List of Mayors of Acton

This is a list of people who held the office of mayor of the Municipal Borough of Acton, Middlesex. The office was created in 1921 on the incorporation of the borough and abolished in 1965 when Acton was included in the larger London Borough of Ealing.

Charter Mayor: Frederick Alfred Baldwin
1921-22: Frederick Alfred Baldwin^[1]
1922-23: Jack Kent
1923-24: James Peyton Hamilton
1924-25: Susan Mary Smee
1925-26: Richard John Hewett [1]
1926-27: Frederick Charles Orange
1927-28: William George Middleton
1928-29: Charles Edmund Street (Born 1882)
1929-30: Richard Thomas Mence (1881-1959)
1930-31: Harry Holmes [2]
1931-32: Frederick James Matterface
1932-33: William Palmer [3]
1933-34: Robert George Crust
1934-35: William Atkinson - opened Springfield Park [4].
1935-36: Harry Tuther Mercer
1936-37: Herbert George James
1937-38: Dr Arrean Paul Grundy
1938-39: Richard William Birkett (1875-1943)
1939-40: Richard William Birkett (second term)
1940-42: Charles Hamilton (two terms)^[2]
1942-43: Charles Dobbs [5]
1943-44: Wilfred Perry Forbes
1944-45: Walter Oliver Leatherdale (18 November 1882-1972)
1945-46: Charles O’Day
1946-47: Henry Holsgrove (Died 1953 aged 69)^[3]
1947-49: Edward John Lewis
1949-50: Albert 'Bert' Edwin Mitchell ^[4]
1950-51: Thomas William Newson
1951-52: Arthur Ernest Dowsing (1880-1962)
1952-53: Arthur Sidney Parkes (1885-1955)
1953-54: Frederick Henry Morris
1954-55: Stephen Charles Rowell [6]
1955-56: Edward William Paine
1956-57: Edward Walter John Everett (Born 1911)
1957-58: Joseph Alfred Sparks
1958-59: Christopher Thomas Higgins^[5]
1959-60: John Gerald Telfer [7]
1960-61: Mrs Lilian Maud Walker 6 September (1918-1981)
1961-62: Gerald William Reynolds
1962-63: Arthur Cecil Vinson
1963-64: John Henry George Merton
1964-65: John Terence Ledwith

References[]

↑ St Mary's Church, Acton.
↑ Biography of Irish Physicist James Hamilton.
↑ In his will he left a painting of Great Western Railway locomotive "Prince Albert" No.4042 with himself on the footplate to Acton council.Great Western Locomotive No.4042, 'Prince Albert' (with Alderman Henry Holsgrove on the footplate), J. Moore, Ealing Local History Centre.
↑ A school teacher, born in Clayton near Bradford, Yorkshire. "Mayoralty For Clayton Man". Bradford Observer: p. 5. 21 May 1949.
↑ Chairman of Peterborough Development Corporation from 1968 "Christopher Higgins: planner with an impressive professional pedigree". The Times. 17 November 1972. Knighted in 1977 New Years Honours

Lists of London Mayors
Lord Mayors of London		Mayors of London
*Mayors of Metropolitan Boroughs 1900-1965*
Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Deptford Finsbury	Fulham Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Islington	Kensington Lambeth Lewisham Paddington Poplar St. Marylebone St. Pancras	Shoreditch Southwark Stepney Stoke Newington Wandsworth Westminster Woolwich
*Mayors of Municipal and County Boroughs before 1965*
Acton Barking Barnes Beckenham Beddington and Wallington Bexley Brentford and Chiswick Bromley Chingford Croydon	Dagenham Ealing East Ham Edmonton Enfield Erith Finchley Harrow Hendon Heston and Isleworth Hornsey	Ilford Kingston-upon-Thames Leyton Malden and Coombe Mitcham Richmond Romford Southall Southgate Surbiton Sutton and Cheam	Tottenham Twickenham Uxbridge Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wembley West Ham Willesden Wimbledon Wood Green
*Mayors of London Boroughs from 1965*
Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing	Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon	Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham	Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

[1] St Mary's Church, Acton.

[2] Biography of Irish Physicist James Hamilton.

[3] In his will he left a painting of Great Western Railway locomotive "Prince Albert" No.4042 with himself on the footplate to Acton council.Great Western Locomotive No.4042, 'Prince Albert' (with Alderman Henry Holsgrove on the footplate), J. Moore, Ealing Local History Centre.

[4] A school teacher, born in Clayton near Bradford, Yorkshire. "Mayoralty For Clayton Man". Bradford Observer: p. 5. 21 May 1949.

[5] Chairman of Peterborough Development Corporation from 1968 "Christopher Higgins: planner with an impressive professional pedigree". The Times. 17 November 1972. Knighted in 1977 New Years Honours

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