This is a list of people who held office as Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey. The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.[1]
- 1900-1901: Samuel Bourne Bevington
- 1901-1902: Samuel Bourne Bevington (second term)
- 1902-1903: Alexander Burton
- 1903-1904: Augustus Shand
- 1904-1905: Augustus Shand (second term)
- 1905-1906: John Henry Bulmer [1]
- 1906-1907: John Molesworth Thomas Dumphreys
- 1907-1908: Henry Harbord - involved with opening of Rotherhithe Tunnel [2]
- 1908-1909: Henry Fuller Morriss
- 1909-1910: Walter William Tyler
- 1910-1911: Arthur Layman
- 1911-1912: Henry Fuller Morriss (second term)
- 1912-1913: Joseph William Oake born 1861
- 1913-1914: Arthur John Fells
- 1914-1915: Joseph Henry Hart [3]
- 1915-1916: Joseph Henry Hart (second term)
- 1916-1917: Henry John Vezey [4] 1867-1939
- 1917-1918: William Shearring [5] and [6]; contracted influenza [7] p 27.
- 1918-1919: Arthur John Fells (second term): later Mayor of Kingston-upon-Thames [8] 1922-23
- 1919-1920: William Charles Bustin
- 1920-1921: William Charles Bustin (second term)
- 1921-1922: William Charles Bustin (third term)
- 1922-1923: Ada Salter
- 1923-1924: William Joseph Craigie died 1963 aged 84
- 1924-1925: John Vesey Wills
- 1925-1926: Isaiah Stokes [9]
- 1926-1927: George Catchpole [10]
- 1927-1928: Harry Charles Balman
- 1928-1929: George Alfred Horwood - his son Alec George won the VC [11]
- 1929-1930: Albert Charles Starr
- 1930-1931: George Stephen Tingle [12] 1877-1951
- 1931-1932: John Lynch
- 1932-1933: Emily Frances George
- 1933-1934: Charles Edward Philpot
- 1934-1935: Sidney Robert Weightman [13]
- 1935-1936: George Loveland [14]; image here [15]
- 1936-1937: Ernest John Gibson 1880-1955
- 1937-1938: Albert Mansell Downing 1889-1967
- 1938-1939: Albert Victor Kidd 3 May 1887-1971
- 1939-1940: Albert George Richard Henley
- 1940-1941: Albert George Richard Henley (second term) killed in action 10th May 1941
- 1941-1942: Albert Charles Starr (second term)
- 1942-1943: Albert Charles Starr (third term)
- 1943-1944: Albert Charles Starr (fourth term)
- 1944-1945: George Loveland (second term) (died 11 March 1945)[2], [16] Born 1888
- 1945 (March-November): Florence May Loveland
- 1945-1946: Louisa Jones
- 1946-1947: Frances Alice Powell
- 1947-1949: Harry Albert Peal[3]
- 1949-1950: Edward Snowdon
- 1950-1951: Ellen Frances Greenwood
- 1951-1952: Alfred John Kemp
- 1952-1953: Alice Maud Hatcher [17] 21 March 1900-1974
- 1953-1954: William Leonard Ellis
- 1954-1955: Patrick Joseph Geoghegan [18], [19], [20] 1899-1956
- 1955-1956: Albert Culling (part of term only) [21]
- 1956: Louisa Jones (part of term: second term)
- 1956-1957: Irene Beatrice Thomas 11 April 1923-1973
- 1957-1958: Thomas Hendy - opened Leathermarket Gardens park 1958 [22]. Also mention here
- 1958-1959: William Henry Wardell
- 1959-1960: Jeremiah Mahoney
- 1960-1961: Frederick James Ackland - wrote introduction to [23]
- 1961-1962: George Albert Freestone
- 1962-1963: Evelyn Victoria Coyle - [24] 29 October 1889-1974
- 1963-1964: Edward Albert Rowe [25]
- 1964-1965: William Edward Nicklin 18 September 1906-1975
References[]
A list of mayors here [26]
- ↑ Role of Mayors. Pictures of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe.
- ↑ "Obituary". The Times: p. 6. 12 March 1945.
- ↑ 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.
The mayoral regalia can be seen here [27]