List of mayors of Worcester

The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.

Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.[1]

## List of mayors of Worcester

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Notable previous mayors

* 1623: John Haselock
* 1631: Thomas Chettle
* 1633: John Nash
* 1635: George Street
* 1646: Edward Elvines
* 1656: Edmund Pitt
* 1667: Thomas Street
* 1709: Richard Lane
* 1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) [2]
* 1819: Elias Isaac (banker) [2]
* 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849)[3]
* 1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea and Perrins)
* 1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb
* 1837-38 George Allies
* 1838-39 Richard Evans
* 1839-40 Thomas Chalk
* 1840-41 C. Augustus Helm
* 1841-42 Edward Evans
* 1842-43 John Lilly
* 1843-44 William Lewis
* 1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died)
* 1846 W. Lewis (elected)
* 1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie
* 1847-48 Edward Webb
* 1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP.
* 1849-50 John Wheeley Lea
* 1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes
* 1851-52 Thomas Lucy
* 1852-53 Richard Padmore
* 1853-54 Charles Bedford
* 1854-55-6 John Goodwin
* 1856-57 James Weaver
* 1857-58 Josiah Stallard
* 1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire.
* 1859-60 William Haigh
* 1860-61 Joseph Wood [4]
* 1861-62 Joseph Firkins
* 1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester.
* 1864-65 James Dyson Perrins
* 1865-66 Thomas Southall
* 1866-67 John Stallard
* 1867-68 William Webb
* 1868-69 Francis Woodward
* 1869-70 Richard E. Barnett
* 1870-71-2 Henry Willis
* 1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester)
* 1873-74 H. G. Goldingham
* 1874-75 John Longmore
* 1875-76 Francis Woodward
* 1876-77 Moses Jones
* 1877-78 Francis Dingle
* 1878-79 Walter Holland
* 1879-80 John Noake
* 1880-81 T. S. Townshend
* 1881-82 Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stallard
* 1882-83 Frederick Corbett
* 1883-84 W. B. Williamson
* 1884-85 Joseph S. Wood
* 1885-86 Ambrose Wm. Knott
* 1886-87 Walter Holland
* 1887-88 Herbert Caldicott [5]
* 1888-89 Ernest Augustus Day, architect and surveyor.
* 1889-90 R. Smith-Carrington
* 1890-91 W. R. Higgs
* 1891-92 Walter Holland
* 1892-93 Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
* 1893-94 Geo. H. Williamson
* 1894-95 Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
* 1895-96 Rt. Hon. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, later Governor of New South Wales
* 1896-97 Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins)
* 1897-98 Albert Buck
* 1898-99 John Alfred Steward
* 1899-1900 John Millington
* 1900-1 John Alfred steward
* 1901-2 Walter Holland
* 1902-3 Mr. C. J. Whitehead (Conservative)[6]
* 1903-4 John Samuel Cook
* 1904-5 Hubert A. Leicester
* 1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term)
* 1916–19: Arthur Carlton [7]
* 1922–23: Arthur Carlton [7]
* 1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941)
* 1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards [8]

Recent mayors

Source[1]

* 1999–2000: Josephine Hodges
* 2000–01: Mary Drinkwater
* 2001–02: David Clark
* 2002–03: Robert Rowden
* 2003–04: Gareth Jones
* 2004–05: Allah Ditta
* 2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck
* 2006–07: Ian Imray
* 2007–08: Stephen Inman
* 2008–09: Lucy Hodgson
* 2009–10: Andy Roberts
* 2010–11: Mike Layland
* 2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt
* 2012–13: Roger Berry
* 2013–14: Pat Agar
* 2014–15: Alan Amos
* 2015–16: Roger Knight
* 2016–17: Paul Denham
* 2017–18: Steve Mackay
* 2018–19: Jabba Riaz
* 2019–20: Allah Ditta
* 2020–21: Josephine Hodges
* 2021–22: Stephen Hodgson
* 2022–23: Adrian Gregson
* 2023–24: Louis Stephen

## References

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1. ^ a b "About the Mayor". Worcester City Council. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
2. ^ a b "Our Heritage | Worcester Golf and Country Club". www.worcestergcc.co.uk.
3. ^ "John Dent (1777–1855), Mayor of Worcester (1826), and High Sheriff of the County (1849) | Art UK".
4. ^ "Alderman Joseph Wood (d.1887), Mayor of Worcester (1860) | Art UK". artuk.org.
5. ^ "Herbert Caldicott – 1843 – 1898 – Mayor of Worcester". 17 September 2017.
6. ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922\. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
7. ^ a b "No. 32906". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1924. pp. 1262–1263.
8. ^ "Harold Alfred Richards, Mayor of Worcester (1958) | Art UK". artuk.org.

## External links

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* List of Mayors 1621–1651 and 1750–1775
* A general history of Worcester, embellished with plates. p. 346. List of Mayors 1790–1817

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