Mayor and Town Hall Heritage

It is an honorary title intended to recognise eminent service of past members of council and does not confer any powers to take decisions on council business.

The current criteria for eligibility for the title of Honorary Alderman are former councillors who have either at least 16 years service as members of the council or have held the office of Mayor of the city.

List of current Honorary Aldermen of Colchester and date of appointment:

• Graham Frederick David Bober - September 1994
• Mary Rosomond Frank - September 1994
• Robert Paul Spendlove - September 1994
• Rod Green - September 1999
• Sir Robert (Bob) Edward Russell - September 2002
• Ivan Thomas James Trusler - July 2008
• Jennifer Ann Stevens - July 2008
• Richard Hammond Gower - July 2008
• John Gordon Bouckley - October 2012
• William Henry Forester Spyvee - October 2012
• Sonia Halls Lewis - January 2015
• Colin Leslie Sykes - January 2015
• Mary Blandon - January 2015
• Margaret Kimberley - November 2015
• Margaret Fairley-Crowe - February 2017
• Christopher John Arnold - September 2021
• John Frederick Elliot - September 2021
• Theresa Margaret Anne Higgins - September 2021
• Peter John Chillingworth - September 2022
• Nigel Albert Chapman - September 2023
• Helen Gaik Choon Chuah - September 2023
• Tina Bourne - September 2023
• Gerard Paul Oxford - September 2023
• Beverley Anne Oxford - September 2023
• Lynda Ann Barton - September 2024
• Michael John Hogg - September 2024
• John Gilbert Jowers - September 2024