List of mayors of Ipswich Borough, Suffolk

Ipswich was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John.

Prior to 1835, the officers of Ipswich Corporation, at various times, consisted of:
 * Two bailiffs
 * The high steward
 * Coroner
 * Twelve portmen
 * Twenty-four common council of headboroughs
 * An indefinite number of burgesses or freemen
 * A recorder
 * A town clerk
 * Chamberlains
 * A water bailiff
 * A treasurer
 * Clavigers (record keepers who held the keys to the miniment chest)
 * Sergeants-at-mace

Municipal Borough of Ipswich
The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created the Municipal Borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a mayor was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty councillors. The mayors were as follows: William Vick published an album, The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890 in 1890.


 * 1842-1843   George Josselyn
 * 1843-1844   William May
 * 1844-1845   William Rodwell
 * 1845-1846   Thomas d'Eye Burroughes
 * 1846-1847   George Green Sampson
 * 1847-1848   John May (senior)
 * 1848-1849   Charles Burton
 * 1849-1850   Thomas Baldock Ross
 * 1850-1851   Peter Bartholomew Long
 * 1851-1852   George Josselyn
 * 1852-1853   Samuel Harrison Cowell
 * 1853-1854   Charles Foote Gower
 * 1854-1855   Peter Bartholomew Long
 * 1855-1856   George Christopherson
 * 1856-1857   George Christopherson
 * 1857-1858   Ebenezer Goddard
 * 1858-1859   Jeremiah Head
 * 1859-1860   George Josselyn
 * 1860-1861   Edward Grimwade
 * 1862-1863   George Bacon
 * 1864-1865   Samuel Harrison Cowell
 * 1865-1866   Ebenezer Goddard
 * 1866-1867   Robert Charles Ransome
 * 1867-1868   John Patteson Cobbold
 * 1868-1869   Edward Packard (senior)
 * 1869-1870   Edward Grimwade
 * 1870-1871   George Green Sampson
 * 1871-1872   George Green Sampson
 * 1872-1873   Ebenezer Goddard
 * 1873-1875   Dr Barrington Chevallier
 * 1875-1876   George Calver Mason
 * 1876-1877   Walter Turner
 * 1877-1878   Charles Henry Cowell
 * 1878-1879   Alexander Francis Nicholson
 * 1879-1880   David Henry Booth
 * 1880-1881   Alfred Wrinch
 * 1881-1882   Frederick Fish
 * 1882-1883   Edward Rush Turner
 * 1883        John May Jnr
 * 1884-1885   Sterling Westhorp
 * 1885-1886   Benjamin Page Grimsey
 * 1886-1887   Edward Packard (junior)
 * 1887-1888   Robert Maplestone Miller
 * 1888-1889   John Henry Josselyn

County Borough of Ipswich
Following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1888 the County Borough of Ipswich was created with the rest of Suffolk being divided into the administrative counties of East and West Suffolk. The County Borough of Ipswich had the following mayors:


 * 1889-1890   Nathaniel Catchpole
 * 1890-1891   Frederick Turner
 * 1891-1892   Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
 * 1892-1893   Roderick Donald Fraser
 * 1893-1894   Samuel Richard Anness
 * 1894-1895   John Henry Bartlet
 * 1895-1896   George Francis Josselyn
 * 1896-1897   Felix Thornley Cobbold
 * 1897-1898   Robert Stocker Paul
 * 1898-1899   Edwin Perkins Ridley
 * 1899-1900   William Churchman
 * 1900-1901   William Fraser Paul
 * 1901-1902   Arthur Churchman
 * 1902-1903   William John Catchpole
 * 1903-1904   Frederick Bennett
 * 1904-1905   John Henry Grimwade
 * 1905-1906   Bunnell H Burton
 * 1906-1907   William Orford White
 * 1907-1908   Harry W Raffe
 * 1908-1909   Francis Charles Ward
 * 1909-1910   Alexander Gibb
 * 1910-1911   Peter Wyndham Cobbold
 * 1911-1912   Frederick Edward Rands
 * 1912-1913   Edward Colby Ransome
 * 1913-1914   William Pipe
 * 1914-1915   John Dupuis Cobbold
 * 1915-1916   Sydney Brand
 * 1916-1917   Valentine Desborough Colchester
 * 1917-1918   Henry Dixon Phillips
 * 1918-1919   Edward Colby Ransome
 * 1919-1920   Frederick Edward Rands
 * 1920-1921   Frank John Mason
 * 1921-1922   William Pipe
 * 1922-1923   Alfred Sizer
 * 1923-1924   John Richard Staddon
 * 1924-1925   Frederick William Turner
 * 1925-1926   Kavas Jamas Badshah
 * 1926-1927   Charles Ernest Tempest
 * 1927-1928   William Rowley Elliston
 * 1928-1929   James Francis Clark Hossack
 * 1929-1930   Arthur Lewis Clouting
 * 1930-1931   Sidney Charles Grimwade
 * 1931-1933   George William Senton
 * 1933-1934   Robert Frederick Jackson
 * 1934-1935   George Ambrose Mallett
 * 1935-1936   Hubert Ernest Holland
 * 1936-1937   Albert Victor Smith
 * 1937-1938   George Underwood
 * 1938-1939   Edward Lawrence Hunt
 * 1940-1941   Robert Frederick Jackson
 * 1942 (Nov-Dec)   Frank John Mason
 * 1942-1943 (Dec-Nov)   Owen Dudley Phillips
 * 1943-1944   Charles West English
 * 1944-1945   Sidney Charles Grimwade
 * 1945-1946   Frederick Henry Warner
 * 1946-1947   Mrs Mary Whitmore
 * 1947-1949   James Barry Cullingham
 * 1949-1950   Arthur James Cook
 * 1950-1951   Cyril Catchpole
 * 1951-1952   Albert John Colthorpe
 * 1952-1953   James Chalmers
 * 1953-1954   Mrs Lesley Lewis
 * 1954-1955   Clifford Gerald Roper
 * 1955-1956   Christopher Gorden Rushen
 * 1956-1957   Phineas Weiner Lewis
 * 1957-1958   Robert Ratcliffe
 * 1958-1959   George William Pipe
 * 1959-1960   Richard James Lewis
 * 1960-1961   Percy John Fowler
 * 1961-1962   Mrs Charlotte Green
 * 1962-1963   Arthur Vernon Bishop
 * 1963-1964   John McClennan Stewart
 * 1964-1965   Edward Charles Grimwade
 * 1965-1966   Victor Robert Redvers Francis
 * 1966-1967   Mrs Marjory Keeble
 * 1967-1968   Arthur J Lambert
 * 1968-1969   Owen Sturly Nunn / Mrs Marjorie J Nesby
 * 1969-1970   Samuel William Teagar Godward
 * 1970-1971   Wallace Mortimer Morfey
 * 1971-1972   Cyril George Skinner
 * 1972-1973   Walter Horace Mulley
 * 1973-1974   Mrs Ruby Ann Skerritt
 * 1974-1975   Arthur J Lambert
 * 1975-1976   Mrs Beryl James
 * 1976-1977   Hugh R Davis
 * 1977-1978   David Myer
 * 1978-1979   Alan Seabrooke
 * 1979-1980   Eric Grant
 * 1980-1981   Sydney Mason
 * 1981-1982   Mrs Ann Smith
 * 1982-1983   Mrs Beryl James
 * 1983-1984   Douglas Grimwood
 * 1984-1985   Peter K Gardiner
 * 1985-1986   Eric Grant
 * 1986-1987   Mrs Gillian Auton*
 * 1987-1988   Derek Warsop
 * 1988-1989   William A Quinton
 * 1989-1990   Ms Sheila Baguley
 * 1990-1991   Jack West
 * 1991-1992   Kenneth Wilson
 * 1992-1993   Mrs Joan Cubbin
 * 1993-1994   Mrs Margaret Alderton
 * 1994-1995   Ian Roderick Grimwood
 * 1995-1996   Albert W Grant
 * 1996-1997   Philip H L Smart
 * 1997-1998   Mrs Jeannette E Macartney
 * 1998-1999   George Hamilton Clarke MBE
 * 1999-2000   John Charles Mowles
 * 2000-2001   Don Edwards
 * 2001-2002   Maureen Carrington-Brown
 * 2002-2003   Richard Risebrow
 * 2003-2004   Penelope Kathryn Breakwell
 * 2004-2005   Roger Edwin Fern
 * 2005-2006   William George Wright
 * 2006-2007   Henry George Davies
 * 2007-2008   Inga Elisabeth Lockington
 * 2008-2009   David Hale
 * 2009-2010   David Goldsmith
 * 2010-2011   Jane Chambers
 * 2011-2012   John Le Grys
 * 2012-2013   Mary Blake
 * 2013-2014   Hamil Clarke
 * 2014-2015   Bill Quinton
 * 2015-2016   Glen Chisholm
 * 2016-2017   Roger Fern
 * 2017-2018   Sarah Barber
 * 2018-2019   Jane Riley
 * 2019-2021   Jan Parry**
 * 2021        Jane Riley***
 * 2021-2022   Elizabeth Hughes
 * 2022-       John Cook