List of mayors of Paddington

This is a list of people who held the office of mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington. The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.

1900s

 * 1900-1901 John Aird MP. Created a baronet, March 1901.
 * 1901-1902 Sir John Aird MP (second term)
 * 1902-1903 Henry Andrade Harben
 * 1903-1904 John Williams
 * 1904-1905 William Urquhart
 * 1905-1906 Herbert Lidiard
 * 1906-1907 Herbert Lidiard (second term)
 * 1907-1908 Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie
 * 1908-1909 Herbert Henry Fuller
 * 1909-1910 Herbert Henry Fuller (second term)

1910s

 * 1910-1911 Herbert Lidiard (third term)
 * 1911-1912 William George Perring
 * 1912-1913 Harry George Handover
 * 1913-1914 Harry George Handover (second term)
 * 1914-1915 Harry George Handover (third term)
 * 1915-1916 Harry George Handover (fourth term)
 * 1916-1917 Harry George Handover (fifth term)
 * 1917-1918 Harry George Handover (sixth term)
 * 1918-1919 Harry George Handover (seventh term)
 * 1919-1920 Harry George Handover (eighth term)

1920s

 * 1920-1921 Harold Vaughan Kenyon
 * 1921-1922 Harold Vaughan Kenyon (second term)
 * 1922-1923 Harold Vaughan Kenyon (third term)
 * 1923-1924 Harold Vaughan Kenyon (fourth term)
 * 1924-1925 Colin Stanley Crosse
 * 1925-1926 Leonard Thomas Snell
 * 1926-1927 Leonard Thomas Snell (second term)
 * 1927-1928 Alfred Instone
 * 1928-1929 Leonard Thomas Snell (third term)
 * 1929-1930 Leonard Thomas Snell (fourth term)

1930s

 * 1930-1931 Leonard Thomas Snell (fifth term)
 * 1931-1932 Sir Harry George Handover (ninth term)
 * 1932-1933 Sir Harry George Handover (tenth term)
 * 1933-1934 Sir Harry George Handover (eleventh term)
 * 1934-1935 Sir Harry George Handover (twelfth term)
 * 1935-1936 Harold Vaughan Kenyon (fifth term)
 * 1936-1937 Harold Vaughan Kenyon (sixth term). Knighted 1937.
 * 1937-1938 John Burgess Preston Karslake
 * 1938-1939 Henry Halford Dawes
 * 1939-1940 Henry Halford Dawes (second term) (died 17 February 1940)

1940s

 * 1940 (February–November) John Burgess Preston Karslake (second term)
 * 1940-1941 Frank Stanley Henwood
 * 1941-1942 Frank Stanley Henwood (second term)
 * 1942-1943 Arthur Henry Barrett
 * 1943-1944 Arthur Henry Barrett (second term)
 * 1944-1945 Frederick Lawrence
 * 1945-1946 Henry Berkwood Hobsbaum
 * 1946-1947 Edward Avery
 * 1947-1949 James Eugene MacColl
 * 1949-1950 Arthur Henry Barrett (third term)

1950s

 * 1950-1951 Norris Kenyon
 * 1951-1952 Norris Kenyon (second term)
 * 1952-1953 (William) Ernest Harriss
 * 1953-1954 Col Walter Parkes. Chairman of the Board of Governors of St Mary's Hospital 1920-49.
 * 1954-1955 Stanley Howard Crosse
 * 1955-1956 Catherine Priscilla Rabagliati 3 January 1885–1973
 * 1956-1957 Catherine Rabagliati (second term)
 * 1957-1958 Major James Collins
 * 1958-1959 Alexander Norman Carruthers born 1901
 * 1959-1960 Raymond Robert Brown 20 August 1895–1973

1960s

 * 1960-1961 Arthur C Barrett
 * 1961-1962 Patrick Barry
 * 1962-1963 Denis McNair
 * 1963-1964 Major James Collins (second term)
 * 1964-1965 Jack Gillett (later Lord Mayor of Westminster 1976-77)