List of Mayors of Bromley

This is a list of people who have held the office of Mayor of Bromley. The office was created in 1903 when Bromley Urban District in Kent was granted a charter of incorporation to become a Municipal Borough. In 1965 the municipal borough became part of the larger London Borough of Bromley

Mayors of the Municipal Borough (1903-65)

• Charter Mayor: Thomas Charles Dewey
• 1903-1904: Colonel Frank Griffith - [7]
• 1904-1905: Thomas Davis [8]
• 1905-1906: Reginald William James
• 1906-1907: Reginald William James (second term)
• 1907-1908: George Lawrence
• 1908-1909: Thomas Cleland McIntyre
• 1909-1910: Thomas Davis (second term)
• 1910-1911: Thomas Davis (third term)
• 1911-1912: George Weeks [9]
• 1912-1913: George Weeks (second term)
• 1913-1914: Walter Lindley Jones (died 1930 aged 67)
• 1914-1915: Walter Lindley Jones (second term)
• 1915-1916: Walter Lindley Jones (third term)
• 1916-1917: Walter Lindley Jones (fourth term)
• 1917-1918: Frederick Gillett [10], [11]
• 1918-1919: Frederick Gillett (second term)
• 1919-1920: William Long Crossley (died 1939 aged 79) [12]
• 1920-1921: William James Gibbs - father of William ("Bill") D Gibbs
• 1921-1922: Bertram Pearce
• 1922-1923: Colonel Edward Satterthwaite CB
• 1923-1924: Albert Thomas Harris FSMC, FBOA, FIO
• 1924-1925: Edward Ford Duncanson (1880-5 November 1947) [13]
• 1925-1926: Benjamin Andrew Glanvill (1871-1950)
• 1926-1927: Frederick William Isard (1881-1964) [14]
• 1927-1928: Edward Ford Duncanson (second term)
• 1928-1929: Edward Ford Duncanson (third term) [15] and [16]
• 1929-1930: Francis Stafford Clark (born 1886)
• 1930-1931: Harold Forbes White
• 1931-1932: Benjamin Andrew Glanvill (second term)
• 1932-1933: William ("Bill") D Gibbs (son of 1920-21 mayor) [17] [18]
• 1933-1934: William ("Bill") D Gibbs (second term)
• 1934-1935: Charles Herbert Gunton (1865-1943)
• 1935-1936: Douglas Priddy Law (19 March 1879-3 October 1960)
• 1936-1937: Eric John Bettson FCA (1894-1960)
• 1937-1938: William James Guthrie
• 1938-1939: Margaret Stafford Smith MBE (1879-1955) [19]
• 1939-1940: Margaret Stafford Smith MBE (second term)
• 1941-1942: Harold Lynch-Watson (1894-1947)
• 1942-1943: Harold Lynch-Watson (second term)
• 1943-1944: Leonard Lyle
• 1944-1945: Hilda M Vincent OBE
• 1945-1946: Wilfrid Richard Leatham Trickett OBE
• 1947-1949: Frederick William Isard (second term)
• 1949-1950: Bernard Joseph Finnie MC (28 June 1890-7 November 1968)
• 1950-1951: John Sydney Marriott (12 December 1894-11 January 1961)
• 1951-1952: John Lawrence Venner (24 January 1906-24 September 1965)
• 1952-1953: Leighton L Irwin
• 1953-1954: Sydney George Williams Baylis [20]
• 1954-1955: Sydney George Williams Baylis (second term)
• 1955-1956: Samuel Lane [21]
• 1956-1957: Leslie Campbell Winterton (6 January 1905-12 June 1986)
• 1957-1958: Cecil Leonard Smith (31 August 1914-14 November 1986)
• 1958-1959: George William Brown MBE (14 December 1891-10 June 1964)
• 1959-1960: Charles W Wilmot
• 1960-1961: Ralph N Allen
• 1961-1962: Cyril E Latter (22 May 1907-1984)
• 1962-1963: Francis George V Lovell (16 June 1904-1974)
• 1963-1965: John Hunt (two terms)

Mayors of the London Borough (since 1965)

• Chairman of the Council 1964-65: Henry Thomas Parkin (12 December 1900-14 February 1974) - Mayor of Beckenham 1960-61
• 1965-66: Henry Thomas Parkin
• 1966-67: Francis George V Lovell 16 June 1904-1974
• 1967-68: Sybil Marian Gunn (Mrs Alistair Livingston Gunn) 1960-2 Chairman of Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District Council
• 1968-69: Horace Walter Haden (1 September 1911-16 May 1989)[22]
• 1969-70: Charles Henry Ernst Pratt
• 1970-71: Miss Bertha H James - day centre named after her opened 1972
• 1971-72: A T Johnson
• 1972-73: Michael John Neubert
• 1973-74: F J Packer
• 1974-75: Kenneth V Crask died 28 July 1997 [23]
• 1975-76: A G F Mitchell
• 1976-77: Mrs S M Stead MBE died 3 March 1994
• 1977-78: B E G Davis
• 1978-79: Montague I Blazey born 1928
• 1979-80: J F David
• 1980-81: Maurice J Mason died 2008
• 1981-82: Maurice B Kenward born 1941
• 1982-83: William F D Walker born 1925
• 1983-84: Mrs Joan Hatcher [24]
• 1984-85: Charles George Priest 2 February 1916-29 March 2001 [25]
• 1985-86: Richard D Foister died 2001[26]
• 1986-87: Christopher C S Reeves [27] and [28]
• 1987-88: (J A) Michael Lewis - for the leader of Gillingham Borough Council see [29]
• 1988-89: Mrs M Doreen Moir
• 1989-90: Richard L Ainsby
• 1990-91: Mrs Jennifer M Hillier
• 1991-92: Philip G Jones TD, DL
• 1992-93: Mrs Dorothy J Laird [30]
• 1993-94: A Ron Edgington [31]
• 1994-95: Michael J Tickner [32]
• 1995-96: Charles G Priest (second term)
• 1996-97: Peter C Woods
• 1997-98: Mrs Ingrid A Buckley
• 1998-99: Peter Ayres
• 1999-2000: Sue Polydorou [33]
• 2000-2001: David Crowe
• 2001-2002: John Holbrook
• 2002-2003: Carole M Hubbard
• 2003-2004: Catherine Rideout
• 2004-2005: Anne Manning
• 2005-2006: Joan Kathleen Wykes OBE
• 2006-2007: Charles Joel
• 2007-2008: Pauline Tunnicliffe [34]
• 2008-2009: Denise Reddin [35]
• 2009-2010: Douglas Auld [36]
• 2010-2011: George Taylor [37]
• 2011-2012: David McBride [38]
• 2012-2013: Michael Turner [39] and [40]
• 2013-2014: Ernest Noad [41] and [42]
• 2014-2015: Julian Benington [43]
• 2015-2016: Kim Botting
• 2016-2017: Ian Payne
• 2017-2018: Kathy Bance MBE
• 2018-19: Kim Botting (second term) [44]
• 2019-20: Nicholas Bennett [45]
• 2020-21: Hannah Gray [46]
• 2021-22: Russell Lawrence Mellor
• 2022-23: Hannah Gray [47]
• 2023-24: Mike Botting

References

• Mayors and Honorary Appointments. London Borough of Bromley.

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