This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Beckenham, Kent. The office was created in 1935 when Beckenham Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation, and abolished in 1965 when the area was included in the larger London Borough of Bromley.
- Charter Mayor: Sir Josiah Stamp
- 1935-36: Dr. James Henry Bennett (died 27 January 1963 aged 96)
- 1936-37: Reginald Thomas Parker (born 2 November 1881)[1]
- 1937-38: Dr Reginald Percival Sidney Edden OBE (7 October 1893-10 May 1971) [2]
- 1938-39: Frank Healey
- 1939-40: Robert William Jeff (9 February 1878-1954)[3]
- 1940-41: William Joseph Sampson
- 1941-42: William Joseph Sampson (second term) - unveiled Beckenham war memorial
- 1942-43: William Joseph Sampson (third term)
- 1943-44: William Joseph Sampson (fourth term)
- 1944-45: Richard Stephens Jackson (13 January 1881-28 February 1975) - son of Richard Stephens Jackson, member of the London County Council.
- 1945-46: Conrad Guy Brook (21 May 1892-1976)
- 1946-47: James H Atkins
- 1947-49: Thomas Boyd Boyd (21 September 1888-2 May 1970)[4] [5]
- 1949-50: Thomas William Mallett [6]
- 1950-51: Edward Charles Dixon
- 1951-52: Charles Percy Christie (1895-1959)
- 1952-53: George Charles William White
- 1953-54: William Joseph Sampson (fifth term)
- 1954-55: Christopher Benjamin Curtis
- 1955-56: William Duncan[7]
- 1956-57: David Robert Knox-Johnston (11 April 1910-31 May 1970) [8]
- 1957-58: David Robert Knox-Johnston (second term)
- 1958-59: Kathleen Agnes Moore [9]
- 1959-60: William Sidney Robbins
- 1960-61: Henry Thomas Parkin (12 December 1900-14 February 1974)[10] - later first Mayor of the London Borough of Bromley
- 1961-62: Alfred William Waller [11]
- 1962-63: Alfred William Waller (second term)
- 1963-64: Mrs Daisy E L West MBE
- 1964-65: Alfred T Johnson
- ↑ Surveyor and engineer.
- ↑ Mention here [1]
- ↑ Retired civil servant, HM Customs.
- ↑ Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, died in Bromley Registration District
- ↑ Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the date of election of mayors was changed from November to May: all mayors elected in November 1947 had their term of office extended until May 1949
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ "The founder’s grandson, William Duncan, became a director of the firm (Syme & Duncan) in 1925 and was Mayor of Beckenham for 1955/56. During this time, poliomyelitis was the scourge of young adults and William Duncan was President of the National Fund for Polio Research. He was made Alderman in 1959." Copers Cope Farm.
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]