Mayors of Oxford

The earliest recorded Mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).[1]

Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford.

In 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor.[2] Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs (1974–75 and 1981–82).[2]

List of notable Mayors

Year Name Notes
1392/1393 Thomas Somerset [3] MP for Oxford, 1379, 1388
1395/1396 John Shawe [4] MP for Oxford, 1388
1400/01 John Merston [5] MP for Oxford, 1393, 1404 and 1414
1401/1402 Edmund Kenyan[6]MP for Oxford, 9 times between 1379 and 1394
1403/1404 John Merston
1412 John Merston
1420/1423 William Brampton [7] MP for Oxford, 1416, 1419, 1421 and 1425
1424/1425 William Offord [8] MP for Oxford, 1420, 1421, 1422 and 1426
1425/1426 William Brampton [7]
1426/1427 William Offord [8]
1430/1432 William Brampton [7]
1436/1437 William Brampton [7]
1438/1439 William Brampton [7]
1527/1529 William Fleming [9] MP for Oxford, 1529 and ?1536
1556/1557 William Tylcock [10] MP for Oxford, 1554
1557/1558 Thomas Williams [11] MP for Oxford, 1553
1560/1561 William Tylcock [10]
1563/1564 Roger Taylor [12] MP for Oxford, 1559
1565/1566 Thomas Williams [11]
1568/1569 William Tylcock [10]
1569/1570 Roger Taylor [12]
1574/1575 Roger Taylor [12]
1575/1576 William Tylcock [10]
1576/1577 Thomas Williams [11]
1636 John Nixon MP for Oxford, 1646
1646/1648 John Nixon
1654 John Nixon
1698 John Knibb Clockmaker
1710 John Knibb
1836 (Jan-Oct) William Henry Butler Wine merchant
1851/1852 William Ward Coal merchant
1861/1862 William Ward
1865/1866 John Cavell Draper of Elliston & Cavell Ltd
1877/1888 John Cavell
1879/1880 (part) John Cavell
1900/1901 George Claridge DruceBotanist
1901/1902 W. Gray Alderman
1909 Arthur Salter, 1st Baron SalterAcademic. MP for Oxford University, 1937 and Ormskirk, 1951
1938/1939 Henry Tregelles Gillett [13]Doctor, Quaker and co-founder of Oxfam
1959/1960 Frederick Mason Brewer Research chemist at the University of Oxford

List of Lord Mayors

Year Name Notes
1962/1963 Evan Owen Roberts First Lord Mayor
1963/1964 Alec Percival Parker
1964/1965 John Leonard Norman Baker University Councillor
1965/1966 Mrs Florence Kathleen Lower
1966/1967 William Foster MacNeece Foster Air Vice-Marshal
1967/1968 Francis (Frank) Vincent Pickstock
1968/1969 Peter Spencer Spokes
1969/1970 Percy Dudley Bromley
1970/1971 Michael Maclagan University Councillor
1971/1972 Thomas James Meadows
1972/1973 Arthur Bernard Connors
1973/1974 Frederick George Ingram
1974/1975 Mrs Olive Frances Gibbs
1975/1976 William George Robert Fagg
1976/1977 Miss Ann Hazel Spokes later Mrs Ann Spokes Symonds
1977/1978 Mrs Dora Minnie Carr
1978/1979 William Eaton Simpson
1979/1980 John Arundell Hamilton
1980/1981 Gordon Woodward
1981/1982 Henry Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo
died in office December 1981 and replaced by
Mrs Olive Frances Gibbs
1982/1983 Anthony William Williamson
1983/1984 Mrs Janet Gillespie Todd
1984/1985 Frank Arnold Garside
1985/1986 Roger Alan Dudman
1986/1987 John George William Parker
1987/1988 Mrs Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford in place of her husband Bert
who died on 19 May 1987
when Lord Mayor Elect
1988/1989 Nellie Dorothy (“Queenie”) Whorley later Mrs Comfort
1989/1990 Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley
1990/1991 Mrs Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton
1991/1992 Alan David Pope
1992/1993 Mrs Barbara May Gatehouse
1993/1994 John Gordon Power
1994/1995 William Walker Buckingham
1995/1996 Joseph Charles Blewitt
1996/1997 Beryl Ivy Keen
1997/1998 William John Baker
1998/1999 Carol Roberts
1999/2000 Mrs Valerie Smith
2000/2001 Mrs Maureen Christian
2001/2002 Peter Moss
2002/2003 Mrs Gillian Ann Sanders
2003/2004 Patrick Stannard
2004/2005 Bryan Keen
2005/2006 Robert John Price
2006/2007 Jim Campbell
2007/2008 John Tanner
2008/2009 Susanna Pressel
2009/2010 Mary Clarkson
2010/2011 John Goddard
2011/2012 Elise Benjamin
2012/2013 Alan Armitage resigned 4 March 2012 and
replaced 13 March 2013 by Mohammed Abbasi
2013/2014 Dee Sinclair
2014/2015 Mohammed Abbasi [14]

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Stephanie (9 August 2009). "Mayors of Oxford in early medieval times 1205–1348". Mayors of Oxford. Stephanie Jenkins. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jenkins, Stephanie (7 May 2011). "Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford 1962–today". Mayors of Oxford. Stephanie Jenkins. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/somerset-thomas
  4. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/shawe-john-i-1407
  5. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/merston-john-1416
  6. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/kenyan-edmund-1414
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/brampton-william-ii-1440
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/offord-william-14323
  9. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/fleming-william-1475-1540
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/tylcock-%28tyllock-trillcock%29-william-15034-78
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/williams-thomas-i-1518-7990
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/taylor-roger-1578
  13. ↑ Jenkins, Stephanie. "Oxford History: Mayors & Lord Mayors". http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/''. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Councillor will be Lord Mayor twice". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 6 August 2014.