The Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Carmarthen were established by a royal charter of 1604. The Mayorship was transferred in 1835 to Carmarthen Borough Council, and following local government reorganization in 1974 to Carmarthen Town Council.

List of mayors

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Year Name
circa 1300 Walter Malenphant
1360 John Andrew Spilman
1401–1414 David Lloyd
1415–1419 John Moore
1420–1424 William Read
1425 -1426 Nicholas Blewitt
1427–1430 John Willy Fisher
1431–1433 William Read
1434–1439 John Moore
1440–1441 Nicholas Blewitt
1442–1448 Stephen Griffith
1449–1458 Lewis ab Rees Gethin
1459–1462 Rees Howell
1463–1469 John Wardibeck
1470–1471 Rees Howell
1472 Thomas Gethin
1473–1474 William Weithie
1475–1480 John Wardbeck
1481 Rees Howell
1482–1483 John Higgon
1484–1487 Jenkin Lloyd Hire
1488 John Higgon
1489 Sir Rhys ap Thomas
1490–1492 Rees ab Ievan ab Eynon
1493 Morris Read
1494 Richard ab Owen
1495–1496 Sir Rhys ap Thomas
1497 Rees ab Ievan ab Eynon
1498 Stephen Gravell
1499–1500 Hugh Higgon
1501–1503 Sir Rhys ap Thomas
1504 Jeffery Dier
1505–1507 Sir Rhys ap Thomas
1508–1509 Richard Read
1510 William Morris
1511 Philip Rees ab Thomas Vychan
1512 Sir Giffith Rhys KT
1513 William ab Gwilim With
1514 Griffith Rhys
1515 Gwalter Dier
1516–1517 Philip David
1518 Morgan Taylor
1519 John Thomas ab Gwilym
1520 John Hire
1521 -1522 Richard ab Gwalter
1523 Griffith Higgon
1524 David ab David
1525 John Jenins
1526 Thomas ab Owen
1527 John ab Rees ab Ievan
1528–1529 Philip David
1530 David Llewelyn
1531 Griffith Higgon
1532–1533 Sir Walter Devereux KT
1534 John David Lloyd
1535–1536 Sir Walter Devereux KT
1537 Richard Devereux
1538 Martin Davy
1539 Thomas Brine
1540–1541 David Rees
1542 William Read
1543 Thomas Hancocke
1544 Thomas Walter
1545 Morgan ab David
1546 John Jenins
1547 Martin Davy
1547 David Richards
1548 Richard ab Ievan
1549 Griffith William
1550 Griffith Donne
1551 David Nash
1552 Griffith Higgon
1553 Thomas Morgan
1554 Jenkin David
1555 John Vaughan
1556 John Griffith
1557 Griffith Donne
1558 Hymphrey Toye
1559 Thomas Beynon
1560 Rees Penry
1561 William Davies
1562 Jenkin David
1563 David John Read
1564 John Vaughan
1565 Robert Brit
1566 Griffith John David Lloyd
1567 Thomas Lewis
1568 Griffith ab Eynon
1569 Lewis Philip David
1570 Richard Lewis
1571 Lewis William
1572 Jenkin David
1573 -1574 Richard Phillips
1575 Walter Vaughan.[1]
1576 Griffith ab Ievan
1577 Walter Vaughan
1578 David ab Ievan Taylor
1579–1580 William Phillips
1581 Walter Vaughan
1582 Griffith ab Ievan
1583 Robert Toye
1584 Edward Middleton
1585 David Edwards
1586 Thomas Nothed
1587 Thomas Atkins
1588 Philip William
1589 Griffith Howell
1590 John Morris
1591 Harry Owen
1592 John Brit
1593 Thomas Davies
1594 Robert Brit
1595 John Fisher
1596 Morris Lloyd
1597 William Thomas Morris
1597 David Edwardes
1598 Walter Vaughan
1598 Philip William
1599 Henry Vaughan
1600 Henry Phillips
1601 Thomas Rees
1602 William Thomas
1603 Ievan Thomas
1604 Sir John Vaughan KT
1605 Thomas Parry
1606 Thomas Atkins
1607 Ievan Long
1608 John Griffith John
1609 Thomas Vaughan
1610 Martin Beynon
1611 William Lewes
1612 Thomas Higgs
1613 Thomas Davids
1614 Edward Atkins
1614 Martin Beynon
1615 Richard Jeanes
1616 David Edwards
1617 John Bowen
1618 Griffith Davids
1619 Griffith Lewis
1620 Thomas Atkins
1621 Morgan Davids
1622 David Beven
1623 Richard Barrett
1624 John Vaughan
1625 Thomas Muggall
1625 William Thomas
1626 Griffith Beynon
1627 Anthony Johns
1628 Griffith Read
1629 William Lewis
1630 Richard Jeanes
1631 John Bowen
1632 Griffith Lewis
1633 Thomas Atkins
1634 Thomas Woode
1635 Thomas Jones
1636 Richard Thomas
1637 Robert Lewis
1638 Attwill Taylor
1639 Lewis Johnes
1640 Rowland Phillips
1641 Morris James
1642 George Ockley
1643 David Bevan
1644 Thomas Phillips
1645–1646 Thomas Phillips
1647 George Jeanes
1648 Thomas Jones
1649 Dawkin Gove
1650 Robert Brend
1651 John Hughes
1652 David Edwardes
1653 Richard Thomas
1654 Edward Jones
1655 John Vaughan
1656 Robert Brit
1657 William Gower
1658 Griffith Beynon
1659 Walter Thomas
1660 -1661 John Hughes
1661 Anthony Jones
1662 George Lewis
1663 John Ockley
1664 Robert Lewis
1665 Thomas Beynon
1666 John Scurlocke
1667 Richard Leigh
1668–1669 John Muggell
1670 William Brigstocke
1671 Sir Henry Vaughan KT
1672 Robert Lewis
1673 Altham Vaughan
1674 John Vaughan
1675 John Williams
1676 Thomas Griffith
1677 Thomas Jones
1678 Dawkin Gove
1679 Thomas Newsham
1680 David Jones
1681 Edward Gower
1682 Edward Jones
1683 Owen Brigstocke
1684 William Jones
1685 John Phillips
1686 Charles de Lancy
1687 Sir Sackville Crow
1688 Rowland Gwynne
1689 Sir Rice William KT
1689 Martin Beynon
1690 John Ryder
1691 Thomas Rogers
1692 George Catchmaid
1693 Howell David
1694 Thomas Powell
1695 Griffith Lewis
1696 Morris James
1697 John Davies
1698 Theophilus Bevan
1699 Griffith William
1699 William Brigstocke
1700 John Williams
1701 Henry Vaughan
1702 Sir Anthony Rudd Bart
1703 John Scurlock
1704 Thomas Mainwaring
1705 Anthony Jones
1706 William Brigstocke
1706 William Jones
1707 Anthony Jones
1708 John Newsham
1709 James Phillips
1710 William Gower
1711 John Vaughan
1712 Nathaniel Morgan
1713 John Morgan
1714 Rees Thomas
1715 Francis Lloyd
1716 John Thomas
1717 Thomas Jones
1718 Thomas Lloyd
1719 David Lloyd
1719–1720 Benjamin Davies
1721 Morgan Davies
1722 William Thomas
1723 Arnold Bowen
1724 Peter Chetle
1725 John Lewis
1726 John Roberts
1727 John Williams
1728 Thomas Rees
1729 George Davies
1730 John Phillips
1731 Henry Price
1732 John Leigh
1733 Robert Rees
1734 James Johnson
1735 William Rees
1736 David Lewes
1737 Edward Davies
1738 John Newsham
1739 Charles Morgan
1740 John Lloyd
1741 John Phillips
1742 John Williams
1743 William Thomas
1744 John Morgan
1745 John Phillips
1746 Evan Williams
1747 Anthony Rogers
1747 William Thomas
1748 John Phillips
1749 Evan Williams
1750 David Lloyd
1750 D. Thomas
1751 John Jones
1752 John Lewis
1753 Francis Morgan
1754 David Edwardes
1754 John Adams
1755 Dr Roger Phillips
1756 William Leigh
1756 Evan Davies
1757 John Evan
1757 Charles Webb
1758 William Leigh
1759 Arthur Jones
1759 Robert Morgan
1759 Admiral Thos Jones
1760 Woodford Rice
1760 James Wilson
1761 James Evans
1761 1. James ab William Brenin
1762 Edward Read
1762 William Morgan
1763 John Evans
1763 Vaughan Horton
1763 James Williams
1764 Albert Davids
1765 Edward Parry
1766 Francis Morgan
1766 Edward Parry
1767 Vaughan Horton
1768 George Rice
1769 Arthur Jones
1770 Morris Howell
1771 Henry Morris
1772 David Edwardes
1773 William Williams
1774 George Phillips
1775 Richard le Davids
1776 David Williams
1777 Walter George
1778 George Evans
1780 George Lewis
1781 John Morgan
1782 John Lloyd
1783 Thomas Howell
1784 John William
1785 John George Phillips
1786 Thomas Blome
1787 Morgan Lewis
1788 Jeremiah Owen
1789 Richard Howell
1790 William Price
1791 Hon. George Talbot Rice
1792 Herbert Ball
1793 Thomas Williams
1794 William Lewes
1795 William Bonnell
1795 William Price
1795 John Morgan
1796 Josiah Llewelyn
1797 David John Edwardes
1798 Charles Morgan
1799 Richard Mansel Phillips
1800 William Morris
1801 John Morgan
1802 James Hughes
1803 Sir William Paxton
1804 Thomas Morris
1805 William Morgan
1806 Charles Morgan MD
1807 John Hughes
1808 John William Hughes
1809 John, Lord Cawdor
1810 John Jones
1811 John Geo Phillips
1812 Mark Roch
1813 David Morris
1814 Sir Geo. G. Williams BT
1815 Charles Morgan MD
1816 Charles Morgan
1817 John Geo. Phillips
1818 John Hughes
1819 Thomas Morris
1820 Charles Morgan
1821 John Hughes
1822 Thomas Morris
1823 Charles Morgan
1824 David John Edwardes
1825 Daniel Prytherch
1826 Robert Waters
1827 Grismond Phillips
1828 Aaron Thomas
1829 John Bowen MD
1830 David Jones
1831 Daniel John Edwardes
1832 Daniel Prytherch
1833 Grismond Phillips
1834 Aaron Timms
1835 David Davies
1836 Capt John George Phillips
1837–1838 Thomas Morris
1839 William Phillips
1840 Charles Jones
1841 Thomas Taylor Webb
1842 William Morris
1843 Edmond Hills Stacey
1844 William Morris
1845 George Davies
1846 Thomas Charles Morris
1847 Samuel Tardrew
1848 William George Thomas
1849 John Lewis
1850–1851 Valentine Davies
1852–1853 William Morris
1854–1855 Lewis Morris
1856 Thomas Charles Morris
1857 John Lewis Phillips
1858 James Rowlands
1859 Henry Norton
1860–1861 John Thomas
1862–1863 Wm de Grunchy Warren
1864 Valentine Davies
1865 John Adams
1866 Robert Brodie
1867 E. D. Bowen Jones
1868 David Davies
1869 -1870 John Lewis
1871 Henry Norton
1872 John Thomas
1873 Wm de Grunchy Warren
1874 David Lewis
1875 David M. Morgan
1876 David Bonnell Edwards
1877 Thomas Mostyn Davies
1878 Thomas Thomas
1879 Richard William Richards
1880 Charles William Jones
1881 John Morris
1882–1884 James Jenkyn Jones
1885 John Lewis
1886 Thomas Mostyn Davies
1887 William Richard Edwards
1888 Edward Alfred Rogers
1889 Howell Howells
1890 Thomas Davies
1891–1892 Thomas Jenkins
1893 James Davies
1894 Henry Cadle
1895–1898 Henry Brunel White
1899 John Lewis
1900 Walter Spurell
1901 -1902 Edward Colby Evans
1903 Walter Spurell
1904 -1905 Edward Alfred Rogers
1906 Henry Evan Blagdon Richards
1907 Joseph Nicholas Williams[2]
1908 John Lewis
1909 John Crossman
1910 Walter Lloyd
1911 William Thomas
1912 -1913 John Beynon Arthur
1914–1917 John Lewis
1918–1919 Alderman William Evans
1920–1921 Andrew Fuller Mills
1922 Lewis David Thomas
1923 John Richards
1924 Andrew Fuller Mills
1925 John Hinds
1926 Andrew Fuller Mills
1927 Walter Spurell
1928–1929 David John Davies
1930–1932 William Jones
1933–1935 Thomas Lloyd
1936–1937 John Owen Morgans
1938–1941 James Islwyn Davies
1942–1944 Philip William Trefor Thomas
1945 John Russell
1945 Lewis Jones
1946–1947 John Jenkins
1948–1950 Enoch Davies
1950–1952 William David Jones
1952–1954 Charles Wright Griffiths
1954–1956 John James Lewis
1956–1958 Clifford Caron Jones
1958–1959 T. J. Thomas (Died in Office)
1959–1961 M. E. Clifford Jones
1961 (May to Sept) Alice. K. White (Died in Office)
1961–1963 T. Idwal Jones
1963–1964 Alderman Ellis J. Powell
1964–1965 Sidney Jeremy
1965–1966 D. D. Harries
1966–1967 William Wynford Francis Davies
1967–1968 Charles Wright Griffiths
1968 Leslie Hyde Howells
1969 David Jones Howells
1970 William Colvin
1971 Ronald Byles Evans
1972 Lawrence Victor Rice
Since the passing of the Local Government Act (1972)
1973 William Roy Nicholl
1974–1975 Ivor Morgan Morris
1975–1976 Thomas James Hurley
1976–1977 Samuel David Thomas
1977–1978 Thomas Henry Gwyn Davies
1978–1979 Gwyn Morris Williams
1979–1980 Joyce Lodwick
1980–1981 Helen M. Thomas
1981–1982 Peter Hughes Griffiths
1982–1983 Samuel David Thomas
1983–1984 June Williams
1984–1985 John Elfed Williams
1985–1986 Kenneth Bryan Maynard
1986–1987 Malcolm Morgan Jones
1987–1988 Mary Kathleen Davies
1988–1989 Siân Morris
1989–1990 William Gwynoro Jones
1990–1991 Peter Hughes Griffiths
1991–1992 John Elfed Williams
1992–1993 Sarah Mary Lorraine Maynard
1993–1994 Richard John Goodridge
1994–1995 Agnes Maria Dunbar
1995–1996 Kenneth Bryan Maynard
1996–1997 June Williams
1997–1998 Richard Edwards
1998–1999 Sioned Mair Richards
1999–2000 Peter Hughes Griffiths
2000–2001 Dr Ioan Aled Matthews
2001–2002 Llyr Huws Griffiths
2002–2003 William Gwynoro Jones
2003–2004 Peter Hughes Griffiths
2004–2005 June Williams
2005–2006 Phillip Grice
2006–2007 Richard Evans
2007–2008 Aled Williams
2008–2009 Anthony Jenkins
2009–2010 Kenneth Wigley Lloyd
2010–2011 Alan Douglas Thomas Speake
2011–2012 Reverend Tom Talog Defis
2012–2013 Philip Grice
2013–2014 Douglas Rose
2014–2015 Arwel Lloyd
2015–2016 Barry Williams
2020-2022 Gareth Howell John (term extended due to Covid 19 pandemic)
2022–2023 Miriam Margaret Moules[3]

References

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  1. ^ "VAUGHAN, Walter (d.1598), of Golden Grove, Carm. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. ^ "TheMayorofCarmarthen – The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter". William Morgan Evans. 16 November 1906. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ "The Mayor – Carmarthen Town Council". www.carmarthentowncouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2023.