This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.
- 1900-01 William Davies [1]
- 1901-02 Howarth Barnes [1]
- 1902-03 Arthur Raynor [1]
- 1903-04 William Watts [1] - see also William Watts (GLC member)
- 1904-05 William James West [1]
- 1905-06 William Rines [1]
- 1906-07 James Brown [1] Born at Broughty Ferry (17 November 1906 - Dundee Courier)
- 1907-08 Frederic William Worthy [1] [6] 1855-3 January 1924
- 1908-09 William Willis [1]
- 1909-10 Peter Proctor Haythornthwaite [2] [3]
- 1910-11 John Edward Astill [4] 1862-1940
- 1911-12 Arthur Edmund Runeckles [5] 1883-1940
- 1912-13 Thomas P Brogan [6] [7]
- 1913-14 John Richard Archer [8]
- 1914-15 Thomas William Simmons [9] died 4 August 1929 aged 62 [7]
- 1915-19 William James Moore [10] [11] [12] [13] [8] [9]
- 1919-21 Albert Winfield [14] [15]
- 1921-22 Ruxton Cuthbert Kiloh [16]
- 1922-23 Francis Campbell Ross Douglas [17]
- 1923-24 Horace Harling [18] died 1969 aged 82
- 1924-25 Charles Edward Mason [19]
- 1925-26 Charles Henry Young [20]
- 1926-27 William Henry Humphreys [21] [10]
- 1927-28 James F Lane [22]; invited Winston Churchill to join Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (of which he was a Divisional Secretary) [11] and [12]. Died 1962 aged 90.
- 1928-29 Joseph Edwards [23]
- 1929-30 Rev. Alfred George Prichard [24] [25]; [13], [14]
- 1930-1931 Joseph Hendrick [26] Widow married MP Harry Ralph Selley
- 1931-32 George Henry H Eaton [27]
- 1932-33 Ernest Samuel Strange [28] 1873-1952
- 1933-34 John Alex Campbell [29] (The Canadian mayor is described here)
- 1934-35 Alfred Bailey [30]
- 1935-36 Norman George Mollett Prichard Related to the several other Battersea Mayors of the same surname. [31] [25].
- 1936-37 Charles Barrington [32] Son mentioned [15]
- 1937-38 H W J Miles [33]
- 1938-39 William John McIver [34]
- 1939-40 Sydney Booth - died 1945
- 1940-41 William Robert Croucher 1873-1948
- 1941-42 Thomas Pocock [35]
- 1942-43 Edward William Coles - master plasterer [16] 1883-1962
- 1943-44 George F Meecham died 1964 aged 90. [17]
- 1944-45 Sidney Fussey [18] 1892-1958
- 1945-46 William James Wye [36]. His near contemporary the Australian poet is described here
- 1946-47 Thomas Joseph Hines [37] 1875-1959
- 1947-49 Frederick Humphrey [38] [39]
- 1949-50 Frederick John Wingrove 4 August 1894-1970
- 1950-51 J F Lane junior
- 1951-52 Douglas Alfred Gladstone Prichard [25] - brother of Norman Prichard and son of Alfred George Pritchard
- 1952-53 Miss Ellen Agnes Coles born 1908
- 1953-54 H F Harrison
- 1954-55 Sidney Frederick Charles Sporle
- 1955-56 Ernie G Perry
- 1956-57 Mrs E A Cooper
- 1957-58 Edgar William Boys [19] 1871-1960
- 1958-59 C E Lang [20]
- 1959-60 J Halsey
- 1960-61 L W Goodwin
- 1961-62 Sidney Ernest Paul 17 January 1906-1974 [21]
- 1962-63 J H Dunning
- 1963-64 J Parker
- 1964-65 C F Waller
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Wandsworth Historical Society: Index for Researchers[1]
- ↑ Freemasonry in Battersea, University of Sheffield [2]
- ↑ Election of Mayors The Times, 10 November 1909 p.8
- ↑ Election of Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1910 p.8
- ↑ The Mayoral Elections. Lists For London And The Country, The Times, 10 November 1911 p.7
- ↑ The New Mayors. Elections In London And Country. The Times, 11 November 1912 p.13
- ↑ [3] Sean Creighton, From Exclusion to Political Control. Radical and Working Class Organisation in Battersea 1830s-1918.
- ↑ [4] John Archer 1863-1932, British Library
- ↑ The New Mayors. Elections In London And Country.The Times, 10 November 1914 p.4
- ↑ The New Mayors. Elections In London And Country, No Party Politics. The Times, 10 November 1915 p.6
- ↑ The New Mayors. Elections In London And Country., Long Terms Of Office, The Times, 10 November 1916 p.6
- ↑ The New Mayors. Elections In London And Country. The Times, 10 November 1917 p.3
- ↑ The New Mayors. Elections In London And Country. The Times, 11 November 1918 p.5
- ↑ New Mayors. Elections In London And The Country. The Times, 11 November 1919 p.20
- ↑ New Mayors. Elections In London And The Country. Three Women Chosen. The Times, 10 November 1920 p.14
- ↑ New Mayors. Elections In London And The Country. Four Women Chosen. The Times, 10 November 1921 p.12
- ↑ New Mayors. Four Women Chosen, Elections In London And Country. The Times, 10 November 1922, p.7
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1923, p.14
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 11 November 1924, p.16
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1925, p.16
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1926, p.10
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1927, p.10
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1928, p.14
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 11 November 1929, p.8
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 [5] Wandsworth Guardian 7 April 2010
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 11 November 1930, p.9
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1931, p.9
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1932, p.8
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1933, p.16
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1934, p.18
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 11 November 1935, p.19
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1936, p.9
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1937, p.9
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1938, p.22
- ↑ born Crowhurst 1873, started work at 12 as a bird scarer (28 November 1941 - Surrey Mirror)
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 10 November 1945, p.2
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 11 November 1946, p.2
- ↑ New Mayors, The Times, 11 November 1947, p.2
- ↑ The Representation of the People Act 1948 changed the date of mayoral elections from November to May. Mayors elected in November 1947 remained in office until May 1949.