 Middlesex County Council | ||
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Succeeded by: Greater London Council | ||
This is a list of individuals who held the office of Chairman of the Middlesex County Council. The office was created in 1889 and abolished in 1965.
| Years | Chairman | Notes |
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| 1889–1908 | Ralph Daniel Makinson Littler | Companion of the Bath 1890, Knighted 1902[1] |
| 1908–1909 | Montagu Sharpe | Knighted in 1922 |
| 1909–1919 | William Regester | [2] |
| 1919–1924 | Cecil Fane de Salis | Knight Commander of the Bath in 1935.[3] |
| 1924–1927 | Benjamin Todd | |
| 1927–1930 | Charles Pinkham OBE | Knighted 1928[4] Former MP for Willesden West 1918–1922 |
| 1930–1933 | George Marlow Reed | |
| 1933–1936 | Howard Button | Knighted 1936. Former MP for Wrekin 1922–1923[5] |
| 1936–1937 | Sir William Prescott | Created a baronet in 1938. Former MP for Tottenham North 1918–1922. Chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board 1928-1940. |
| 1937–1940 | Forrester Clayton | [6], [7] |
| 1940–1943 | Sir Gilfrid Gordon Craig | |
| 1943–1946 | William Reginald Clemens | |
| 1946–1947 | Bernard Harry Rockman | |
| 1947–1948 | Frederick Messer | First member of the Labour Party to hold the chair. MP for Tottenham South 1929–1931, 1935–1950. and Tottenham 1950–1959. Knighted 1953.[8] |
| 1948–1949 | [[William Irving|William John Irving | Member of Parliament for Tottenham North |
| 1949–1951 | Albert Henry Farley | |
| 1951–1953 | William Josiah Grimshaw | Knighted 1953 "for political and public services in Middlesex"[9] |
| 1953–1954 | Sir Archer Hoare | [10] |
| 1954–1955 | Albert Noel Hansel Baines | |
| 1955–1956 | Stanley Graham Rowlandson | Knighted 1956[11] |
| 1956–1957 | Christopher George Armstrong Cowan | 6 April 1889-1979 Knighted 1958[12] |
| 1957–1958 | Wilfrid Rendel Myson Chambers | |
| 1958–1959 | Thomas Henry Joyce | |
| 1959–1960 | George Albert Pargiter | MP for Spelthorne 1945–1950, Southall 1950–1966. Created "Baron Pargiter of Southall in the London Borough of Ealing" in 1966.[13] |
| 1960–1961 | Muriel Rose Forbes | |
| 1961–1962 | Sir Joseph Henry Haygarth | |
| 1962–1963 | James Henry Knaggs | |
| 1963–1964 | Frances Timpson | |
| 1964–1965 | John Wilfred Barter MP | MP for Ealing North |
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Succeeded by: Greater London Council | ||
References[]
- ↑ C. E. A. Bedwell rev. Eric Metcalfe (2004). Littler, Sir Ralph Daniel Makinson (1835–1908). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 25 November 2009.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 34166. p. 3594. 31 May 1935.
- ↑ "Obituary: Sir Charles Pinkham". The Times: p. 18. 8 March 1938.
- ↑ "Obituary: Sir Howard Button. Public Life in London and Middlesex". The Times: p. 8. 20 August 1943.
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 39904. p. 3677. 3 July 1953.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39863. p. 2941. 1 June 1953.
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 40829. p. 4076. 13 July 1956.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 41313. p. 1030. 14 February 1958.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 44015. p. 6669. 9 June 1966.