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Colchester's Mayors since 1836

List of Colchester Mayors subsequent to the passing of the Municipal Corporate Act 1835

IN THIS ARTICLE

  • A list of all of Colchester's Mayors since 1836
1836 - George Savill
1836/37 -  John Chaplin
1837/38 - Samuel Green Cooke
1838/39 - George Bawtree
1839/40 - Samuel Green Cooke
1840/41 - Thomas J Turner
1841/42 - Henry Vint
1842/43 - Roger Nunn
1843/44 - Henry Vint
1844/45 - Henry Wolton
1845/46 - Henry Wolton
1846/47 - William Bolton Smith
1847/48 - Henry Wolton
1848/49 - Charles Hy. Hawkins
1849/50 - Edward Williams
1850/51 - Joseph Cooke
1851/52 - Arthur Louis Laing
1852/53 - Francis Smythies
1853/54 - Henry Wolton
1854/55 - Edward Williams
1855/56 - Joseph Cooke
1856/57 - Henry Wolton
1857/58 - Peter Martin Duncan
1858/59 - Arthur Louis Laing
1859/60 - Edward Williams
1860/61 - Francis Smythies
1861/62 - Henry Wolton
1862/63 - Edward Williams
1863/64 - John F Bishop
1864/65 - John F Bishop
1865/66 - Charles Hy. Hawkins
1866/67 - P O Papillon
1867/68 - John F Bishop
1868/69 - Francis Smythies
1869/70 - John F Bishop
1870/71 - Charles Hy. Hawkins
1871/72 - Charles Hy. Hawkins
1872/73 - John F Bishop
1873/74 - Edward A Round
1874/75 - John F Bishop
1875/76 - P O Papillon
1876/77 - John F Bishop
1877/78 - Thomas Moy
1878/79 - Thomas Moy
1879/80 - John Kent
1880/81 - S Chaplin
1881/82 - J B Harvey
1882/83 - J B Harvey
1883/84 - Alfred Francis
1884 - J B Harvey
1884/85 - H J Gurdon-Rebow
1885/86 - Henry Laver
1886/87 - H G Egerton-Green
1887/88 - James Noah Paxman
1888/89 - Edwin J Sanders
1889/90 - Asher Prior 
 1890/91 - Lent John Watt
1891/92 - Wilson Marriage
1892/93 - W Gurney Benham
1893/94 - Henry Goody
1894/95 - C E Egerton-Green
1895/96 - James Wicks
1896/97 - H G Egerton-Green
1897/98 - James Noah Paxman
1898/99 - Edwin J Sanders
1899/1900 - E Thompson Smith
1900/01 - C E Egerton-Green
1901/02 - Wilson Marriage
1902/03 - Henry Harvey Elwes
1903/04 - Ernest Henry Barritt
1904/05 - Edwin J Sanders
1905/06 - Henry Goody
1906/07 - Walter B Sparling
1907/08 - Wilson Marriage
1908/09 - W Gurney Benham
1909/10 - E Alec Blaxill
1910/11 - Frank Cant
1911/12 - Reginald B Beard
1912/13 - W Coats Hutton
1913/14 - Wilson Marriage
1914/15 - W Coats Hutton
1915/16 - Allen G Aldridge
1916/17 - John T Bailey
1917/18 - Arthur F Jarmin
1918/19 - George F Wright
1919/20 - A Owen Ward
1920/21 - Arthur John Lucking
1921/22 - Wasey Chopping
1922/23 - Percy Alan Sanders
1923/24 - Catharine B Alderton
1924/25 - Catherine Reeve Hunt
1925/26 - Arthur William Piper
1926/27 - Charles C Smallwood
1927/28 - Ernest H Turner
1928/29 - John Russell
1929/30 - C J Jolly
1930/31 - Wm. C Harper
1931/32 - George W B Hazell
1932/33 - Maurice Pye
1933/34 - W Gurney Benham
1934/35 - Arthur H Cross
1935/36 - F E MacDonald-Docker
1936/37 - G C Benham
1937/38 - E Alec Blaxill
1938/39 - H H Fisher
1939/40 - Percy Alan Sanders
1940/41 - Percy Alan Sanders
1941/42 - Percy Alan Sanders
1942/43 - Percy Alan Sanders
1943/44 - Maurice Pye
1944/45 - Arthur William Piper
1945/46 - H G Thompson
1946/47 - L M Worsnop
1947/48 - L E Dansie
1948/49 - L E Dansie
1949/50 - P H W Bailey
1950/51 - J Andrews
1951/52 - H H Reid
1952/53 - W C Lee
1953/54 - Kathleen E Sanders
1954/55 - T H Morris
1955/56 - A Craig
1956/57 - C E Child
1957/58 - C E Wheeler
1958/59 - May Cook 
1959/60 - A W J Kay
1960/61 - I T Brown
1961/62 - D F Panton
1962/63 - W J Porter
1963/64 - R A Harrison
1964/65 - W H Willingham
1965/66 - S H Wooster
1966/67 - C W Pell
1967/68 - E P Duffield
1968/69 - C A Howe
1969/70 - R W Hilham
1970/71 - J R Wheeler
1971/72 - Mrs A M Smith
1972/73 - W E Buckingham
1973/74 - A C Parsonson
1974/75 - J Jackson
1975/76 - W Ladbrook
1976/77 - Mrs J M Brooks
1977/78 - L C Woodrow
1978/79 - D Holt
1979/80 - C G E Sargeant
1980/81 - F C C Wilkin
1981/82 - R W R Browning
1982/83 - E L W James
1983/84 - J Bird
1984/85 - Miss J I Fulford
1985/86 - J R H Williams
1986/87 - R E Russell
1987/88 - J W Lampon
1988/89 - G F D Bober
1989/90 - J G Sanderson
1990/91 - K G Cooke
1991/92 - R P Spendlove
1992/93 - Mrs M R Frank
1993/94 - I T J Trusler
1994/95 - J A R Webb
1995/96 - Mrs M L Fairhead OBE
1996/97 - W E Sandford MBE JP
1997/98 - Mrs J A Stevens
1998/99 - D J Cannon
1999/2000 - M C Hunt
2000/01 - J C Garnett
2001/02 - M J Hogg
2002/03 - N A Chapman
2003/04 - Dr C B Hall
2004/05 - J G Bouckley
2005/06 - T Sutton
2006/07 - R Gower
2007/08 - R Gamble
2008/09 - P Crowe
2008/09 - Mrs M Fairley-Crowe
2009/10 - W H F Spyvee 
2010/11 - Mrs S J Lewis
2011/12 - Mrs H Chuah
2012/13 - C J Arnold
2013/14 - C L Sykes
2014/15 - J F Elliott
2015/16 - Mrs T Higgins
2016/17 - Mrs J Young
2017/18 - Gerard P Oxford
2018/19 - Peter J Chillingworth
2019/20 – Nicholas Cope (extended Mayoral term due to Covid-19 pandemic)
2020/22 – Robert A Davidson (extended Mayoral term due to Covid-19 pandemic)
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