This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of East Ham. The office was created in 1904 when East Ham was incorporated as a municipal borough, becoming a county borough in 1915. The office was abolished in 1965 when East Ham became part of the London Borough of Newham.[1]
- Charter Mayor: Colonel Ynyr Henry Burges
- 1904-1905: John Henry Bethell
- 1905-1906: John Henry Bethell (second term)
- 1906-1907: John Henry Carte [1]. Previously, 1900-01, Chairman of East Ham Urban District Council
- 1907-1908: Harry Osborn Previously 1903-04 Chairman of East Ham Urban District Council [2]
- 1908-1909: John Brooks
- 1909-1910: George Pratt [3] (died 25 July 1910)[2]
- 1910 (July-November): John Brooks (second term)
- 1910-1911: Ernest Edwards (1862-12 February 1933)
- 1911-1912: Murrell Oakes born 1862
- 1912-1913: Charles Northfield
- 1913-1914: Oliver Robert Anstead[3] 1856-1940 [4]
- 1914-1915: Robert Banks-Martin - architect, designed East Ham War Memorial. Died 1930, aged 60 [5]
- 1915-1916: Robert Banks-Martin (second term)
- 1916-1917: Robert Banks-Martin (third term)
- 1917-1918: Robert Banks-Martin (fourth term)
- 1918-1919: J A Williams
- 1919-1920: George Patrick Dean (3 October 1867-1941) [6]
- 1920-1921: Albert H Wiseman died 1940, aged 70 [7]
- 1921-1922: Alfred Stokes
- 1922-1923: William George Davies
- 1923-1924: Harper Bernard Harper died 1953 aged 66
- 1924-1925: Nolde A Rapworth[4]
- 1925-1926: Edmond Shanahan[5]
- 1926-1927: F P Cross
- 1927-1928: George W Boultwood
- 1928-1929: Thomas Michael McGiff[6]
- 1929-1930: Thomas Irwin Lethaby [8] 1883-1959
- 1930-1931: Walter Thomas Newling 1876-1957
- 1931-1932: Charles William Brading
- 1932-1933: George Henry Manser
- 1933-1934: William Whitlow Bagot 3 September 1877-1972[9]
- 1934-1935: Thomas William Burden - son here
- 1935-1936: Jesse James Pope
- 1936-1937: Joseph Walter Barton
- 1937-1938: Mrs Annie Taylor [10] and [11]
- 1938-1939: Edward Francis Markey[7]
- 1939-1940: Edward Francis Markey (second term)
- 1940-1941: Edward Francis Markey (third term)
- 1941-1942: Richard John Fell
- 1942-1943: Mrs. Beatrice Wilkens
- 1943-1944: Sydney Arnold Elson [12]
- 1944-1945: Fred Welch
- 1945-1946: Ernest Albert Wood
- 1946-1947: Charles William Dixon [13]
- 1947-1949: Mrs. Winifred May Knight[8]
- 1949-1950: Mrs. Ethel Maud Brace
- 1950-1951: John Albert Hart [14]
- 1951-1952: Walter Edwin Hurford [15]
- 1952-1953: Alfred Prior
- 1953-1954: Leslie Alfred Victor Bennett 1897-1964
- 1954-1955: Francis Herbert Howard
- 1955-1956: William Henry Whittock Beecham died 1956 aged 64
- 1956-1957: John Alfred Kemp
- 1957-1958: Edwin John Davey 27 April 1896-1975
- 1958-1959: Arthur George Murrell Oakes 10 Nay 1891-1979
- 1959-1960: Mrs. Lily Sutton
- 1960-1961: Mrs. Elsie Mary Devenay [16]
- 1961-1962: Charles Frederick Chapman 4 December 1904-1976
- 1962-1963: Frederick George Pryer Clayton 1903-1965
- 1963-1964: Leonard Lewis Griffiths
- 1964-1965: Thomas Alfred Jenkinson
References[]
- ↑ East Ham Mayors. The Newham Story.
- ↑ "Mr. George Pratt". The Times: p. 13. 26 July 1910.
- ↑ Copy of Will of Oliver Robert Anstead of Wanstead, J.P. (Mayor of East Ham, 1913-1914). Essex Archives Online.
- ↑ Nolde Rapworth. National Portrait Gallery.
- ↑ "Obituary: Mr Edmond Shanahan JP". 8 September 1939. p. 11. http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/8th-september-1939/11/obit-vary.
- ↑ Born in West Ham 1874, died 1941, first Labour mayor of East Ham. McGiffs in East Ham.
- ↑ Died February 1949, aged 53. Report of the Labour Party Conference 1949
- ↑ 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.