List of mayors of Chester explained
| Post: | Lord Mayor |
| Body: | Chester |
| Incumbent: | Sheila Little |
| Incumbentsince: | 2023 |
| Style: | The Right Worshipful |
| Appointer: | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Termlength: | One municipal year |
| Formation: | 1992 |
| Salary: | None |
The position of Lord Mayor of Chester was created on 10 March 1992 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Chester, England by Letters Patent as part of celebrations of 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester.[1] The Lord Mayoralty was given to Chester in recognition of its historical and economic importance.[2] In 2009 the role of Lord Mayor of Chester was combined with that of Chairman of Cheshire West and Chester Council, but the two roles were separated again in 2015.[3]
The full title of the Mayor is ‘The Right Worshipful, the Lord Mayor of the City of Chester’.
Notable Mayors[4]
- 1484-85: Sir John Savage (Knight of the Garter)
- 1512–14: Sir Piers Dutton (High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1542)
- 1540: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545)
- 1558: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545)
- 1560: William Aldersey (MP for Chester, 1547)
- 1563: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545)
- 1570: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545)
- 1572: John Hankey (Sheriff, 1557. Alderman, 1567)
- 1581: Richard Bavand (MP for Chester, 1584)
- 1600: Richard Bavand (MP for Chester, 1584)
- 1602: Hugh Glasier (MP for Chester, 1601)
- 1611: John Ratcliffe (MP for Chester, 1621)
- 1622: Thomas Smith (MP for Chester, 1640-1644)
- 1628: John Ratcliffe (MP for Chester, 1621)
- 1642: William Ince (MP for Chester, 1660)
- 1681: George Mainwaring
- 1684: Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bt (MP for Chester, 1679–1700) (High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1688)
- 1691: Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington (MP for Cheshire, 1678–85)
- 1692–96: Roger Whitley (MP for Chester, 1681)
- 1715: Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (MP for Chester, 1715-33)
- 1737; Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, MP for Denbighshire 1716-1741;
- 1738: Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (MP for Chester, 1733-55)
- 1902-03: Dr. John Roberts, Liberal[5]
Notes and References
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt2/pp305-321 British History Online: Early Mayors of Chester
- Web site: History of the Office . Cheshire West and Chester Council. 24 January 2014.
- News: Cheshire West and Chester Council have bad-tempered first meeting under Labour control. David Holmes. 26 May 2015. 2015-06-10. Chester Chronicle.
- Web site: Mayors and Sheriffs of Chester 1506-1835 . British History Online . 4 January 2019.
- Election of Mayors . 11 November 1902 . 12 . 36922.
