Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith

Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith
Hammersmith mayoral chain and badge
Thomas Chamberlen, first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith (1900-1902)
Formation	1990 (1990)
First holder	Thomas Chamberlen
Final holder	Elizabeth O'Kelly Finn
Abolished	March 31, 1965 (1965-03-31)

The Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith was the mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith, which existed from 1900 to 1965.

Background

The London Government Act 1899 reformed the administration of London by dividing the County of London into 28 metropolitan boroughs, replacing the 41 parish vestries and district boards of works administering the area. Under the terms of the London Government Act 1899, each borough was to be governed by a borough council consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors.

On 15 May 1990, by the "Borough of Hammersmith in Council, 1900" Order in Council, the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith was formed from the civil parish of Hammersmith, and the Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council (formally "The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith") was established and incorporated as a body corporate.

The London Government Act 1963 created Greater London, divided into 32 London boroughs, abolishing civil parishes in London. On 30 March 1965, The London Government Order 1965 was laid before the house, to effect the changes.

On 1 April 1965, the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith ceased to exist and merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham to form the London Borough of Hammersmith. The Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough Council was succeeded by the Hammersmith London Borough Council.

On 1 April 1979, the borough was renamed to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the council was renamed to the Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council.

Insignia

Hammersmith mayoral chain and badge

The mayoral chain and badge were provided by public subscription and presented to the council on subscriber's behalf by William Bull, Member of Parliament for Hammersmith. It was made by the Goldsmiths' & Silversmiths' Company and designed by Councillor Sir William Blake Richmond. The chain is made of 18 carat gold, consisting of alternate linking letter Hs, crossed hammers and ornamental shields for engraving the names of successive Mayors. The badge, consisting of a gold and enamelled replica of the coat of arms of Hammersmith Metropolitan Borough, is suspended from a centre link bearing the initials of the first mayor, Thomas Chamberlen, and the date 1900.

List of mayors

The mayors from 1900 to 1965 were:

Councillor	From	To
Thomas Chamberlen	1900	1902
Acton Phillips	1902	1903
Charles Pascall	1903	1904
Joseph Morris Levy	1904	1905
James Joseph Raynor Green	1905	1906
Edmund Charles Rawlings	1906	1907
Samuel Bewsher	1907	1908
Richard Johnson Walker	1908	1909
Samuel Bewsher	1909	1910
Norman William Shairp	1910	1911
Frank Mayle	1911	1912
Samuel Dawson Leah	1912	1913
Henry Foreman	1913	1920
Marshall Hays	1920	1925
Charles Pascall	1925	1926
Bertie Jonathan Samels	1926	1929
Edwin Joseph Benjamin Spearing	1929	1931
Walter Pierce Davies	1931	1933
Arthur Belsham	1933	1935
John Rooke	1935	1937
William Henry Church	1937	1939
Wilfrid Turney	1939	1940
Richard Henry Kent	1940	1942
Edward Ernest Woods	1942	1944
Frederick Brader	1944	1946
Reginald James Buckingham	1946	1949
Frank Laurence Hewett	1949	1951
William Henry Brind	1951	1953
Henry George Reynolds	1953	1955
Thomas Antony Keating	1955	1957
John Frederick Heaks	1957	1959
John Francis Hayes	1959	1961
Edith Christina Woods	1961	1963
Stanley Moss Atkins	1963	1964
Elizabeth O'Kelly Finn	1964	1965