List of Mayors of Deptford

Bjjacob — B J Jacob, First Mayor of Deptford

Alexander Dickson, Second Mayor of Deptford

This is a list of people who held office as Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford. The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.^[1]

1900-1901: Benjamin Joseph Jacob
1901-1902: Benjamin Joseph Jacob (second term)
1902-1903: Alexander Dickson [1]
1903-1904: William Albert Schultz† born 1884
1904-1905: Joseph Arthur Pyne 1855-1933
1905-1906: John Peppercorn
1906-1907: Jesse Jacob
1907-1908: Ernest George Simmonds
1908-1909: Edwin Mumford Preston
1909-1910: Edward George Henry Berryman [2] 1882-1933
1910-1911: Edward George Henry Berryman (second term)
1911-1912: Edwin Mumford Preston (second term)
1912-1913: William Albert Schultz† (second term)
1913-1914: William Francis Marchant
1914-1915: Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland
1915-1916: Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland (second term)
1916-1917: Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland (third term)
1917-1918: Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland (fourth term)
1918-1919: Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland (fifth term)
1919-1920: Lieutenant-Colonel William Abraham Wayland (sixth term) Knighted 1920.^[2]
1920-1921: Walter Henry Green
1921-1922: Walter Henry Green (second term)
1922-1923: Joseph Tiffen
1923-1924: George Tams
1924-1925: Frederick John Bryer died 1944 aged 75
1925-1926: Frank Trew
1926-1927: Robert Lantaff Washington Hall 1858-1934
1927-1928: Beatrice Maude Drapper
1928-1929: Frederick Donald William Ross 11 July 1893-1969
1929-1930: Walter Taylor File A81/6/3/2 at Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre, refers [3]
1930-1931: Arthur Aplin
1931-1932: George William Strong 1860-1952
1932-1933: John Speakman
1933-1934: William Thomas Cleobury 3 May 1889-21 September 1959 [4], [5]
1934-1935: John Edward Pearson [6]
1935-1936: John Harrington
1936-1937: Horatio Albert Waldegrave 2 September 1863-1939
1937-1938: Frederick Bright
1938-1939: Ernest Charles Sherwood
1939-1940: Colin George Blanchard
1940-1941: Colin George Blanchard (second term)
1941-1942: Colin George Blanchard (third term)
1942-1943: Colin George Blanchard (fourth term)
1943-1944: Colin George Blanchard (fifth term)
1944-1945: Colin George Blanchard (sixth term)
1945-1946: William James Coombs
1946-1947: Richard Anderson
1947-1949: Eugene Murphy^[3]
1949-1950: Edward Arthur Robinson
1950-1951: Frederick Rolf 1890-1957
1951-1952: George John Umpleby 12 August 1901-1971
1952-1953: Frederick John Morris
1953-1954: Doris Burley
1954-1955: Robert S Marriott
1955-1956: Alice Margaret Ott
1956-1957: Alfred Seabrook Simons
1957-1958: Mary J Chrisp 24 April 1894-1980
1958-1959: Albert John Blackman
1959 (May-October): Colin George Blanchard (seventh term) (died 23 October 1959)
1959 (November)-1960: Albert John Blackman (second term)
1960-1961: William Hall
1961-1962: Robert James Lowe
1962-1963: Florence K Dolby born 1917
1963-1964: Frederick W Bullion
1964-1965: Charles Frank Fordham

† Schultz changed his surname to Scott by deed poll in June 1917 during the First World War.^[4]

References[]

↑ Bill Ellison. Mayors of Deptford. Deptford Misc.
↑ WAYLAND, Lieut-Col Sir William Abraham. Who Was Who.
↑ 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.
↑ London Gazette: no. 30161. p. 6603. 3 July 1917.

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

[1] Bill Ellison. Mayors of Deptford. Deptford Misc.

[2] WAYLAND, Lieut-Col Sir William Abraham. Who Was Who.

[3] 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.

[4] London Gazette: no. 30161. p. 6603. 3 July 1917.

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