List of chairmen of Wiltshire County Council



This is a list of the Chairmen of Wiltshire County Council and its successor, Wiltshire Council.

Indefinite term of office

 * 1889–1896: John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath
 * 1896–1906: Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice MP
 * 1906–1946: Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath
 * 1946–1949: Colonel R. W. Awdry CBE
 * 1949–1960: Alderman J. L. Calderwood CBE
 * 1960–1969: Major S. V. Christie-Miller CBE
 * 1969–1973: Sir Henry Langton, later Calley DL DFC DSO
 * 1973–1980: Group Captain Frank Willan CBE DFC DL
 * 1980–1985: Nigel James Moffat Anderson MC DL
 * 1985–1986: Captain P. S. Beale RN
 * 1986–1989: Mr J. B. Ainslie OBE
 * 1989–1992: Mrs Mary E. Salisbury CBE DL

Chairmen for one year

 * 1992–1993: Mrs Marjorie Whitworth
 * 1993–1994: Mrs Patricia Rugg
 * 1994–1995: Mr Percy L. Jefferies
 * 1995–1996: Mrs Dorothea Joan Main
 * 1996–1997: Mrs June Wood
 * 1997–1998: Mrs Grace Hill
 * 1998–1999: Mrs Beryl M. Jay
 * 1999–2000: Brigadier Robert Baddeley
 * 2000–2001: Lt. Colonel D. B. W. Jarvis
 * 2001–2002: Mr J. P. Johnson
 * 2002–2003: Mrs Carole Soden
 * 2003–2004: Mr Jerry Willmott
 * 2004–2005: Mr Allan Peach
 * 2005–2006: Mr Bill Moss
 * 2006–2007: Mr Kevin Wren
 * 2007–2008: Mrs Judy Seager
 * 2008–2009: Brigadier Robert Hall

Chairmen of Wiltshire Council

 * 2009–2012: Brigadier Robert Hall
 * 2012–2014: Mrs Christine Crisp
 * 2014–2015: Roy While
 * 2015–2017: Richard Britton
 * 2017–2019: Alison Bucknell
 * 2019–2020: James Sheppard
 * 2020–2021: Richard Gamble
 * 2021–2023: Stuart Wheeler
 * 2023–: James Sheppard