List of mayors of Derby explained

Names of the Mayors for the Borough of Derby from the first that was chosen on 3 July 1638 by the king's charter then granted to the town. The two last bailiffs were the two first mayors, Mr Mellor being proclaimed 3 July 1638 to be the mayor until Michaelmas and twelve months after but he died on 5 February 1639 and Mr Hope served the year out.^[1]

The chief duties of the mayor are to chair Derby Council meetings and to attend the city's remembrance event, however the ceremonial duties can be considerable. In 2013 the cost of running the office was thought to be over £100,000. Derby's mayor wears a ceremonial chain that has been valued at over £1,000,000. The chain was originally worn by Chief Judges of the King's Bench. It was obtained for Derby's mayor to wear in 1850.^[2]

17th century

1638 Henry Mellor died 5 February. Mr Hope succeeded him and served the year out
1639 John Hope
1640 Edward Large
1641 Luke Whittington
1642 Henry Wandell
1643 Luke Whittington
1644 Luke Whittington
1645 Gervase Bennet
1646 John Dalton
1647 Robert Mellor
1648 Thomas Sleigh
1649 Edward Large
1650 John Parker
1651 William Willot
1652 John Dalton
1653 Thomas Youle
1654 Humphry Yates
1655 Thomas Sleigh
1656 Gilbert Ward
1657 Nathaniel Hallowes
1658 Edward Large He died and John Parker served the year out
1659 John Gisborne
1660 John Dunnidge
1661 Thomas Potter
1662 John Brookhouse
1663 Edward Walker
1664 Robert Wandel
1665 John Harryman
1666 Hugh Newton
1667 Samuel Spateman
1668 John Dalton
1669 Humphry Yates
1670 James Ward
1671 John Spateman He died in the year and Roger Newton served it out
1672 Roger Newton
1673 Thomas Goodwin
1674 George Blackwell
1675 Edward Walker
1676 Samuel Spateman
1677 John Brookhouse
1678 Robert Wandel
1679 Roger Newton
1680 John Lord
1681 Edward Walker
1682 Roger Newton
1683 Thomas Goodwin
1684 John Dunnidge
1685 Joseph Worden
1686 Solomon Roberte
1687 Leonard Sad displaced 11 Jan by King James II and Halph Brough appointed
1688 John Cheshire
1689 Samuel Spateman
1690 Samuel Cheshire
1691 Samuel Fletcher
1692 John Lord
1693 Thomas Goodwin
1694 Henry Holmes
1695 Henry Noton
1696 Solomon Roberts
1697 William Franceys
1698 Thomas Goodwin He died 26 August and Thomas Carter served the year out
1699 William Franceys

18th century

1700 William Franceys
1701 Thomas Carter
1702 Joseph Bloodworth
1703 Francis Cockayne
1704 William Turner
1705 Thomas Bott
1706 Joseph Broughton
1707 Thomas Byram
1708 John Holmes
1709 Thomas Fisher
1710 Richard Ward
1711 Francis Cockayne
1712 Thomas Gisborne
1713 Joseph Broughton
1714 Thomas Fisher
1715 Thomas Rivett
1716 John Bagnold Thomas
1717 Thomas Geary
1718 John Holmes
1719 Richard Ward
1720 Hugh Bateman
1721 Francis Cockayne
1722 William Woolley
1723 Philip Parr
1724 Thomas Gisborne
1725 Samuel Cooper
1726 John Bagnold
1727 Thomas Houghton
1728 Robert Wagstaffe
1729 John Gisborne
1730 Isaac Borrow
1731 Nathaniel Edwards
1732 John Holmes
1733 Francis Cockayne
1734 Thomas Gisborne
1735 Samuel Cooper
1736 John Bagnold
1737 John Gisborne
1738 Robert Wagstaffe
1739 Robert Bakewell
1740 Joshua Smith
1741 Samuel Fox
1742 Isaac Borrow
1743 Thomas Gisborne
1744 Samuel Cooper
1745 Robert Hague
1746 Humphrey Booth
1747 Henry Franceys He died 1 January and Humphrey Booth served the year out
1748 Matthew Howe
1749 Thomas Gisborne
1750 Joseph Bingham
1751 Robert Bakewell
1752 Humphrey Booth
1753 Matthew Howe
1754 Robert Bakewell
1755 William Evans
1756 Robert Bakewell
1757 John Bingham
1758 Samuel Crompton
1759 Robert Bakewell
1760 Joseph Bingham
1761 Thomas Rivett
1762 Thomas Milnes He died on 19 October and Joshua Smith served the year out
1763 John Heath
1764 Samuel Wilde
1765 William Evans
1766 Samuel Wilde
1767 Samuel Crompton
1761 William Evans
1769 Thomas Stamford
1770 Henry Flint
1771 Thomas Eaton
1772 John Heath
1773 William Edwards
1774 Christopher Heath
1775 Robert Hope
1776 William Leaper
1777 Robert Hope He died and Samuel Crompton served the year out
1778 Francis Ashby
1779 Matthew Howe
1780 William Edwards

1781 John Hope
1782 Samuel Crompton
1783 Thomas Mather
1784 Francis Ashby
1785 William Edwards
1786 Henry Flint
1787 John Hope
1788 Samuel Crompton
1789 Thomas Mather
1790 Francis Ashby
1791 Thomas Lowe
1792 John Crompton
1793 William Snowden
1794 Richard Leaper
1795 John Hope
1796 John Leaper Newton
1797 Rev Charles Stead Hope
1798 William Edwards
1799 Henry Browne

19th century

thumb|Sir Henry Howe Bemrose by Ernest Townsend

1800 John Crompton
1801 Samuel Rowland
1802 Thomas Lowe
1803 William Snowden
1804 John Hope
1806 Rev Charles Stead Hope
1806 John Drewry
1807 Richard Leaper
1808 Henry Browne
1809 Samuel Rowland
1810 John Crompton
1811 Thomas Haden
1812 Henry Lowe
1813 Thomas Lowe
1814 John Drewry
1815 Richard Leaper
1816 Rev Charles Stead Hope
1817 John Crompton
1818 Samuel Rowland Bryan
1819 Thomas Haden
1820 James Oakes
1821 Henry Lowe
1822 Thomas Lowe
1823 John Drewry
1824 Richard Leaper
1825 Rev Charles Stead Hope
1826 John Crompton
1827 Samuel Rowland
1828 John Bell Crompton
1829 William Leaper Newton
1830 Rev Charles Stead Hope^[1]
1831 Charles Matthew Lowe^[3]
1832 John Chatterton^[4]
1833 Douglas Fox^[3]
1834 Richard Wright Haden^[3]
1835 Joseph Strutt^[5]
1836 William Leaper Newton^[3]
1837 John Bell Crompton^[3]
1838 Douglas Fox^[3]
1839 John Sandars^[3]
1840 Francis Jessopp^[3]
1841 Stephen Gamble^[3]
1842 John Bell Crompton^[3]
1843 John Barber^[6]
1844 John Moss
1845 William Eaton Mousley^[4]
1846 William Eaton Mousley^[4]
1847
1848 Robert Forman^[4]
1849 James Haywood^[7]
1850 Douglas Fox^[8]
1851 J. G. Crompton
1852
1853 T. Madeley^[9]
1854 William Goodwin
1855 Robert Pegg^[10]
1856 Henry Franceys Gisborne^[11]
1857 J.G. Crompton^[12]
1858 John Gadsby^[13]
1859 W. T. Cox^[14]
1860 W. T. Cox^[15]
1861 Henry Darby^[16]
1862 Thomas Clarke^[4]
1863 S. Webster/Thomas Roe
1864 Thomas Roe^[4]
1865 Frederick Longden^[4]
1866 John Renals^[17]
1867 T. Roe Jnr^[18]
1868 Sir Thomas William Evans^[19]
1869 Robert Forman^[4]
1870 Samuel W. Cox^[20]
1871 Samuel Leech^[21]
1872 Sir John Smith^[22]
1873 G. Wheeldon^[23]
1874 George Holme Snr^[24]
1875 John Turner^[25]
1876 W Higginbottom^[26]
1877 Sir Henry Howe Bemrose^[4]
1878 W. J. Smith^[27]
1879 William Sowter^[4]
1880 Sir Abraham Woodiwiss^[28]
1881 Sir Abraham Woodiwiss^[28]
1882 Robert Russell^[29]
1883 William Hobson^[4] (twice mayor^[30])
1884 Henry Fowkes^[31] (died in office and replaced by William Hobson)
1885 Charles Leech
1886 Samuel Whitaker^[4]
1887 James William Newbold^[4]
1888 Sir Abraham Woodiwiss^[32]
1889 William Heathcote^[33]
1890 Sir Alfred Seale Haslam^[34]
1891 T. H. Harrison^[35]
1892 William H. Marsden^[4]
1893 James Patrick Doherty^[36]
1894 George Bottomley^[29]
1895 Henry Boam^[37]
1896 Sir Thomas Roe^[38]
1897 Duesbury^[39]
1898 Sir Edwin Thomas Ann^[40] ^[4]
1899 T. Fletcher^[41]

20th century

thumb|Sir John Ferguson Bell, Mayor of Derby by Ernest Townsend

190001 Edgar Home ^[4]
190102 Abraham Woodiwiss jnr^[42]
190203 Frederick Strutt (Liberal)^[43]
1903-04 Cornelius Boam
190405 W. Hart
190506 J P Doherty^[44]
190607 Sir Edwin T. Ann
190708 Arthur Simpson (18511917)
190809 R B Chamber
190910 William Blews Robotham
191011 Dr H Arnold Bemrose (Conservative)
191112 George Brigden (18421928)
191213 Sir Thomas Roe
191314 W. G. Wilkins (Liberal)
191415 Samuel Johnson
191516 Albert Green^[45]
191617 H. J. Bonas
191718 Edward James Hulse
191819 William Blews Robotham
191920 A. J. Eggleston
192021 Dr Robert Laurie (Liberal)
192122 William Robert Raynes (Labour)
192223 Oswald Ling (Conservative)
192324 Fred H Porter (Liberal)
192425 Alan Mycroft (Labour)
192526 Samuel Collis (Conservative)
192627 Arthur H. Domleo
192728 Arthur Sturgess
192829 S. Johnson
192930 J H H Grant (died in office 1930)
1930 Sir John Ferguson Bell^[46]
193031 William Harold Hoare
193132 W H Salisbury (Labour)
193233 A E Moult (Conservative)
193334 H Slaney (Labour)
193435 Bertram Samuel Thorpe (18791946) (Conservative)
193536 John Clark
193637 Mrs Elizabeth Petty (Conservative)
193738 Edward Ernest Paulson (Labour)
193839 David S Butler(Conservative)
193940 Arthur Thomas Neal
194041 J. Pinchbeck
194142 H. G. Pattison
194243 Herbert A Hind
194344 Ernest Arthur Armstrong
194445 W. H. Philips
194546 T. Johnson
194647 C. R. Bates
194748 George Frederick Warburton
194849 Arthur Thomas Neal^[47]
194950 Charles F. Bowmer
195051 Matthew Lowe (Labour)
195152 Zachariah Padgin Grayson
195253 Thomas Dennis^[48]
195354 H J T Russell
195455 Alec Ling (Conservative)
195556 A. J. Luckett
195657 J. H. Christmas (Labour)
195758 W. White (Labour)
195859 Mrs. F. Riggott
195960 G. A. Collier
196061 C. E. J. Andrews (Conservative)
196162 Tom Earnshaw
196263 Stuart W. Harper (Labour)
196364 Elsie Jane Mack (Conservative)
196465 John Dilworth Labour
196566 W. H. Bonell
196667 Elsie Elizabeth Armstrong (18911981)
196768 Robert F. Stott
196869 Edith Wood (Conservative)
196970 Tom Taylor (Conservative)
197071 Eleanor Grimwood-Taylor (1915 29 March 2008) (Conservative)
197172 Joe Carty (Labour)
197273 George Guest (Labour)
197374 A. J. Bussell (Conservative)
197475 George Salt (Labour)
197576 Cyril Ufton (Labour)
197677 W. H. Baker (Labour)
197778 Jeffery Tillett (19272008) (Conservative)
197879 E. W. H. Reid (Conservative)
197980 Bob Newton (Labour)
198081 John Thorpe (Conservative)
198182 Florence Tunnicliffe (Labour)
198283 Norman Glen (Conservative)
198384 Margaret Wood (Labour)
198485 Ron Longdon (19261987) (Conservative)
198586 W Harry Matthews (Labour)
198687 R. G. Keene (Conservative)
198788 Nancy Wawman (Labour)
198889 Leslie Shepley (Conservative)
198990 Ray Baxter (Labour)
199091 Barry Chadwick (Conservative)
199192 John Keith (Conservative)
199293 Harold Johnson (Conservative)
199394 Robin Wood (Conservative)
199495 Nirmal Dhindsa (Labour)
199596 John McGiven (Labour)
199697 Alan Mullarkey (Labour)
199798 John Fuller(Labour)
199899 Abdul Rehman (Labour)
19992000 Sara Bolton (Labour)

21st century

200001 Ashok Kalia (Labour)
200102 Janet Till (Labour)
200203 Robin Turner (Labour)
200304 Peter Berry (Conservative)
200405 Ruth Skelton (Liberal Democrat)
200506 Roy Webb (Conservative)
200607 John Ahern (Labour)
200708 Pauline Latham (Conservative)
200809 Barbara Jackson (Labour)
200910 Sean Marshall (Conservative)^[49]
201011 Amar Nath (Conservative)
201112 Les Allen(Liberal Democrat) ^[50]
201213 Lisa Higginbottom (Labour) ^[51]
201314 Fareed Hussain (Labour)
201415 Shiraz Khan (Labour)^[52]
201516 Paul Pegg (Labour)
201617 Linda Winter (Labour)^[53]
201718 John Whitby (Labour)^[54]
201819 Mike Carr (Liberal Democrat)^[55]
201920 Frank Harwood (Conservative then Independent June 2020)^[56]
202021 Frank Harwood (Independent then Liberal Democrat April 2021)
202123 Robin Wood (Conservative)^[57] ^[58]
202324 Alan Graves (Reform Derby)^[59]
202425 Ged Potter (Conservative)^[60]

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