List of mayors of Bristol



The position of Lord Mayor of Bristol was conferred on the city in June 1899 (effective 15 November 1899) as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours and was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974. Prior to November 1899 the position of Mayor of Bristol had existed since 1216. The Lord Mayor is the Chairperson of the City Council and has the casting vote. As Bristol's first citizen, they are the non-political, ceremonial head of the city. The Lord Mayor of Bristol is styled The Right Honourable, although without official sanction, rather than the more normal Right Worshipful enjoyed by most other Lord Mayors. The names of all Mayors and Lord Mayors of Bristol since 1216 are cut into the stone walls of the Conference Hall of Bristol City Hall.

Mayors of Bristol: 1216–1899
It is uncertain when the position of mayor came to existence, but records of the mayor start from 1216 onwards. Mayors of Bristol included the following:

1200s

 * 1216 Roger Cordewaner
 * 1217 Adam Le Page
 * 1218 Martin Undiryate
 * 1219 John at Hulle
 * 1220 Robert Holburst
 * 1221 Roger de Stanes
 * 1222 Walter Mombray
 * 1223 John de Berdewyke
 * 1224 James de Roweborowe
 * 1225 Walter de Wyntone
 * 1226 Hugh de Fayreforde
 * 1227 John de Mersshefielde
 * 1228 Henry Le Long
 * 1229 Nicholas Heyhome
 * 1230 John Bruselaunce
 * 1231 Henry de Berewyke
 * 1232 Elyas Spryngham
 * 1233 Walter Le Fraunceis
 * 1234 Richard Aylard
 * 1235 Jordan Browne
 * 1236 James Le Warre
 * 1237 Richard Horston
 * 1238 Philip de Powket
 * 1239 Richard Forstall
 * 1240 Richard Aylard
 * 1241 Thomas de Weston
 * 1242 Robert Le Bele
 * 1243 William Clerk
 * 1244 William Spakstone
 * 1245 Ralph Monjoy
 * 1246 Elyas de Axbrige
 * 1247 Reginald de Penes
 * 1248 Geoffrey le White
 * 1249 John Adryan
 * 1250 Roger de Bury
 * 1251 Elyas Long
 * 1252 Thomas Le Rous
 * 1253 Reynold de Wight
 * 1254 Henry Adryan
 * 1255 Adam de Berkham
 * 1256 Robert de Kylmaynan
 * 1257 Roger de Berkham
 * 1258 Roger de Stokes
 * 1259 Clement de Romeney
 * 1260 William de Gloucestre
 * 1261 John de Lyme
 * 1262 Robert de Kylmaynan
 * 1263 Adam de Berkham
 * 1264 Thomas Le Rous
 * 1265 Henry Adryan
 * 1266 Stephen Ormestone
 * 1267 Thomas Selby
 * 1268 Simon Clerk
 * 1269 Robert Mauncell
 * 1270 Roger Fissher
 * 1271 Ralph Paldene
 * 1272 John Wissy
 * 1273 Richard de Wellis
 * 1274 Peter de Keynesham
 * 1275 Thomas de Hamelesden
 * 1276 Gerard Le Fraunces
 * 1277 Simon de Bardeney
 * 1278 John Lydewarde
 * 1279 Roger Le Tavyrnere
 * 1280 Peter de Romeney
 * 1281 William Beauflure
 * 1282 Nicholas Horncastell
 * 1283 Thomas Cokere
 * 1284 Peter de Romeney
 * 1285 Richard Mangottesfielde
 * 1286 Richard Mangottesfielde
 * 1287 John Le Warre
 * 1288 Roger de Graftone
 * 1289 Richard Le Draper
 * 1290 Richard Mangottesfielde
 * 1291 Roger Turcle
 * 1292 Thomas de Tilley
 * 1293 Walter Le Fraunces
 * 1294 Simon de Burton
 * 1295 Simon de Burton
 * 1296 Simon de Burton
 * 1297 William Randalf
 * 1298 John Snowe
 * 1299 Richard de Mangottesfield

1300s

 * 1300 Roger Turtle
 * 1301 Thomas de Tiley
 * 1302 Walter Adrian
 * 1303 Thomas le Grave
 * 1304 Simon de Bourton
 * 1305 Simon de Bourton
 * 1306 William Randolph
 * 1307 John Snow
 * 1308 John le Taverner
 * 1309 John le Taverner
 * 1310 William Randolph
 * 1311 J. Danfeller
 * 1312 William Hore
 * 1313 John le Taverner
 * 1314 Raynald de Paines
 * 1315 William Randolph
 * 1316 Robert Passons
 * 1317 Richard de Tilly
 * 1318 Roger Terrill
 * 1319 William de Axe
 * 1320 Richard de Tilly
 * 1321 Richard de Tilly
 * 1322 Roger Terrill
 * 1323 William de Axe
 * 1324 John de Romney
 * 1325 John de Romney
 * 1326 Roger Turtle
 * 1327 Hugh de Langbridge
 * 1328 John Francis
 * 1329 John de Axbridge
 * 1330 Roger Turtle
 * 1331 Everard le Frances
 * 1332 Roger Turtle
 * 1333 Roger Turtle
 * 1334 Hugh de Langbridge
 * 1335 Roger Turtle
 * 1336 Everard le Frances
 * 1337 Stephen le Spicer
 * 1338 Stephen le Spicer
 * 1339 Everard le Frances
 * 1340 Roger Turtle
 * 1341 Roger Turtle
 * 1342 Robert Wrington
 * 1343 Stephen le Spicer
 * 1344 Stephen le Spicer
 * 1345 Robert Gwyen
 * 1346 Robert Gwyen
 * 1347 Robert Wrington
 * 1348 John le Spicer
 * 1349 Robert Gwyen
 * 1350 John Wickham
 * 1351 John le Spicer
 * 1352 John de Cobbinton
 * 1353 Richard le Spycer
 * 1354 Richard le Spycer
 * 1355 Thomas Babcary
 * 1356 Reynald le French
 * 1357 Walter Frampton
 * 1358 Reynald le French
 * 1359 Thomas Babcary
 * 1360 Robert Chedre
 * 1361 Richard Brandon
 * 1362 Robert Chedre
 * 1363 Walter Derby
 * 1364 John Stoke
 * 1365 Walter Frampton
 * 1366 John Stoke
 * 1367 Walter Derby
 * 1368 John Bathe
 * 1369 Elias Spelly
 * 1370 John Bathe
 * 1371 Ricard Spycer
 * 1372 Wm. Canynges
 * 1373 Wm. Canynges
 * 1374 Walter Frampton
 * 1375 Wm. Canynges
 * 1376 Walter Derby
 * 1377 Tho. Beaupenny
 * 1378 Elias Spelly
 * 1379 John Stoke
 * 1380 Walter Derby
 * 1381 Wm. Canynges
 * 1382 Elias Spelly
 * 1383 Tho. Beaupenny
 * 1384 Walter Derby
 * 1385 Wm. Canynges
 * 1386 Thomas Knappe
 * 1387 Wm. Somervell
 * 1388 John Vyell
 * 1389 Wm. Canynges
 * 1390 Elias Spelly
 * 1391 Thomas Knappe
 * 1392 John Canynges
 * 1393 John Somervell
 * 1394 Wm. Froome
 * 1395 John Barstable
 * 1396 Thomas Knappe
 * 1397 John Banbury
 * 1398 John Canynges
 * 1399 Thomas Knappe

1400s

 * 1400 Thomas Knappe
 * 1401 William Frome
 * 1402 John Barnstable
 * 1403 John Stephens
 * 1404 Thomas Knappe
 * 1405 Robert Dudbroke
 * 1406 John Barnstable
 * 1407 John Droys
 * 1408 Thomas Blount
 * 1409 John Fisher
 * 1410 John Droys
 * 1411 Thomas Yonge, MP for Bristol
 * 1412 Thomas Yonge
 * 1413 John Cleve
 * 1414 Thomas Norton
 * 1415 John Droyes
 * 1416 John Sharpe
 * 1417 Thomas Blount
 * 1418 Robert Russell
 * 1419 John Newton
 * 1420 James Cokkys
 * 1421 Thomas Yonge
 * 1422 John Spyre
 * 1423 Mark William
 * 1424 John Burton
 * 1425 John Leycester, MP for Bristol
 * 1426 John Cleve
 * 1427 Robert Russell
 * 1428 John Newtone
 * 1429 Roger Levedone
 * 1430 John Burton
 * 1431 John Leycester
 * 1432 Richard Trenolde
 * 1433 John Sharpe
 * 1434 John Fisher
 * 1435 Thomas Halleway
 * 1436 John Miltone
 * 1437 Richard Forster
 * 1438 Clement Bagod
 * 1439 Hugh Wethrforde
 * 1440 John Sharpe
 * 1441 Nicholas Ferme
 * 1442 William Canynges, MP for Bristol, 1439, 1450–1 and 1455
 * 1443 Clement Bagod
 * 1444 John Stanley
 * 1445 John Shipwarde
 * 1446 Nicholas Hille
 * 1447 Richard Forster
 * 1448 Richard Forster
 * 1449 John Burton
 * 1450 William Canynges
 * 1451 John Burton
 * 1452 John Stanley
 * 1453 William Codir
 * 1454 Robert Sturmy, merchant
 * 1455 Richard Hatter
 * 1456 John Shipwarde
 * 1457 William Canynges
 * 1458 Philip Mede, MP
 * 1459 Philip Mede, MP
 * 1460 Thomas Rogers
 * 1461 William Canynges
 * 1462 Philip Mede, MP
 * 1463 John Wykam
 * 1464 John Shipwarde
 * 1465 William Codir
 * 1466 William Spencer
 * 1467 William Canynges
 * 1468 Robert Jakys
 * 1469 Philip Mede, MP
 * 1470 John Shipwarde
 * 1471	John Hawkes
 * 1472	John Cogan
 * 1473	William Spence
 * 1474	Robert Strange
 * 1475	William Bird
 * 1476	John Baggott
 * 1477	John Shipward
 * 1479	Edmund Westcott
 * 1480	Wm. Wodington
 * 1481 John Foster
 * 1482	Robert Strange
 * 1483	Henry Vaughan
 * 1484 Wm. Wickham
 * 1485	Edmund Westcott
 * 1486	Wm. Wickham
 * 1487 John Esterfield
 * 1488	John Pinke
 * 1489	Robert Strange
 * 1490 John Stevens
 * 1491	William Toker
 * 1492	Clement Wiltshire
 * 1493	Henry Vaughan
 * 1494	John Easterfield
 * 1495	William Regent
 * 1496	John Drewes
 * 1497	Henry Dale
 * 1498	Philip Kingston
 * 1499	Nicholas Brown

1500s

 * 1500 Nicholas Brown
 * 1501 Richard Vaughan
 * 1502 George Monoy
 * 1503 Hugh Johns
 * 1504 Henry Dale
 * 1505 David Cogan (alias Philip)
 * 1506	Philip Ringston
 * 1507	John Vaughan
 * 1508  Richard Hoby
 * 1509	John Capell
 * 1510	John Poplay
 * 1511	John Rowland
 * 1512	John Ellyott
 * 1513	William Bedford
 * 1514	Robert Thorn
 * 1515	Roger Dawes
 * 1516	John Vaughan
 * 1517	Richard Hoby
 * 1518	John Edward
 * 1519	John Williams
 * 1520	Roger Dawes
 * 1521	John Shipman
 * 1522	John Rowland
 * 1523	John Williams
 * 1524	John Hutton
 * 1525	Richard Abingdon
 * 1526	Thomas Broke
 * 1527	John Ware
 * 1528	Richard Tonnell
 * 1529	John Shipman
 * 1530	Thomas White
 * 1531	Thomas Pacy
 * 1532	Clement Bays
 * 1533	William Shipman
 * 1534	Roger Cook
 * 1535	John Hutton
 * 1536	Richard Abingdon
 * 1537	William Chester
 * 1538 Thomas Jeffery
 * 1539	Roger Cook
 * 1540	John Springe
 * 1541	Robert Elliot
 * 1542	Henry White
 * 1543 Thomas Pacy
 * 1544	Nicholas Thorn
 * 1545	Robert Adams
 * 1546	William Cary
 * 1547	John Smyth
 * 1548	William Pyckes
 * 1549	William Jay
 * 1550	David Harris
 * 1551	Roger Cook
 * 1552	William Chester
 * 1553	John Northall
 * 1554	John Smyth
 * 1555	William Young
 * 1556	Robert Saxse
 * 1557	William Pepwall
 * 1558	Robert Adams
 * 1559	Roger Jones
 * 1560	William Carr
 * 1561	John Reekes
 * 1562	John Stone
 * 1563 Nicholas Williams
 * 1564	Anthony Standback
 * 1565	John Northall
 * 1566	John Cutt
 * 1567	William Pepwall
 * 1568	John Stone
 * 1569	Thomas Chester
 * 1570	William Tucker
 * 1571	John Stone
 * 1572	John Brown
 * 1573	Thomas Kelke
 * 1574	George Snigg
 * 1575	John Prewett
 * 1576	John Wade
 * 1577	Thomas Colston
 * 1578	John Roberts
 * 1579	Thomas Young
 * 1580	Thomas Slocombe
 * 1581	Philip Langley
 * 1582	Thomas Aldworth
 * 1583	Walter Pykes
 * 1584	Thomas Rowland
 * 1585	Richard Cole
 * 1586	William Hicks
 * 1587	John Barnes
 * 1588	Robert Kitchen
 * 1589	William Bird
 * 1590	John Hopkins
 * 1591	Walter Standfast
 * 1592	Thomas Aldworth
 * 1593	Michael Pepwall
 * 1594	Francis Knight
 * 1595	William Parfey
 * 1596	William Yate
 * 1597	John Webb
 * 1598	William Ellis
 * 1599	John Hart

1600s

 * 1600 John Hopkins, MP for Bristol
 * 1601 William Vawer
 * 1602 Ralfe Hurte
 * 1604, 1615 John Whitson, MP for Bristol, 1605, 1628
 * 1605, 1614 Thomas James, MP for Bristol, 1604–14
 * 1609 Robert Aldworth, merchant and philanthropist
 * 1611 William Cary, draper
 * 1612 Abel Kitchin, merchant
 * 1617 George Harrington
 * 1618 John Guy, first Governor of Newfoundland
 * 1620 John Doughty, MP for Bristol, 1626–29
 * 1625 John Barker, MP for Bristol, 1624, 1628
 * 1629 Humphrey Hooke, MP for Bristol, 1640–42
 * 1632 Henry Hobson, innkeeper
 * 1636 Richard Longe, MP for Bristol, 1640–42
 * 1640 John Tailer, MP for Bristol, 1642–44
 * 1642 Richard Aldworth, MP for Bristol, 1646
 * 1643 Humphrey Hooke, MP for Bristol, 1640–42
 * 1649 Miles Jackson, MP for Bristol, 1654, 1656
 * 1650 Hugh Browne
 * 1651 Joseph Jackson, MP for Bristol, 1659
 * 1663 John Knight, MP for Bristol, 1660.
 * 1678 John Lloyd (mayor of Bristol)
 * 1684 William Hayman, Bristol merchant

1700s

 * 1700 Sir William Daines, MP for Bristol, 1701, 1715
 * 1710 Abraham Elton, MP for Bristol, 1722–27
 * 1719 Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet, MP for Bristol, 1727–42
 * 1780 William Miles 1728–1803, Bristol Corporation 1766, Sheriff 1766, Mayor 1780–81, Alderman 1782–
 * 1781 Henry Cruger, MP for Bristol, 1774–80, 1784–90
 * 1790 John Harris, merchant, participant in slavery debates
 * 1797/8 Thomas Daniel merchant, Alderman 1798-1835, Councillor 1835-1841, Sheriff 1796/7

1800s

 * 1833 Charles Ludlow Walker
 * 1837, 1838, 1845, 1848, 1849, 1850 Sir John Kerle Haberfield
 * 1844 Richard King, merchant
 * 1851 Henry Gore-Langton, MP for Bristol, 1852–65
 * 1852 Robert Gay Barrow
 * 1853, 1854 John George Shaw
 * 1855, 1856 John Vining
 * 1857 Isaac Alan Cooke
 * 1858 James Poole
 * 1859 John Bates
 * 1860 Odiarne Coates Lane
 * 1861 John Hare
 * 1862 Sholto Vere Hare
 * 1863 Thomas Porter Jose
 * 1864 William Naish
 * 1865 Joseph Abraham
 * 1866 Elisha Smith Robinson, businessman
 * 1867 William Gale Cole
 * 1868 William Gale Cole
 * 1869 William Killigrew Wait, MP for Gloucester, 1873–80
 * 1870 Thomas Canning
 * 1871 William Proctor Baker
 * 1872 William Hathway
 * 1873 Thomas Barnes
 * 1874 Christopher James Thomas
 * 1875 John Avery Jones
 * 1876 George Edwards
 * 1877 George Edwards
 * 1878 George Edwards
 * 1879 Henry Taylor
 * 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 Joseph Dodge Weston, MP for Bristol South, 1885, and Bristol East, 1890
 * 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 Sir Charles Wathen
 * 1886 George William Edwards
 * 1891 Charles Highett MD
 * 1892 William Robert Barker
 * 1893, 1894 Robert Henry Symes
 * 1895 Howell Davies, MP for Bristol South 1906–22
 * 1896, 1897 Robert Henry Syms
 * 1898 Herbert Ashman

Lord Mayors of Bristol: 1899–present

 * Source

• 1899: Sir Herbert Ashman (Leather Merchant - First Lord Mayor)

• 1900: James Colthurst Godwin

• 1901: Charles Edward Ley Gardner

• 1902: Sir Robert Henry Symes

• 1903: Sir Robert Henry Symes

• 1904: Edward Burnett James

• 1905: Alfred John Smith

• 1906: Alfred John Smith

• 1907: Sir Edward Burnet James

• 1908: Edward Robinson

• 1909: Christopher Albert Hayes

• 1910: Christopher Albert Hayes

• 1911: Sir Frank William Wills Kt.

• 1912: Charles James Lowe

• 1913: John Swaish

• 1914: John Swaish

• 1915: Barclay Josiah Baron

• 1916: Barclay Josiah Baron

• 1917: Frank Sheppard

• 1918: Henry William Twiggs

• 1919: James Thomas Francombe

• 1920: George Bryant Britton (Shoe manufacturer)

• 1921: Ernest Henry Cook

• 1922: Alfred Dowling

• 1923: Alfred Arthur Senington

• 1924: Ernest Brookhouse Richards

• 1925: Frank Moore

• 1926: Edward Malachi Dyer

• 1927: John Curle

• 1928: William Henry Eyles

• 1929: Walter Bryant

• 1930: Frederick Francis Clothier

• 1931: John Hampden Inskip

• 1932: Thomas James Wise

• 1933: Francis Crispin Luke

• 1934: Herbert John Maggs

• 1935: Charles Theodore Budgett

• 1936: Albert Francis Moon

• 1937: John James Milton

• 1938: William Albert Winchester

• 1939: Albert-Whitfield Stone Burgess

• 1940: Thomas Henry Johnson Underdown

• 1941: Ebenezer Thomas Cozens

• 1942: Henry Arthur Wall

• 1943: Frederick Charles Williams

• 1944: William Frederick Cottrell

• 1945: James Owen

• 1946: Gilbert Sydney James

• 1947: Charles Richard Gill

• 1948: Charles Richard Gill

• 1949: Percy Walter Cann

• 1950: Frederick Arthur Parish

• 1951: Robert Francis Lyne

• 1952: Alderman Vincent James Gerald Ross OBE

• 1953: Kenneth Alfred Leader Brown

• 1954: Gilbert George Adams

• 1955: Harry Crook

• 1956: George Alton Watson Allan

• 1957: Percy Whitehead Raymond

• 1958: Fitzroy George William Chamberlain

• 1959: William George Cozens

• 1960: Alexander Hugh Jenkins

• 1961: Charles Herbert Smith

• 1962: Leonard King Stevenson

• 1963: Florence Mills Brown

• 1964: Kenelm Antony Philip / Dalby

• 1965: Thomas Henry Martin

• 1966: Cyril Hebblethwaite

• 1967: Revd. Frederick Charles / Vyvyan-Jones

• 1968: Mercia Evelyn Castle

• 1969: Herbert William Major Willcox

• 1970: Geoffrey Palmer

• 1971: Helen Bloom

• 1972: Edwin Roberts (died in office 27 March 1973) / Alderman Mrs Helen Bloom (acting Lord Mayor until 15 May 1973)

• 1973: Walter William Jenkins

• 1974: Albert George Peglar

• 1975: Hubert James Williams

• 1976: Jack Desmond Fisk

• 1977: Edward James Wright

• 1978: Charles Edwin Merritt

• 1979: Thomas John Clarke

• 1980: Victor William Pople

• 1981: William Ernest Blackmore

• 1982: George Edward Maggs

• 1983: Frederick John Apperley

• 1984: Claude Draper

• 1985: Jack Maurice Bosdet

• 1986: Mrs Joan Jones

• 1987: Christopher Dominic Marmaduke Bellairs Alderson

• 1988: Derek Baisley Tedder

• 1989: Mrs Kathleen Minnie Mountstephen

• 1990: James Alexander Williams

• 1991: Peter John Abraham

• 1992: John Channon

• 1993: John Channon

• 1994: Mrs Claire Margaret Warren

• 1995: Mrs Joan Barbara McLaren

• 1996: Mrs Joan Barbara McLaren

• 1997: Jack Fisk

• 1998: Graham Roy Robertson

• 1999: Graham Roy Robertson

• 2000: Graham Roy Robertson

• 2001: Brenda Patricia Hugill

• 2002: William Leslie Martin

• 2003: William Leslie Martin

• 2004: Simon Timothy Cook (Actor)

• 2005: Peter John Abraham

• 2006: Peter John Abraham

• 2007: Royston Alan Griffey

• 2008: Christopher Davies

• 2009: Christopher Davies

• 2010: Colin Smith

• 2011: Geoffrey Richard Gollop

• 2012: Peter Main

• 2013: Faruk Choudhury

• 2014: Alastair Watson

• 2015: Clare Campion-Smith

• 2016: Jeff Lovell

• 2017: Lesley Alexander

• 2018: Cleo Lake

• 2019: Jos Clark

• 2020: Jos Clark

• 2021: Steve Smith

• 2022: Paula O'Rourke

• 2023: Paul Goggin

• 2024: Andrew Varney

Archives
Papers, photographs and newscuttings relating to Percy Cann are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 33292) (online catalogue).