Mayors of Newbury

2000 - date

Date	Mayor	Date	Mayor
2000	Susan R Farrant	2007	Adrian Edwards
2001	Clive C Hillman	2008	Philip Barnett
2002	Frances M Berry	2009	Kuldip Singh Kang
2003	Peter A Greenhalgh	2010	Dr Ian Grose
2004	Michael DR Rodger	2011	Jeff Beck
2005	Valerie A Bull
2006	Gillian Durrant

1900 - 1999

Date	Mayor	Date	Mayor
1900	John Rankin	1950	John H Hole
1901	John Rankin	1951	John W Slater
1902	JN Day	1952	Douglas F Cameron
1903	WE Lewendon	1953	Ethel M Elliott
1904	FC Hopson	1954	RJBC Huckle
1905	Richard Hickman	1955	FP Pirouet
1906	Thomas H Pratt	1956	GE Willis
1907	James Stradling	1957	MW Paine
1908	Thomas W Turner	1958	H Geoffrey Thompson
1909	Alfred Camp	1959	J M Freeman
1910	Alfred Camp	1960	Reginald J Lovegrove
1911	Stephen Knight	1961	H K Potter
1912	C Adrian Hawker	1962	Robert WG French
1913	William Edwards	1963	John Marshall
1914	F Doveton Bazett	1964	Robert H Burgess
1915	F Doveton Bazett	1965	Frank H Graham
1916	C Adrian Hawker	1966	Elizabeth V Ganf
1917	C Adrian Hawker	1967	Christopher C Hall
1918	C Adrian Hawker	1968	LL Hall
1919	George Griffin	1969	JW Jones
1920	George Griffin	1970	Aw Luff
1921	George Griffin	1971	PWG Burgess OBE
1922	AD Cater	1972	WIJ Cannings
1923	AD Cater	1973	**Pauline M Bodin
1924	James Stradling	1974	Dr Elizabeth Dyson
1925	Frank Hill	1975	Ellen Symons
1926	Frank Hill	1976	WIJ Cannings
1927	JH Thompson	1977	Dr Elizabeth Dyson
1928	Arthur C Elliott	1978	Engela M Archer
1929	Harry R Metcalf	1979	Bryan Philpott
1930	F Arthur Greet	1980	DHT Lawrence
1931	John R Witts	1981	JM Lindsay (Mrs)
1932	Elsie L Kimber	1982	JM Lindsay (Mrs)
1933	Reuben F Jeffery	1983	Barbara J McMahon
1934	Charles W Burns	1984	Jack W Gambling
1935	Major H Rummins OBE	1985	R Ieuan Tuck
1936	Reginald C Clifford	1986	Josephine MA Goodfellow
1937	George E Slater	1987	Pauline M Bodin
1938	George Golding Green	1988	Jack W Gambling & Christine Fairbrother
1939	George E Slater	1989	Christine Fairbrother
1940	George E Slater	1990	Adrian AW Edwards
1941	George E Slater	1991	Raymond Beale
1942	F Doveton Bazett MC	1992	George K Baker
1943	F Doveton Bazett MC	1993	Marion R Paterson
1944	F Doveton Bazett MC	1994	Philip R Barnett
1945	LE Shergold	1995	Sally Hannon
1946	AV Bradshaw MC (Major)	1996	Garry Poulson
1947	Oliver S Brown	1997	*** Martha Vickers
1948	*	1998	R Gerald van C Vernon Jackson
1949	RA Wickens MBE MM	1999	Michael DR Rodger

* In 1948 Representation of the People Act postponed election of Mayor till 1949.
** The Local Government Act 1972 abolished the Borough of Newbury and Mayors were thereafter elected by the Charter Trustees.
*** Under Local Government Reorganisation the town of Newbury was parished on the 1st April 1997 and the Town Council came into being on that date.

1800 - 1899

Date	Mayor	Date	Mayor
1800	Benjamin Hawkins	1850	William Dredge
1801	Joseph Toomer	1851	William Dredge
1802	Joseph Toomer	1852	Joseph F Hickman
1903	Joseph Toomer	1853	Joseph F Hickman
1804	Samuel Grigg	1854	Thomas Deller
1805	Richard Atlee	1855	John H Mason
1806	William Davis	1856	Edward Wilson
1807	Richard Compton	1857	James P Jackson
1808	William Green	1858	Henry Keens
1809	Alfred Slocock	1859	Henry Flint
1810	William Green	1860	Henry Flint
1811	Richard Compton	1861	John W Randall
1812	Alfred Slocock	1862	John W Randall
1813	Alfred Slocock	1863	James H Lucas
1814	Joseph Toomer	1864	Thomas Fidler
1815	Benjamin Barnard	1865	Edward F Plenty
1816	James Bodman	1866	William H Cave
1817	Richard Compton	1867	William H Cave
1818	Edmund Slocock	1868	Henry Dolton
1819	John Hasker	1869	Robert A Ryott
1820	John G Marriner	1870	Robert A Ryott
1821	John Grigg	1871	Samuel Flint
1822	Thomas Willmott	1872	Joseph F Hickman
1823	Edward P Haskins	1873	Joseph F Hickman
1824	Wiliam Mills	1874	William G Adey
1825	John Satchell	1875	William G Adey
1826	James Hazell	1876	James Absolom
1827	John Hasker	1877	Charler S Slocock
1828	John Grigg & Edward P Haskins	1878	** Thomas E Hawkins
1829	William Mills	1879	James B Stone
1830	John Satchell	1880	Charles Lucas
1831	James Hazell	1881	Montague HC Palmer
1832	James Bodman Jnr	1882	Joseph Hopson
1833	John Alexander	1883	Robert Johnston
1834	John Alexander	1884	William Hall
1835	* John Alexander	1885	Richard Ravenor
1836	Jere Bunny	1886	Benjamin Smith
1837	Jere Bunny	1887	Henry J Midwinter
1838	George Payne	1888	George M Knight
1839	Edward W Gray	1889	Robert Long
1840	George Payne	1890	Stephen Knight
1841	John Lewis	1891	Alfred Jackson
1842	George Higgons	1892	Alfred Jackson
1843	William Dredge	1893	Joseph Elliott
1844	Thomas Simmons	1894	Harman S Hanington
1845	Thomas Simmons	1895	Ernest Harris
1846	George Adey	1896	Robert Long
1847	Edward L Farrow	1897	Edward Gould
1848	Theophilus V Turner	1898	William Edmonds
1849	Theophilus V Turner	1899	John Rankin

* In 1835 the Muncipal Corporations Act was passed and Mayors were elected hence forth on the 9th November.
** In 1878 the Borough was enlarged by the addition of Speenhamland, and portions of Speen and Greenham.

1700 - 1799

Date	Mayor	Date	Mayor
1700	Abraham Stockwell	1750	Joseph Bolton
1701	John Rawlins	1751	Thomas Golding
1702	Edward Weekes	1752	John Townsend
1903	Edward Weekes	1753	Samual Slocock
1704	Thomas Stockwell	1754	Francis Page
1705	Nicolas Snow	1755	Benjamin Merriman
1706	Edward Godwin	1756	George Caverley
1707	Edward Stuart	1757	John Cox
1708	John Parsons	1758	John Kimber
1709	Joesph Parsons	1759	William Annetts
1710	Edward Smith	1760	Henry Cox
1711	John Gray	1761	William Bodman
1712	Robert Nalder	1762	Edwards Withers
1713	Joseph Head Jnr	1763	Richard Robinson
1714	Oliver Slocock	1764	Thomas Lovidge
1715	Richard Berry	1765	John Lynch
1716	John Beale	1766	George Jones
1717	William Townsend	1767	Samuel Toomer
1718	Edward Lovelock	1768	Joseph Furnell
1719	Francis Page	1769	Israel King
1720	Lawrence Head	1770	Jo Millett
1721	Benjamin Head	1771	Osman Vincent
1722	William Cundell	1772	John Townsend Jnr
1723	Richard Cartwright	1773	Richard Bailey
1724	William Russell	1774	Richard Townsend
1725	John Hinton	1775	Samual Slocock
1726	Thomas Stockwell	1776	Richard Townsend
1727	Edward Stuart	1777	Benjamin Barnard
1928	John Beale	1778	John Grantham
1729	William Townsend	1779	Joseph Gray
1730	Edward Lovelock	1780	John Clark
1731	Robert Nalder	1781	John Townsend Snr
1732	Edward Smith	1782	Thomas Lovidge
1733	Peter Ely	1783	Samuel Toomer
1734	John Bond	1784	John Grantham
1735	Giles Townsend	1785	Joseph Gray
1736	John Weeks	1786	Andrew Grove
1737	Edward Walter	1787	John Hasker
1738	John Head	1788	John Webb
1739	John Cox	1789	William Budd
1740	John Wellman	1790	Benjamin Hawkins
1741	Richard Walter	1791	Joseph Toomer
1742	George Calverley	1792	James Bodman
1743	Lipyeart Bodman	1793	Richard Golding
1744	Richard Budd	1794	William Vincent
1745	Jonathon Knackstone	1795	Samuel Grigg
1746	Richard King	1796	Richard Atlee
1747	Lawrence Head	1797	William Davis
1748	Richard Golding	1798	Andrew Grove
1749	Charles Sutton & Lawrence Head	1799	John Hasker

1600 - 1699

Date	Mayor	Date	Mayor
1600		1650	John Edmandes
1601	John Chamberlayne	1651	Gabriel Cox
1602	Edward Holmes	1652	Phillip Weston
1903		1653	John Burch
1604	Bartholomew Yate	1654	Richard Claver
1605	Henry Coxe	1655	Richard Fanner
1606		1656	Robert Blunt
1607		1657	John Gyles
1608	William Chamber	1658	Shuff Pinfull
1609		1659	William Waller
1610	Roger Weston	1660	John Seely
1611	Thomas Goddard	1661	Henry Lynch & Gabriel Cox
1612		1662	John Edmandes
1613	Richard Walter	1663	George Cowslad
1614	Anthony Child	1664	John Mundy
1615		1665	Thomas Cowslad
1616		1666	John Rider
1617	John Hunt Snr	1667	Gabriel Cox
1618		1668	John Gyles
1619	Thomas Newman	1669	Thomas Cowslad
1620	Thomas Goddard	1670	Thomas Wilson
1621	Thomas Houghton	1671	John Rider
1622	Richard Avery	1672	George Cowslad
1623	Richard Waller	1673	Richard Pocock
1624	Hugh Hawkins	1674	Levi Smith
1625	Edward Longman	1675	Joseph Garrard
1626	William Howes	1676	Abraham Stockwell
1627	Gabriel Cox	1677	Richard Reeves
1628	Thomas Gyles	1678	Thomas Paradise
1629	John Houghton	1679	John Smith
1630	William Hunt	1680	James Pearse
1631	Richard Avery	1681	Thomas Salter
1632	Richard Avery	1682	Thomas Wilson
1633	Hugh Hawkins	1683	Joseph Pearse
1634	William Howes	1684	Church Simmons
1635	Gabriel Cox	1685	George Compton
1636	John Houghton	1686	Richard Cooper
1637	John Cooke	1687	Francis Cox & John Cook
1638	Richard Waller	1688	Nathaniel Collins & John Burchell
1639	Hugh Hawkins	1689	John Gyles
1640	Timothie Averie	1690	John Hore
1641	William Pearse	1691	Thomas Hughes
1642	John Edmandes	1692	Jospeh Head Snr
1643	Gabriel Cox	1693	Bartholomew Hughes & Levi Smith
1644	William Nash	1694	John Hedges
1645	Phillip Weston	1695	Richard Gray
1646	Amos Averie	1696	Samuel Slocock
1647	John Burch	1697	John Burchell
1648	John Cooke	1698	William Rider
1649	William Pearse	1699	Adam Hill

1596 - 1599

Date	Mayor		Date	Mayor
1596	Bartholomew Yate		1598	Gabriel Cox
1597			1599	William Chamber