List of Mayors of Dagenham

This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, Essex. The office was created in 1938 when the borough was incorporated, and abolished in 1965 when Dagenham was included in the larger London Borough of Barking (renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980).

For office holders before 1938 see List of Chairmen of Dagenham Urban District Council.

Charter Mayor: Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley^[1]
1938-40: Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley (two terms)
1940-41: Robert James Daniel Clack
1941-42: Robert James Daniel Clack (second term)^[2]
1942-44: Lily Fernella Evans (two terms) ^[3]
1944-45: Fred Brown [2]
1945-46: Frederick George Thomas - husband of 1947-49 mayor.
1946-47: William Edward Bellamy ^[4]
1947-49: Mrs Annie Rosina Thomas - wife of 1945-46 mayor. ^[5]
1949-50: Jesse William Burridge - railway timekeeper. 4 July 1901-1975
1950-51: Annie Elizabeth Prendergast - clinic named after her
1951-52: Joseph P Hollidge ^[6] [3]
1952-53: Mrs Emily M Millard died 1968 aged 70 [4] and [5]
1953-54: Albert William C Kempson 1896-1957 [6]
1954-55: Alfred Samuel Haddock [7] 1895-1960
1955-56: Charles Prendergast: husband of 1950-51 mayor
1956-57: George Henry A Crouch, born 1905 [8] - centre named after him
1957-58: Richard Blackburn [9]
1958-59: Matthew Eales
1959-60: Leonard William Todd 1 October 1900-1977
1960-61: Harold Peter Larking born 1922
1961-62: William A Parish
1962-63: David Dodd [10] and [11]
1963-64: Jack S Thomas
1964-65: Fred Brown (second term) [12]

Valence House - Barking and Dagenham Archives - has photograph albums with various of mayors - details here (reference BD1/A/3/2) and here (reference BD1/A/3/3)

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

References[]

Past Council Chairmen and Mayors of Dagenham 1927-1965. London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

↑ "Dagenham Charter". The Times: p. 9. 3 October 1938.
↑ "Mayor-Making in Essex". Chelmsford Chronicle. 14 November 1941.
↑ A social worker originally from Pontypool, Monmouthshire.
↑ Died 1947: William Bellamy Junior School named after him
↑ (Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the mayoral year changed from beginning in November to beginning in May: Thomas held the office of mayor from November 1947 to May 1949)
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[1] "Dagenham Charter". The Times: p. 9. 3 October 1938.

[2] "Mayor-Making in Essex". Chelmsford Chronicle. 14 November 1941.

[3] A social worker originally from Pontypool, Monmouthshire.

[4] Died 1947: William Bellamy Junior School named after him

[5] (Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the mayoral year changed from beginning in November to beginning in May: Thomas held the office of mayor from November 1947 to May 1949)

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