Mayor of Derry City and Strabane explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Derry City and Strabane District Council
Insignia:Londonderry COA.svg
Insigniasize:130
Insigniacaption:Derry City Coat of Arms
Incumbent:Lilian Seenoi-Barr
Incumbentsince:3 June 2024
Appointer:Derry and Strabane District Council
Termlength:One year
Inaugural:John Rowley
Formation:1604 (as Provost)
1613 (as Mayor)
Deputy:Darren Guy
Website:Council Website

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry City & Strabane District in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council, chosen by their peers on the council to serve a one-year term.[1] The mayor is the chairperson of the council as well as the city's first citizen. The current mayor is Lilian Seenoi-Barr of the SDLP.

The district was created in 2015 by the merger of two existing councils. The previous post of Mayor of Derry, more formally Lord Mayor of Londonderry, has a long history. A provost, Sir Henry Docwra, was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604 by James I. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of governor, or mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve.[2] The City charter of 1665 which provided:

During much of its history, it has been held by unionists (largely due to the practice of gerrymandering),[3] but in recent years, the majority of mayors have been Irish nationalists, reflecting the majority of the city's population.

From 1921 until 1969, the Lord Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland.

List of mayors

17th century

FromToNameParty
1615John Vaughan
1617Sir John Vaughan
1618John Wray
16201621Jesse Smith
1625H Vaughan
1629Sir John Vaughan
1631William Gage
1636Thomas Hammond
1639Peter Benson
1641James Vaughan
1643Sir Robert Stewart[4]
1644Colonel Audley Mervyn
1646Sir Charles Coote
1653Henry Finch
1654Ralph King
16551656John Handford
1657John Elwin
1658Samuel Dawson (died in office)
1659John Westgate
1660Luke Ash
1662William Gardner
1664Colonel John Gorges
1670Thomas Skipton
1671Hugh Edwards
16721674Samuel Norman
16751676Gervais Squire
1677Colonel William Cecil
16781680Thomas Moncrieff
16811682John Campsie
1683Alexander Tomkins
1684James Hobson
16851686John Campsie
1687Andrew Coningham (died in office)
1688John Campsie
1690Gervais Squire
1691Alexander Lecky
1692William Squire (died in office)
1693James Lenox
1694Henry Long
1695Alexander Lecky
1696Henry Ash
1697James Lenox
1698Horace Kennedy
1699Gervais Squire
1700Edward Brooks

18th century

FromToName
1701Thomas Moncrieff[5]
1702Robert Shannon
17031704Samuel Leeson
1705Henry Ash
1706George Tomkins
1707Charles Norman
1708Thomas Lecky
1709Thomas Ash
1710Samuel Leeson
1711Robert Norman
1712John Wotton
1713Alexander Tomkins
1714John Wotton[6]
17691770Robert Fairly[7]
1771Adam Schoales
1772Hugh Hill
1773William Lecky
17741775Charles M'Manus
1776Thomas Bateson
1777John Coningham
1778John Ferguson
1779George Ash
17801781Thomas Lecky
1782Robert Fairly
17831784John Coningham
17851786Squire Lecky
17871788John Coningham
1789Squire Lecky
17901791Eneas Murray
17921793Stephen Bennett
17941795George Kennedy
17961797Andrew Ferguson
17981799John Darcus
18001801William Walker

19th century

FromToNameParty
1802R. G. Hill
1803John Darcus
18041805R. Murray
18061807William Walker
18081809Thomas Lecky
18101811Thomas Scott
18121813John Curry
18141815Marcus S. Hill
18161817William Alexander
18181819William Scott
18201821Sir John Maginnis
18221823John Dysart
18241825John Rea
18261827Richard Young
18281829Conolly Skipton
1830Sir R.A. Ferguson (resigned), then J. Dysart
1831Richard Young
18321833George Hill
18341835Joshua Gillespie
18361837Thomas P. Kennedy
18381839Sir Robert Bateson, Bt
18401841Joseph E. Miller
18421843Conolly Lecky[8]
18431845William Haslett
18451846John Munn
18461847Daniel Baird
1847Alexander Lindsay
18591862Bartholomew McCorkell JP
18681869 Sir Edward Reid[9]
18751877Sir William Miller, MD[10]
1883Henry Darcus
?1887?(Sir) Thomas Lecky[11]
18881889Sir William Miller
18981899Sir John Barr Johnston
18991900Sir William McLearn

20th century

FromToNameParty
19011902Sir Francis Henry Miller
19081911John McFarland
19111912Matthew Anderson Ballantine
19121913John McFarland
19131915William McLearn
19151920Robert Newton Anderson
19201923Hugh O'Doherty
19231925Maxwell Scott Moore
19251927John Gilbert Magee
19271929James Hamilton
19291935Dudley McCorkell
19351939James McElmunn Wilton
19391940Basil McFarland
19401945Frederick James Simmons
19451950Basil McFarland
19501952Gerald Stanley Glover
19521954Samuel Orr
19541957Samuel Sydney Dowds
19571961John Gordon Colhoun
19611963Gerald Stanley Glover
19631968Albert Anderson
19681969William Beatty
19691973Post vacant - council replaced by interim development commission
19731974Raymond McClean
19741975Jack Allen
19751976Ivor Canavan
19761977James Hegarty
19771978Hugh Doherty
19781979Thomas M. Craig
19791980Pat Devine
19801981Marleen Jefferson
19811982Joe Fegan
19821983William O'Connell
19831984Len Green
19841985John Tierney
19851986John McNickle
19861987Noel McKenna
19871988James Guy
19881989Annie Gallagher
19891990Tony Carlin
19901991David Davis
19911992Mary Bradley
19921993William Hay
19931994Annie Courtney
19941995James Guy
19951996John Kerr
19961997Richard Dallas
19971998Martin Bradley
19981999Joe Millar
19992000Pat Ramsey

21st century

FromToNameParty
20002001Cathal Crumley
20012002Mildred Garfield
20022003Kathleen McCloskey
20032004Shaun Gallagher
20042005Gearóid Ó hEára
20052006Lynn Fleming
20062007Helen Quigley
20072008Drew Thompson
20082009Gerard Diver
20092010Paul Fleming
20102011Colum Eastwood
20112012Maurice Devenney
20122013Kevin Campbell
20132014Martin Reilly
20142015Brenda Stevenson
20152016Elisha McCallion
20162017Hilary McClintock
20172018Maolíosa McHugh
20182019John Boyle
20192020Michaela Boyle
20202021Brian Tierney
20212022Graham Warke
20222023Sandra Duffy
20232024Patricia Logue
2024-Lilian Seenoi-Barr

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Derry City & Strabane – Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council. www.derrystrabane.com.
  2. Thomas Colby, Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, p. 87
  3. Web site: sdy60f2.tmp.
  4. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 54
  5. Book: Memoir of the City and North Western Liberties of Londonderry ..., Volume 1. 87–88.
  6. Book: Simpson, Robert. The Annals of Derry. 204.
  7. "History of Congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Biographical Notices of Eminent Presbyterian Ministers and Laymen", 1886
  8. Book: The Annals of Derry . 211.
  9. personal memorandum of Sir Edward Reid
  10. Obituary – Sir William Miller. 30 January 1900 . 10 . 36052.
  11. Book: Shaw, William. The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time ..., Volume 1. 383.

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