1655 John Bigges (elected 30 Apr 1655) 1688 Walter Gibbs 1622 Robert Fry 1655 John Boyse 1689 Robert Chapman 1623 William Chapman 1656 Mathewe Clift 1690 John Masters 1624 Matthewe Rendoll 1657 John Masters 1691 George Colloby 1625 Richard Gay 1658 John Pearce 1692 William Bush 1626 George Chapman 1659 John Biggs 1693 Edward Bushell 1627 Richard Chapman 1660 John Fford 1694 Robert Hayward 1628 Robert Fisher 1661 John Parker 1695 Walter Hickes 1629 Matthew Clift 1662 Robert Child 1696 John Axford 1630 William Chapman 1663 Henry Chapman 1697 John Bush 1631 Richard Gay 1664 Walter Gibbes 1698 John Stibbs 1632 Arthur Sherstone 1665 John Pearce 1699 Thomas Gibbs 1633 Arthur Kingston 1666 John Chapman

5 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1700 Benjamin Baber 1734 Thomas Short 1767 William Chapman 1701 Richard Masters 1735 Thomas Atwood 1768 Charles Biggs 1702 William Chapman 1736 Richard Matravers 1769 Thomas Atwood 1703 John Bush 1737 James Atwood 1770 John Chapman 1704 William Bush 1738 John Saunders 1771 John Horton 1705 Walter Hicks 1739 William Bush 1772 Walter Wiltshire 1706 Edward Woolmer 1740 Charles Stone 1773 Francis Bennet 1707 John Stibbs 1741 Henry Atwood 1774 Philip Ditcher 1708 Edward Bushell 1742 Ralph Allen 1775 Edward B Collibee 1709 Charles Child 1743 Ambrose Bishop 1776 Henry Wright 1710 Walter Gibbes 1744 John Chapman 1777 John Chapman 1711 Thomas Gibbes 1745 John Cogswell 1778 Simon Crook 1712 Richard Morgan 1746 Thomas Atwood 1779 John Chapman 1713 Richard Ford 1747 Thursby Robinson 1780 Walter Wiltshire 1714 Thomas Bigges 1748 James Atwood 1781 Francis Bennet 1715 William Long 1749 Charles Stone 1782 Leonard Coward 1716 John Saunder 1750 Henry Atwood 1783 James Leake 1717 Richard Masters 1751 Francis Hales 1784 William Street (died 26 May 1785) 1718 Thomas Bushell 1752 Thomas Atwood, Snr 1785 Leonard Coward (elected 30 May 1785) 1719 William Collibee 1753 Thomas Atwood, Jnr 1785 Edward B Collibee 1720 Edward Woolmer 1754 John Chapman 1786 William Anderdon 1721 George Tryme 1755 Samuel Bush 1787 Leonard Coward 1722 William Bush 1756 Edward B Collibee 1788 Jacob Smith 1723 John Hicks 1757 William Chapman 1789 Leonard Coward 1724 Thomas Atwood 1758 Henry Atwood 1790 John Horton 1725 Rosewell Gibbs 1759 Francis Hales 1791 Walter Wiltshire 1726 Walter Chapman 1760 Thomas Attwood 1792 Abel Moysey 1727 William Chapman 1761 John Chapman 1793 Henry Harington MD 1728 John Billing 1762 Francis Hales 1794 William Anderdon 1729 Francis Bave 1763 Samuel Bush 1795 John Symons 1730 Richard Ford 1764 John Horton 1796 John Palmer 1731 William Horton 1765 Edward B Collibee 1797 Charles Phillott 1732 Milo Smith 1766 Henry Wright 1798 George Chapman 1733 Richard Morgan 1799 John Horton

6 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1800 Harry Atwood 1834 George Norman 1867 William Hunt (elected 5 Dec 1867) 1801 William Watson Kt, Sir 1835 William Thomas Blair 1868 Thomas Jolly 1802 Henry Parry 1836 William Thomas Blair (to 9 Nov 1837) 1869 Thomas Washbourne Gibbs 1803 John Symons 1837 Simon Barrow 1870 John Hulbert 1804 William Anderdon 1838 Henry Gordon, Rear Admiral 1871 John Hulbert 1805 Charles Phillott 1839 Richard Shuttleworth Cruttwell 1872 Robert Stickney Blaine 1806 John Horton 1840 William Hunt 1873 William Hunt 1807 Harry Atwood 1841 George Norman 1874 James Aylmer Paynter, Rear Admiral 1808 Henry Parry 1842 John Edridge 1875 James Aylmer Paynter, Rear Admiral 1809 John Palmer 1843 George Moger 1876 Jerom Murch JP 1810 Abel Moysey 1844 Henry Gordon, Rear Admiral 1877 Jerom Murch JP 1811 Joseph Phillott 1845 Samuel Batchellor 1878 James Chaffin 1812 Charles Crook 1846 Augustus George Barrette 1879 James Chaffin 1813 William Anderdon 1847 William Hunt 1880 James Chaffin 1814 Charles Phillott 1848 William Sutcliffe 1881 John Stothert Bartrum 1815 Morgan Nicols 1849 Frederick Dowding 1882 Handel Cossham 1816 Edmund Anderdon 1850 Frederick Dowding 1883 Thomas Wilton 1817 George Tugwell 1851 William Long 1884 Handel Cossham 1818 John Kitson 1852 Francis Allen 1885 Anthony Hammond 1819 George Edward Allen 1853 Thomas Gill 1886 Jerom Murch JP DL 1820 John Wiltshire 1854 William Hunt 1887 Anthony Hammond 1821 William Clark 1855 William Bush 1888 Henry William Freeman 1822 Charles Crook 1856 Robert Cook 1889 John Stothert Bartrum 1823 Charles Phillott 1857 Randle Wilbraham Falconer MD 1890 Jerom Murch JP DL 1824 Edmund Anderdon 1858 Randle Wilbraham Falconer MD 1891 John Sylvanus Turner 1825 George Edward Allen 1859 Thomas Barrett MD 1892 Jerom Murch JP DL 1826 Eleazer Pickwick 1860 Thomas Jolly 1893 Reginald Quintin Mainwaring, General 1827 George H Tugwell 1861 Thomas Fuller 1894 William Crucknell Jolly 1828 William Tudor 1862 Thomas Barter 1895 John Rubie 1829 Joseph Hume Spry 1863 Jerom Murch 1896 George Woodiwiss JP DL 1830 John Ford Davis 1864 Jerom Murch 1897 Charles Henry Simpson, Major 1831 George Kitson 1865 George Moger 1898 John Ricketts (died 13 Jul 1899) 1832 William Clark 1866 William Thompson 1899 George Woodiwiss JP DL (elected 1 Aug 1899) 1833 Johnson Phillott 1867 Edward Francis Slack (died 29 Nov 1867) 1899 Robert Edmund Dickinson MP JP

7 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

1900 Thomas Ball Silcock 1934 Aubrey Bateman 1967 Ronald Fred Emmerson 1901 Edward England Phillips 1935 James Sidney Carpenter LL D 1968 Roy Gordon Hiscocks 1902 James Edward Henshaw 1936 Walter Farley Long 1969 Alexander Stewart Polson 1903 Charles Henry Simpson JP, Major 1937 Leonard Graham Adams (resigned 6 Dec 1937) 1970 Walter Gower Huggett 1904 Benjamin John 1937 Adrian Edmund Hopkins MC , Capt (elected 23 Dec 1937) 1971 Mabel Mary Grosvenor, Mrs 1905 Charles Bryan Oliver 1938 Adrian Edmund Hopkins MC, Captain 1972 Alec Louis Ricketts 1906 Sydney William Bush 1939 James Sidney Carpenter LL D 1973 Thomas John Cornish 1907 Thomas Hodgson Miller 1940 Aubrey Bateman 1974 William Percy Johns 1908 John William Knight 1941 Aubrey Bateman 1975 Cicely Margaret Edmunds, Miss 1909 Charles Henry Simpson JP, Major 1942 Aubrey Bateman 1976 Mary Elizabeth Rawlings, Miss 1910 Thomas Ball Silcock 1943 Joseph Plowman 1977 Raymond Charles Rosewarn 1911 Thomas Forder Plowman 1944 Edgar Clements 1978 Kenneth John Holloway (died 10 Dec 1978) 1912 George Thomas Cooke 1945 Herbert Chivers (died 23 June 1946) 1979 George Durant Kersley MD (elect 2 Jan 1979) 1913 Preston King MD 1946 Edgar Clements (elected 5 Jul 1946) 1979 John Humphrey Lyons, Major 1914 Fredrick William Spear 1946 Edward Taylor JP 1980 Brian James Hamlen 1915 Harry Thomas Hatt 1947 Sam Day JP 1981 Leslie Albert William Ridd JP 1916 Charles Henry Long 1948 Sam Day JP 1982 Laurence John Harris Coombs 1917 Preston King MD 1949 Leslie Newby Punter MBE 1983 Elgar Spencer Jenkins 1918 Alfred William Wills 1950 Kathleen Agnes Mabel Harper JP, Miss 1984 Anthony John Rhymes 1919 Percy Jackman 1951 Reginald Wilfrid Pearson 1985 Jeannette Farley Hole, Mrs 1920 James Henry Colmer 1952 Alleyne William Steward Berry 1986 Samuel Leslie Jane 1921 Ernest John White 1953 Adrian Edmund Hopkins MC, Major 1987 Ian Charles Dewey 1922 Cedric Chivers 1954 William Henry Gallop 1988 John James Malloy, Commander 1923 Charles Henry Hacker 1955 Alfred Norman Dix 1989 Anne Maureen McDonagh, Mrs 1924 Cedric Chivers 1956 Sydney Arthur Smith 1990 Jeffrey William Higgins 1925 Cedric Chivers 1957 Tom Jones 1991 Denis Reginald Lovelace 1926 Cedric Chivers 1958 Hugh Duckworth Roberts 1992 Eric Jack Trevor Snook 1927 Cedric Chivers 1959 Edward William Arthur Mortimer 1993 Edwina Harding Bradley, Mrs 1928 Cedric Chivers (died 30 Jan 1929) 1960 Arthur Cecil Knight 1994 Howard William Routledge 1929 Aubrey Bateman (elected 26 Feb 1929) 1961 William Henry Jordan Shepherd JP 1995 Jeffrey Stephen Manning 1929 Aubrey Bateman 1962 Gulielma Maw MA JP, Mrs 1996 Margaret Mary Feeny MBE, Miss 1930 Thomas Sturge Cotterell MBE JP 1963 Royston Ernest Tucker 1997 Marian Frances Hammond, Mrs 1931 Herbert Chivers 1964 George Emanuel De Chazal Mayer 1998 Ray David Cliffe MBE 1932 Rhodes G Cook 1965 Ada Elsie May Hanna, Mrs 1999 John Anthony Bailey 1933 Horace Scott Davey CMG, Lt Col The Hon 1966 Ronald Harry Purdie

8 MAYORS OF BATH SINCE 1230

2000 Angela Godfrey, Ms 2001 Marian McNeir, Mrs 2002 Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst, Ms 2003 David James Hawkins 2004 Roger Alan Symonds 2005 Peter John Metcalfe 2006 Carol Ann Paradise, Mrs 2007 Sharon Ball, Mrs 2008 Tim Ball 2009 Colin Vincent Barrett 2010 Shaun McGall 2011 Bryan Chalker 2012 Andrew Furse 2013 Malcolm John Henry Lees 2014 Cherry Beath 2015 William Alexander Sandry 2016 Paul Crossley 2017 Ian Gilchrist 2018 Patrick Anketell-Jones 2019 Gerry Curran 2020 Manda Rigby

Notes of interest: Major Charles Simpson (Mayor 1897, 1903, 1909) was Master of Ceremonies at the Assembly Rooms James Edward Henshaw (Mayor 1902) was noted as possibly the youngest Councillor to date in 1896 Cedric Chivers (Mayor 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928) - a total of six times and died in Office Jerom Murch (Mayor 1863, 1864, 1876, 1877, 1886, 1890, 1892) - a total of seven times. He laid the foundation stone at the south end of the Guildhall extension in 1893. He was Knighted in 1894. Sam Day (Mayor 1947, 1948) was the City's first Labour Mayor Miss Kathleen Harper (Mayor 1950) was the City's first female Mayor Miss Mary Rawlings (Mayor 1976) the youngest Mayor as far as known, aged 39 (Woodiwiss - Mayor 1896 aged 40) Mrs Jeannette Farley Hole (Mayor 1985) followed after her Father (Walter Farley Long - Mayor 1936) and Uncle (Charles Long - Mayor 1916)