Mayor of Stafford

The town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England gained its mayoral charter from King James I. The first mayor was Matthew Cradock, jnr in 1614.

The following have been mayors of Stafford:

Source: Stafford Borough Council unless otherwise stated


 * 1614–15 Matthew Cradock, First Mayor of Stafford, MP for Stafford 5 times between 1621 and 1628
 * 1622 Thomas Worswick
 * 1706 William Abnett
 * 1708 Abraham Hoskins
 * 1716 Abraham Hoskins
 * 1719 William Robins
 * 1720 William Abnett
 * 1731 William Robins
 * 1740 William Robins

19th century
Source: Stafford Borough Council


 * 1836  John Masfen Jn. Kenderdine Shaw
 * 1837  William Jones
 * 1838  Charles Dudley
 * 1839  Thomas Stevenson
 * 1840  Edward Lloyd
 * 1841  John Rogers
 * 1842  Charles Chester Mort
 * 1843  Thomas Boulton
 * 1844  John Griffin
 * 1845  Charles Ed Morgan
 * 1846  James Webb
 * 1847  John Marson
 * 1848  James Turnock
 * 1849  Thomas Benson Elley
 * 1850  Thomas Benson Elley
 * 1851  William Jones, Jun.
 * 1852  Thomas Turner
 * 1853  Thomas Boulton
 * 1854  John Henson Webb
 * 1855  John Griffin
 * 1856  John Griffin
 * 1857  John Griffin
 * 1858  Henry Thos Lomax
 * 1859  John Lea
 * 1860  William Buxton
 * 1861  William Buxton
 * 1862  John Brewster
 * 1863  Jonas Pilling
 * 1864  Edward Mousley
 * 1865  Edward Mousley
 * 1866  John Morgan
 * 1867  William Silvester
 * 1868  Richard Podmore
 * 1869  Ephraim Austin
 * 1870  Henry Gillard
 * 1871  Hugh Woods Gibson
 * 1872  Bateman P Wright
 * 1873  John Kelsall
 * 1874  John Shallcross
 * 1875  John Shallcross
 * 1876  Jas C Marson (deceased)
 * 1876  H W Gibson (successor)
 * 1877  John Averill
 * 1878  Frederic Marson
 * 1879  William Wright
 * 1880  John Tasker Evans
 * 1881  Chas Henry Dudley
 * 1882  Chas Henry Dudley
 * 1883  Zachariah Anderson
 * 1884  Frederic Greatrex
 * 1885  Nicholas Joyce
 * 1886  Wm Henry Peach
 * 1887  Alfred Ward
 * 1888  Cornelius Mycock
 * 1889  Thomas Amies
 * 1890  William Peach
 * 1891  William Lloyd
 * 1892  William Silvester
 * 1893  George Wormal
 * 1894  Charles Henry Wright
 * 1895  Wm Hy Turkington
 * 1896  Frederick Greatrex
 * 1897  Walter Charles Towers Mynors
 * 1898  Walter Charles Towers Mynors
 * 1899  Walter Charles Towers Mynors

20th century
• 1900–03 Walter Charles Towers Mynors (2 years (of 4))

• 1902–03 P M Bridgwood (Conservative)

• 1903–04 Samuel George Lovatt

• 1904–05 John Mottram

• 1905–06 William Marson

• 1906–07 Albert Andrews

• 1907–09 Ebenezer Williamm Taylor (2 years)

• 1909–10 Edward Horton

• 1910–11 Thomas Westhead

• 1911–12 Ebenezer William Taylor

• 1912–13 Charles William Miller

• 1913–14 James Cornelius Mycock

• 1914–15 Henry John Bostock

• 1915–16 Thomas Samuel Bailey

• 1916–17 Richard John Young

• 1917–18 -

• 1918–19 Joseph Rushton

• 1919–20 Frederick Milnes Blumer

• 1920–21 Richard Edwin Meade

• 1921–22 Thomas Alfred Dunn

• 1922–23 Ernest Albert Thompson

• 1923–24 John Wheeldon

• 1924–25 Harry Eymer

• 1925–26 John Hall

• 1926–30 William Thomas Richardson (4 years)

• 1930–32 Thomas Henry Tunnicliffe (2 years)

• 1932–33 Ellen Maria South (Mrs)

• 1933–34 Samuel Robinson

• 1934–35 Frederick William Pitt (died and replaced by Samuel Robinson)

• 1935–37 George Owen (2 years)

• 1937–38 R Gordon Amies

• 1938–42 Horace Joynes (4 years)

• 1942–44 Arthur Egerton Hourd (2 years)

• 1944–46 Harold Wallace-Copeland (2 years)

• 1946–48 Ruth Turney (Mrs) (3 years)

• 1949–50 Leslie Dobson (2 years)

• 1951–53 Charles Edward Fowke (2 years)

• 1953–55 Charles Jones (2 years)

• 1955–57 Horace Henry Coghlan (2 years)

• 1957–59 Frank Redvers Green (2 years)

• 1959–60 Bertram Sinkinson

• 1960–61 John Edward Roberts

• 1961–62 Elizabeth Wilford (Mrs)

• 1962–63 Rees Llewellyn Tyler

• 1963–64 Albert Edward Collins

• 1964–65 Iris Helen Moseley (Miss)

• 1965–66 Lawrence Harry Kinson

• 1966–67 Samuel Harry Robinson

• 1967–68 Stanley Gordon Sheppard

• 1968–69 Oliver Frederick Bradley

• 1969–70 Trevor Arnold Evans

• 1970–71 Walter Richard Dean

• 1971–72 Edith Stella Kidman

• 1972–73 Norman Leonard Potter

• 1973–74 William Robert Simpson

• 1974–75 Ruth M Dickson

• 1975–76 William Bowen

• 1976–77 Roland E Tonge

• 1977–78 George H Mason

• 1978–79 Harold Doffman

• 1979–80 Leonard Jacques

• 1980–81 Michael Dale

• 1981–82 Mavis V Keleghan

• 1982–83 Trevor J Reeves

• 1983–84 Michael H Roberts

• 1984–85 Hugh Lowry

• 1985–86 Graham Will

• 1986–87 Barbara H Bower

• 1987–88 Douglas J James

• 1988–89 Matthew H Guymer

• 1989–90 William J Kemp

• 1990–91 Michael R Heenan

• 1991–92 Stuart Glaister

• 1992–93 Frances Salome Dainton

• 1993–94 Andrew Compton

• 1994–95 Kenneth F Brown

• 1995–96 Ellis A J Bevan

• 1996–97 John T Holland

• 1997–98 Judith M Dalgarno

• 1998–99 Harry Brunt

• 1999–2000 Christine A Baron

21st century
• 2000–01 Peter Bruce

• 2001–02 Douglas W Davies

• 2002–03 Ralph P Cooke

• 2003–04 John A Russell

• 2004–05 Francis A Finlay

• 2005–06 Joyce Farnham

• 2006–07 Mike Shone

• 2007–08 David Brian Price

• 2008–09 Ann P Edgeller

• 2009–10 Jean E Tabernor

• 2010–11 Malcolm T Millichap

• 2011–12 James S Highfield

• 2012–13 Bryan M Cross

• 2013–14 Angela M Loughran

• 2014–15 Raymond M Sutherland

• 2015–16 Peter W Jones

• 2016–17 Geoffrey R Collier

• 2017–18 Aidan Thomas Arthur Godfrey

• 2018-19 Raymond Barron

• 2019–20 Gareth Jones

• 2020-21 Gareth Jones

• 2021-22 Anthony Nixon

• 2022-23 Philip A Leason