Mayor of Stafford explained
The town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England gained its mayoral charter from King James I. The first mayor was Matthew Cradock, jnr in 1614.[1]
The following have been mayors of Stafford:
Source: http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/live/Documents/Mayor/Civic-Information.pdf Stafford Borough Council unless otherwise stated
- 1614–15 Matthew Cradock, First Mayor of Stafford, MP for Stafford 5 times between 1621 and 1628 [2]
- 1622 Thomas Worswick [3]
- 1706 William Abnett[4]
- 1708 Abraham Hoskins
- 1716 Abraham Hoskins
- 1719 William Robins[4]
- 1720 William Abnett
- 1731 William Robins
- 1740 William Robins
19th century
Source: Stafford Borough Council[5]
- 1836 John Masfen Jn. Kenderdine Shaw
- 1837 William Jones
- 1838 Charles Dudley
- 1839 Thomas Stevenson
- 1840 Edward Lloyd
- 1841 John Rogers
- 1842 Charles Chester Mort
- 1843 Thomas Boulton
- 1844 John Griffin
- 1845 Charles Ed Morgan
- 1846 James Webb
- 1847 John Marson
- 1848 James Turnock
- 1849 Thomas Benson Elley
- 1850 Thomas Benson Elley
- 1851 William Jones, Jun.
- 1852 Thomas Turner
- 1853 Thomas Boulton
- 1854 John Henson Webb
- 1855 John Griffin
- 1856 John Griffin
- 1857 John Griffin
- 1858 Henry Thos Lomax
- 1859 John Lea
- 1860 William Buxton
- 1861 William Buxton
- 1862 John Brewster
- 1863 Jonas Pilling
- 1864 Edward Mousley
- 1865 Edward Mousley
- 1866 John Morgan
- 1867 William Silvester
- 1868 Richard Podmore
- 1869 Ephraim Austin
- 1870 Henry Gillard
- 1871 Hugh Woods Gibson
- 1872 Bateman P Wright
- 1873 John Kelsall
- 1874 John Shallcross
- 1875 John Shallcross
- 1876 Jas C Marson (deceased)
- 1876 H W Gibson (successor)
- 1877 John Averill
- 1878 Frederic Marson
- 1879 William Wright
- 1880 John Tasker Evans
- 1881 Chas Henry Dudley
- 1882 Chas Henry Dudley
- 1883 Zachariah Anderson
- 1884 Frederic Greatrex
- 1885 Nicholas Joyce
- 1886 Wm Henry Peach
- 1887 Alfred Ward
- 1888 Cornelius Mycock
- 1889 Thomas Amies
- 1890 William Peach
- 1891 William Lloyd
- 1892 William Silvester
- 1893 George Wormal
- 1894 Charles Henry Wright
- 1895 Wm Hy Turkington
- 1896 Frederick Greatrex
- 1897 Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1898 Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1899 Walter Charles Towers Mynors
Notes and References
- Web site: In Touch with the Past. Stafford Borough Council. 13 August 2014.
- Web site: CRADOCK, Matthew (1584-1636), of Stafford and Caverswall Castle, Staffs. - History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Web site: 'Castle Church', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5, East Cuttlestone Hundred, ed. L Margaret Midgley (London, 1959), pp. 82-100. . British History Online. 20 March 2019 .
- Web site: ROBINS, John (c.1714-54), of Stafford. - History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Web site: Former Mayors of Stafford Borough Stafford Borough Council . 2022-11-23 . www.staffordbc.gov.uk.
