List of lord mayors of Leicester

The position of Lord Mayor of Leicester is a mainly ceremonial post, being the title of the chairman of the Leicester City Council. The Mayor is elected annually by the members of the council.

Not to be confused with Mayor of Leicester.

The role of Lord Mayor is in many ways similar to that carried out by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

From the Middle Ages until 1928 the title was simply Mayor of Leicester. Until the 19th century, the mayors were usually elected annually by the Corporation of Leicester. Since the development of forms of local democracy, the mayors and Lord Mayors of the city have been elected indirectly from among elected councillors and aldermen, but since 1971 no unelected aldermen have been entitled to vote.

History

The first mayor of Leicester was the Norman knight "Peter fitz Roger" (Peter son of Roger) in 1251.[1][2] The title was elevated to "Lord Mayor" by letters patent dated 10 July 1928.[3] This was confirmed for the reorganised non-metropolitan district by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.[4]

The first Asian Lord Mayor of Leicester, Gordhan Parmar, was elected in 1987.[5] After institution of a directly elected mayor in 2011 the Lord Mayor of Leicester still exists as a ceremonial role under Leicester City Council.[6]

List of Mayors

Mayors of Leicester include:[7]

  • 1499 William Wyggeston, MP for Leicester, 1504
  • 1510 William Wyggeston
  • 1521 Robert Harward, MP for Leicester, 1529
  • 1541 Hugh Aston, MP for Leicester, 1554
  • 1545 Robert Cotton, MP for Leicester, 1553
  • 1576 John Stanford, MP for Leicester, 1572 and 1593
  • 1592 John Stanford
  • 1615 William Ive, MP for Leicester, 1624
  • 1625 William Ive
  • 1634 William Ive
  • 1688 William Bentley
  • 1732 Gabriel Newton
  • 1759 Nicholas Throsby
  • 1776 Joseph Johnson, Esq, succeeded by Samuel Jordan before Nov 1776
  • 1777 Samuel Jordan, Esq,
  • 1793 John Mansfield Snr, co-founder Oliver & Mansfield - Leicester Bank
  • 1815 John Mansfield Jnr
  • 1836 Thomas Paget, MP for Leicestershire, 1831
  • 1837 Robert Brewin
  • 1838 Thomas Stokes
  • 1839 Joseph Whetstone
  • 1840 John Biggs[8] MP for Leicester 1855–62
  • 1841 Thomas Stokes
  • 1842 William Biggs, MP for Newport, IoW, 1852
  • 1843 Richard Harris
  • 1844 John Mellor
  • 1845 Edward Weston
  • 1846 Joseph Fielding
  • 1847 John Biggs
  • 1848 William Biggs
  • 1849 Thomas Nunneley
  • 1850 John Dove Harris, MP for Leicester, 1857 and 1865
  • 1851 George Toller
  • 1852 John Manning
  • 1853 Samuel How
  • 1854 Richard Harris junior
  • 1855 John Biggs
  • 1856 John Dove Harris
  • 1856 Joseph Underwood
  • 1857 Joseph Underwood
  • 1859 William Biggs
  • 1859 James Francis Hollings
  • 1860 Edward Shipley Ellis[9]
  • 1861 Samuel Viccars
  • 1862 George Toller
  • 1863 George Baines
  • 1864 Alfred Burgess
  • 1865 Thomas William Hodges
  • 1866 Thomas William Hodges
  • 1867 Thomas William Hodges
  • 1868 John Baines
  • 1869 George Stevenson
  • 1870 John Stafford
Leicester county borough (created 1889)

20th century
  • 1900-01 Alderman Samuel Lennard
  • 1901-02 Thomas Windley
  • 1902-03 Alderman William Wilkins Vincent[10]
  • 1903-04 Albert Edwin Sawday
  • 1904-05 Stephen Hilton
  • 1905-06 Henry Bailey Bruce
  • 1906-07 Edward Wood
  • 1907-08 Thomas Smith
  • 1908-09 Charles Lakin
  • 1909-10 George Chitham
  • 1910-11 William Wilkins Vincent
  • 1911-12 Arthur Tollington
  • 1912-13 James McCall
  • 1913-14 John Russell Frears
  • 1914–17 Jonathan North (three terms)
  • 1918-19 Walter John Lovell
  • 1919-20 Jabez Chaplin
  • 1920-21 George Edward Hilton
  • 1921-22 James Wedgwood Heath
  • 1922-23 Amos Sherriff
  • 1923-24 John Mantle Hubbard
  • 1924-25 Herbert Simpson
  • 1925-26 George Banton
  • 1926-27 Thomas Watson Walker

List of Lord Mayors
Silver jubilee medal of George V and Queen Mary issued by the city of Leicester in 1935, in the name of Alderman E. Grimsley JP Lord Mayor
  • James Thomas (1927–1928)
  • Harry Hand (1928–1929)
  • William Hincks (1929–1930)
  • Harry Carver (1930–1931)
  • Walter Wilford (1931–1932)
  • Arthur Hawkes (1932–1933)
  • William Billings (1933–1934)
  • Ernest Grimsley (1934–1935)
  • Richard Hallam (1935–1936)
  • Arthur Swain (1936–1937)
  • Frank Acton (1937–1938)
  • Thomas Gooding (1938–1939)
  • George Parbury (1939–1940)
  • William Joseph Cort (1940–1941)
  • Elizabeth Rowley Frisby (1941–1942)
  • Sydney Taylor (1942–1943)
  • Charles Edward Gillot (1943–1944)
  • John Minto (1944–1945)
  • Charles Edward Worthington, C.B.E. (1945–1946)
  • William Henry Smith (1946–1947)
  • John Newton Frears (1947–1949)
  • John William Wale (1949–1950)
  • Alderman Frederick Ernest Oliver (1950–1951)
  • Aderman Thomas Rowland Hill (1951–1952)
  • Alderman Geoffrey Morris Barnett (1952–1953)
  • Alderman Charles Robert Keene (1953–1954)
  • Alderman Cecil Herbert Harris (1954–1955)
  • Alderman Samuel Cooper (1955–1956)
  • Alderman Alfred Harkyard (1956–1957)
  • Alderman Frederick John Jackson (1957–1958)
  • Alderman Sidney Brown (1958–1959)
  • Alderman Bertram Powell (1959–1960)
  • Alderman Dorothy Russell (1960–1961)
  • Alderman May Goodwin (1961–1962)
  • Alderman Harold Heard (1962–1963)
  • Alderman Constance Elizabeth Jackson (1963–1964)
  • Alderman Archibald Henry William Kimberlin (1964–1965)
  • Alderman Sidney William Bridges (1965–1966)
  • Alderman Mrs Monica Mary Trotter (1966–1967)
  • Alderman Sir Mark Henig (1967–1968)
  • Alderman Kenneth William Bowder (1968–1969)
  • Alderman Edward Marston (1969–1970)
  • Alderman George Baldwin (1970–1971)
  • Alderman Percy Watts (1971–1972)
  • Alderman Herbert Stanley Tomlinson (1972–1973)
  • Councillor Clarence Arnold Wakefield (1973–1974)
Leicester non-metropolitan district
  • Councillor Mrs Anne Irene Pollard (1974–1975)
  • Councillor Mrs Lily Roma Marriott J,P. (1975–1976)
  • Councillor Bernard Toft (1976–1977)
  • Councillor Albert Turner Baker (1977–1978)
  • Councillor Albert Sylveter Watson (1978–1979)
  • Councillor William Henry Scotton (1979–1980)
  • Councillor Herbert Henry Sowden (1980–1981)
  • Councillor Archibald Berridge (1981–1982)
  • Councillor William Page (1982–1983)
  • Councillor George Billington (1983–1984)
  • Councillor Michael Cufflin (1984–1985)
  • Councillor Mrs Janet Setchfield (1985–1986)
  • Councillor Sydney St.John Phipps (1986–1987)
  • Councillor Gordhan Parmar (1987–1988)
  • Councillor Guy Collis (1988–1989)
  • Councillor David Anthony Taylor (1989–1990)
  • Councillor Peter Kimberlin (1990–1991)
  • Councillor Colin Grundy (1991–1992)
  • Councillor Robert Wigglesworth (1992–1993)
  • Councillor Henry Dunphy (1993–1994)
  • Councillor Margaret Bell (1994–1995)
  • Councillor Michael Johnson (1995–1996)
  • Councillor Culdipp Bhatti (1996–1997)
  • Councillor Raymond Flint (1997–1998)
  • Councillor John Mugglestone (1998–1999)
  • Councillor Phil Swift (1999–2000)
  • Councillor Mrs Barbara Chambers (2000–2001)
  • Councillor John Allen (2001–2002)
  • Councillor Maggie Bodell-Stagg (2002–2003)
  • Councillor Ramnik Kavia (2003–2004)
  • Councillor Piara Singh Clair (2004–2005)
  • Councillor Mary Draycott (2005–2006)
  • Councillor Paul Westley (2006–2007)
  • Councillor Gary G Hunt (2007–2008)
  • Councillor Manjula Sood (2008–2009)
  • Councillor Roger Blackmore (2009–2010)
  • Councillor Colin Hall (2010–2011)
  • Councillor Robert Wann (2011–2012)
  • Councillor Abdul Osman (2012–2013)
  • Councillor Mustafa Kamal (2013–2014)
  • Councillor John Thomas (2014–2015)
  • Councillor Ted Cassidy (2015–2016)
  • Councillor Stephen Corrall (2016–2017)
  • Councillor Rashmikant Joshi (2017–2018)
  • Councillor Ross Grant (2018–2019)[11]
  • Councillor Annette Byrne (2019-2020)

References
  1. Agnes Johnson Glimpses of ancient Leicester – Page 60 1891 "The first Mayor of Leicester, A.D. 1251.
  2. The history of the boroughs and municipal corporations of the ... – Page 229 Henry Alworth Merewether, Archibald John Stephens – 1835 "The mayor of Leicester and his brethren, having, with the consent of the commonalty, by the last ordinance, placed the town under the government of the aldermen, appear, in the 4th year of the reign of King Henry VII., to have adopted 1488. a ..."
  3. "No. 33405". The London Gazette. 20 June 1928. p. 4898.
  4. "No. 46255". The London Gazette. 4 April 1974. p. 4400.
  5. What participation by foreign residents in public life at local ... – Page 91 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe – 2000 "In 1981 serious riots broke out in the city that were dubbed "race riots" in Highfields and the City centre. ... In 1987 the first Asian Mayor of Leicester was elected, Councillor Gordhan Parmar and the first Asian Member of Parliament, Keith Vaz
  6. BBC Leicester's elected mayor reports lord mayor over parking August 2011
  7. Stone, S. (1871). Roll of Mayors: A List of the Mayors, Magistrates, Aldermen, and Councillors, of the Borough of Leicester, since the passing of the Municipal Corporations Reform Act. Leicester.
  8. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/58341
  9. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/edward-shipley-ellis-chairman-midland-railway-1863-jp-and-mayor-of-leicester-9761
  10. "Election of Mayors". The Times (36922). London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  11. https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council/about-us/the-lord-mayor/
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