List of mayors of Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth received borough status in 1341 with the right to elect a mayor. In 1974 the town became part of South Hams District. There is still a Town Council and a mayor, but with reduced powers.^[1]

The following have been mayors of Dartmouth, Devon, England:

14th century

1374–75: John Hawley, MP for Dartmouth, 1390, 1393, 1394 and 1402 ^[2]
1376–77: John Hawley
1378–79: John Hawley
1382–83: John Hawley
1385–86: John Hawley
1387–89: John Hawley
1390–91: John Hawley
1392–95: John Hawley
1397–99: John Hawley
1400–01: John Hawley

16th Century

1547-48: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553^[3]
1551-52: Gilbert Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553^[4]
1554=55: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553^[3]
1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593^[5]
1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614 ^[6]

17th century

1602: Nicholas Hayman
c.1620: Andrew Voysey, MP for Dartmouth, 1640

[William Plumleigh] Recvr. Dartmouth 1610–11,2 mayor 1617–18, 1625–6, 1632–3, 1641-2^[7]

20th century

1900-01 Thomas Wilton
1901-02 William Philip Ditcham
1902-03 John William Medway (Liberal)^[8]
1903-06 Richard Burford Seale
1906-10 John Brown
1910-11 Edward Ethelbert Lort Phillips
1911-14 Charles Peek
1914-18 Thomas Wilton
1918-19 Sir Thomas Wilton
1919-21 Charles Peek
1921-22 Algernon Joseph Yorke
1922-23 Sir Alfred G. Bourne
1923-29 Dr Henry J. Campbell
1929-32 James Harry Smith
1932-33 George Henry Marshall
1933-36 Ernest Albert Travers
1936-37 William Thomas Pillar
1937-38 George Henry Marshall
1938-45 William George Row
1945-46 Herbert George Middleton
1946-47 Frank Scardifield
1947-50 Bertie Lavers
1950-51 James Clifford S.R. Stoneman
1951-53 Albert Montague William Chapman
1953-54 Harold John Adams
1954-56 Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor
1956-57 Bertie Lavers
1957-58 Norman Hewson
1958-60 Harold Charles Lloyd
1960-61 James William Lee Palin
1961-62 Richard Martin Hoare
1962-63 Dorothy Holwill
1963-65 Eric S. Rimmer
1965-66 Margaret V.M. Keane
1966-67 Harold G. White
1967-68 Robert Middleton
1968-69 Eric J. Cook
1969-70 Albert J. Mashford
1970-71 Eric J. Cook
1971-73 Frank C. Mullett
1973-74Irene Ethel Frances Scawn
1974-75 Albert J. Mashford
1975-76 Brenda Bradley Breakwell
1976-77 Brian Alfred Goss
1977-78 Richard Martin Hoare
1978-80 Dennis Arthur Woods
1980-81 Irene Ethel Frances Scawn
1981-83 Donald William Rablin Webb
1983-85 Beryl Mary Calder
1985-86 Leslie William Savage
1986-89 Donald William Rablin Webb
1989-90 Bryan Martin Measures
1990-93 Brian J. Edgington
1993-95 Jack Cutter
1995-97 Margaret A Roberts
1997-99 Paul J. Darby
1999-2000 Melvyn Stone

^[9]

21st century

2000–05: Richard Rendle
2005–06: Peter Norton
2006–07: Iris Pritchard
2007–08: Iris Pritchard
2008–09: Debbie Morris ^[10]
2010–11: Richard Rendle
2011–13: Paul Allen
2014–15: Rob M Lyon ^[11]
2016–17: Rob M Lyon ^[12]
2017–18: Richard Cooke ^[12]
2018–19: Rob M Lyon ^[12]

References

^ "History of Dartmouth". Dartmouth. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^ "HAWLEY, John I (d.1408), of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "ROUPE, Nicholas (By 1506-55 or later), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
^ "ROUPE, Gilbert (By 1514-75/78), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
^ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ "HOLLAND, Thomas (-d.1618), of Dartmouth, Devon | History of Parliament Online".
^ 4 members of the Plumleigh family of Dartmouth served as Mayor of Dartmouth in the 16th & 17th centuries (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.595, pedigree of Plumleigh)
^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 10.
^ http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/dartmouth/soci/htm/102741_0.htm
^ "Dartmouth Town Mayor".
^ "Dartmouth Town Council - Your Councillors". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A new mayor was elected at the town's council meeting". Dartmouth Chronicle. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

External links

List of Mayors

[1] "History of Dartmouth". Dartmouth. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[2] "HAWLEY, John I (d.1408), of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[historyofparliamentonline.org-3] "ROUPE, Nicholas (By 1506-55 or later), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".

[4] "ROUPE, Gilbert (By 1514-75/78), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".

[5] Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[6] "HOLLAND, Thomas (-d.1618), of Dartmouth, Devon | History of Parliament Online".

[7] 4 members of the Plumleigh family of Dartmouth served as Mayor of Dartmouth in the 16th & 17th centuries (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.595, pedigree of Plumleigh)

[8] "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 10.

[9] ttp://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/dartmouth/soci/htm/102741_0.htm

[10] "Dartmouth Town Mayor".

[11] "Dartmouth Town Council - Your Councillors". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[DT-12] "A new mayor was elected at the town's council meeting". Dartmouth Chronicle. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

[1]