List of mayors of Dartmouth, Devon
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Dartmouth received borough status in 1341 with the right to elect a mayor. In 1974 the town became part of South Hams District. There is still a Town Council and a mayor, but with reduced powers.[1]
The following have been mayors of Dartmouth, Devon, England:
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14th century[edit]
- 1374–75: John Hawley, MP for Dartmouth, 1390, 1393, 1394 and 1402 [2]
- 1376–77: John Hawley
- 1378–79: John Hawley
- 1382–83: John Hawley
- 1385–86: John Hawley
- 1387–89: John Hawley
- 1390–91: John Hawley
- 1392–95: John Hawley
- 1397–99: John Hawley
- 1400–01: John Hawley
16th Century[edit]
- 1547-48: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[3]
- 1551-52: Gilbert Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[4]
- 1554=55: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[3]
- 1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593[5]
- 1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614 [6]
17th century[edit]
- 1602: Nicholas Hayman
- c.1620: Andrew Voysey, MP for Dartmouth, 1640
[William Plumleigh] Recvr. Dartmouth 1610–11,2 mayor 1617–18, 1625–6, 1632–3, 1641-2[7]
20th century[edit]
- 1900-01 Thomas Wilton
- 1901-02 William Philip Ditcham
- 1902-03 John William Medway (Liberal)[8]
- 1903-06 Richard Burford Seale
- 1906-10 John Brown
- 1910-11 Edward Ethelbert Lort Phillips
- 1911-14 Charles Peek
- 1914-18 Thomas Wilton
- 1918-19 Sir Thomas Wilton
- 1919-21 Charles Peek
- 1921-22 Algernon Joseph Yorke
- 1922-23 Sir Alfred G. Bourne
- 1923-29 Dr Henry J. Campbell
- 1929-32 James Harry Smith
- 1932-33 George Henry Marshall
- 1933-36 Ernest Albert Travers
- 1936-37 William Thomas Pillar
- 1937-38 George Henry Marshall
- 1938-45 William George Row
- 1945-46 Herbert George Middleton
- 1946-47 Frank Scardifield
- 1947-50 Bertie Lavers
- 1950-51 James Clifford S.R. Stoneman
- 1951-53 Albert Montague William Chapman
- 1953-54 Harold John Adams
- 1954-56 Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor
- 1956-57 Bertie Lavers
- 1957-58 Norman Hewson
- 1958-60 Harold Charles Lloyd
- 1960-61 James William Lee Palin
- 1961-62 Richard Martin Hoare
- 1962-63 Dorothy Holwill
- 1963-65 Eric S. Rimmer
- 1965-66 Margaret V.M. Keane
- 1966-67 Harold G. White
- 1967-68 Robert Middleton
- 1968-69 Eric J. Cook
- 1969-70 Albert J. Mashford
- 1970-71 Eric J. Cook
- 1971-73 Frank C. Mullett
- 1973-74Irene Ethel Frances Scawn
- 1974-75 Albert J. Mashford
- 1975-76 Brenda Bradley Breakwell
- 1976-77 Brian Alfred Goss
- 1977-78 Richard Martin Hoare
- 1978-80 Dennis Arthur Woods
- 1980-81 Irene Ethel Frances Scawn
- 1981-83 Donald William Rablin Webb
- 1983-85 Beryl Mary Calder
- 1985-86 Leslie William Savage
- 1986-89 Donald William Rablin Webb
- 1989-90 Bryan Martin Measures
- 1990-93 Brian J. Edgington
- 1993-95 Jack Cutter
- 1995-97 Margaret A Roberts
- 1997-99 Paul J. Darby
- 1999-2000 Melvyn Stone
21st century[edit]
- 2000–05: Richard Rendle
- 2005–06: Peter Norton
- 2006–07: Iris Pritchard
- 2007–08: Iris Pritchard
- 2008–09: Debbie Morris [10]
- 2010–11: Richard Rendle
- 2011–13: Paul Allen
- 2014–15: Rob M Lyon [11]
- 2016–17: Rob M Lyon [12]
- 2017–18: Richard Cooke [12]
- 2018–19: Rob M Lyon [12]
References[edit]
- ^ "History of Dartmouth". Dartmouth. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "HAWLEY, John I (d.1408), of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ a b "ROUPE, Nicholas (By 1506-55 or later), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ "ROUPE, Gilbert (By 1514-75/78), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ "HOLLAND, Thomas (-d.1618), of Dartmouth, Devon | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ 4 members of the Plumleigh family of Dartmouth served as Mayor of Dartmouth in the 16th & 17th centuries (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.595, pedigree of Plumleigh)
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 10.
- ^ http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/dartmouth/soci/htm/102741_0.htm
- ^ "Dartmouth Town Mayor".
- ^ "Dartmouth Town Council - Your Councillors". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "A new mayor was elected at the town's council meeting". Dartmouth Chronicle. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.