Colchester's Mayors since 1836


Mayors 1836-1900

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

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