• Source: Mayor of Winchester

      • The Office of Mayor of Winchester is the second oldest mayoralty in England, dating back to the period when Winchester was the capital of Wessex and England. The Mayor of Winchester thus stands second only to the Lord Mayor of the City of London in the order of precedence of civic heads.
      Winchester is one of just five local authorities in England to have an official residence for its Mayor. Abbey House was built in about 1700 and sited in the Abbey Gardens just off The Broadway in Winchester. It was acquired by the City Council in 1889. The house stands on the site of a monastic establishment known as Nunnaminster and later as St Mary's Abbey, which was founded around AD900 by Alfred's Queen Ealhswith. The Abbey survived until the late 1530s when it was formally surrendered to the Crown as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.


      History


      The exact date of the conferment of full mayoral rights is not known, since the original charter cannot be traced. When London petitioned the King for a grant of mayoralty in 1190, Winchester was not cited as precedent (as were certain French cities), but by 1200 there was reference to the mayoralty as an existing office. It is, therefore, safe to say that the office dates back to the 1190s. The incumbent for 2020-21 is described as the town's 821st mayor.
      The earliest Mayors sometimes held the office for several years in succession, but from the 13th century to the present day, the Mayor has been chosen annually. Until the 16th century, the Mayor-elect was required to travel to Westminster to receive the royal assent.


      Mayors of Winchester


      1403: Mark le Fayre
      1482–1483, 1490–1491, 1499–1500: John Stratford (mayor)
      1772–1773: Sir Paulet St John, 1st Baronet
      1786–: (Sir) William Hillman (Clerk of the Green Cloth)
      1802–1803: George William Chard, Mus Doc (also Organist of Winchester Cathedral)
      1808–1809: Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet
      There is a list of all Winchester's Mayors from 1587 to 1912 in the last few pages of Warren's 1913 Winchester directory.
      There is also a list of all Winchester's Mayors from 1184 to 1799 in pages 266 to 270 of volume 2 of the 1798 first edition of Rev John Milner's history of Winchester. That list is not considered to be reliable for the period pre 1200.
      The following is a list of every person to have held the office of Mayor of Winchester since 1900:

      1900–1901: Alfred Bowker
      1901–1902: Bertram D Cancellor
      1902–1903: James A. Fort (Liberal Unionist)
      1903–1904: George Ward
      1904–1905: Frederick Seymour Morgan
      1905–1906: Chaloner Shenton
      1906–1907: Reginald Harris
      1907–1908: William Forder
      1908–1909: Frederick King
      1909–1910: Harold Stratton
      1910–1911: John Furley
      1911–1912: Frederick Holdaway
      1912–1913: Howard Elkington
      1913–1914: Harry Sealey
      1914–1919: Alfred Edmeades
      1919–1921: Arthur Dyer
      1921–1922: Stanley Clifton
      1922–1924: Herbert Vacher
      1924–1925: Henry Johnson
      1925–1926: William Hayward
      1926–1928: Frederick Manley
      1928–1929: William Symes
      1929–1930: Harry Collis
      1930–1931: Walter Hamblin
      1931–1932: William Lansdell
      1932–1933: Hew Ross
      1933–1934: Frank Newton
      1934–1935: John Hodder
      1935–1936: Arthur Edmonds
      1936–1937: John Pinsent
      1937–1938: William Richardson
      1938–1945: Francis Griffiths
      1945–1946: Charles Sankey
      1946–1947: Cyril Bones
      1947–1949: Doris Crompton
      1949–1950: Cyril Taylor
      1950–1951: Reginald Evans
      1951–1952: Arthur Edmonds
      1952–1953: Doris Edmeades
      1953–1954: Reginald Dutton
      1954–1955: Adelaide Charles (died in office and replaced by Doris Edmeades)
      1955–1956: Barbara Gertrude Thackeray
      1956–1957: Major Paul Henry Benson Woodhouse
      1957–1958: Evelyn Mary Barnes
      1958–1959: Fendall W Harvey Pratt
      1959–1960: Margaret E L Lowden
      1960–1961: Lt Colonel Donald Charles Spelman
      1961–1962: Vera Neate
      1962–1963: John Hutchins
      1963–1964: Dorothy Richards
      1964–1965: Stanley Steel
      1965–1966: Cyril Bones
      1966–1967: Barbara Carpenter Turner
      1967–1968: D Jeffrey Smith
      1968–1969: Stewart Green
      1969–1970: S E Spicer
      1970–1971: Stanley Steel
      1971–1972: Alice Cleary
      1972–1973: T David Sermon
      1973–1974: Cyril Taylor
      1974–1975: Barbara Carpenter Turner
      1975–1976: Alan Cotterill
      1976–1977: Gwendoline Shave
      1977–1978: David Ball
      1978–1979: John Flook
      1979–1980: John Green
      1980–1981: M Pamela Pitt
      1981–1982: Ian Bidgood
      1982–1983: Albert Austen
      1983–1984: Frederick Peachey
      1984–1985: John Broadway
      1985–1986: Jean Freeman
      1986–1987: Sue Gentry
      1987–1988: Major D Covill
      1988–1989: Commander B Hall
      1989–1990: Frederick Allgood
      1990–1991: Pamela Peskett
      1991–1992: Capt Richard Bates
      1992–1993: Wing Cdr John Nunn
      1993–1994: Susan Glasspool
      1994–1995: Raymond Pearce
      1995–1996: Patricia Norris
      1996–1997: Brian 'Brandy' Blunt
      1997–1998: Norman Hibdige
      1998–1999: George Fothergill
      1999–2000: Allan Mitchell
      2000–2001: Georgina Busher
      2001–2002: Therese Evans
      2002–2003: John Steel
      2003–2004: Jean Hammerton
      2004–2005: Cecily Sutton
      2005–2006: Neil Baxter
      2006–2007: Sue Nelmes
      2007–2008: Chris Pines
      2008–2009: Michael Read
      2009–2010: Dominic Hiscock
      2010–2011: Richard Izard
      2011–2012: Barry Lipscomb
      2012–2013: Frank Pearson
      2013–2014: Ernest Jeffs
      2014–2015: Eileen Berry
      2015–2016: Angela Clear
      2016–2017: Jane Rutter
      2017–2018: David McLean
      2018–2019: Frank Pearson
      2019–2020: Eleanor Bell
      2020–2021: Patrick Cunningham
      2021–2022: Vivian Achwal
      2022–2023: Derek Green
      2023-2024: Angela Clear
      2024-2025: Russell Gordon-Smith


      See also


      Local Government in the United Kingdom
      City of Winchester


      References

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