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

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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

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  1. ^ "Chesterfield Borough Council – History". chesterfield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Chesterfield Borough Council – Mayor and mayoress". chesterfield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ^ V. Morley (24 May 2017). "Mayors of Chesterfield (Appendix 20)" (PDF). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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 ...
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.