This is a list of people who held the office of mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury.
The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.
- 1900-1901 Enos Howes[1]
- 1901-1902 Enos Howes (second term)
- 1902-1903 James Gibson
- 1903-1904 Middleton Chapman - 1843-1922: a Cornishman
- 1904-1905 William Howes
- 1905-1906 William Reason
- 1906-1907 Rev. George Henry Perry[2]
- 1907-1908 Rev. George Henry Perry (second term)[2]
- 1908-1909 Dr William Alfred Dingle
- 1909-1910 Arthur Millward
- 1910-1911 Edward Henry Tripp
- 1911-1912 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton[3]
- 1912-1913 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton (second term)[3]
- 1913-1914 William Richard Corke
- 1914-1915 William Richard Corke (second term)
- 1915-1916 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton (third term)[3]
- 1916-1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton (fourth term)[3]
- 1917-1918 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton (fifth term)[3]
- 1918-1919 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton (sixth term)[3]
- 1919-1920 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton (seventh term)[3]
- 1920-1921 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baldwin Barton: knighted 1921 (eighth term)[3]
- 1921-1922 Charles James Sabourin 1878-1937 mention [1]
- 1922-1923 William Richard Corke (third term)
- 1923-1924 Otho William Nicholson
- 1924-1925 John Thomas Wallis
- 1925-1926 John Thomas Wallis (second term)
- 1926-1927 Stephen Geoffrey Nunn 1882-1947
- 1927-1928 Charles James Sabourin (second term)
- 1928-1929 Charles James Sabourin (third term)
- 1929-1930 William Harry Martin
- 1930-1931 Charles Robert Simpson
- 1931-1932 Stephen Geoffrey Nunn (second term)
- 1932-1933 Henry Kennett [2] and [3]
- 1933-1934 George Tripp
- 1934-1935 Charles Henry Simmons
- 1935-1936 Charles Henry Simmons (second term)
- 1936-1937 Mrs. Eva Martin [4]
- 1937-1938 Charles Alfred Allen
- 1938-1939 Chuni Lal Katial
- 1939-1940 William Lewis Prowse
- 1940-1941 Henry James Dainty 1898-1968
- 1941-1942 William Francis Drake 1867-1952 [5]
- 1942-1943 Joseph Alfred Gannon 1898-20 October 1944 [4]
- 1943-1944 Harold Riley
- 1944-1945 Frederick John Barrett [6]; involved with VE Day celebrations. [7]. For his namesake and near contemporary, involved in local politics in Wokingham see here.
- 1945-1946 Mrs Eleanor Allen
- 1946-1947 Mrs Rosa Curtis
- 1947-1949 William Barrie JP [8] [5]
- 1949-1950 George Alfred Curtis
- 1950-1951 Charles Hector McDonald
- 1951-1952 Philip Bendel born 1903
- 1952-1953 Ernest Frederick Johnson
- 1953-1954 Christie Payne
- 1954-1955 Leslie James Harley 1 July 1910-1985
- 1955-1956 Christie Payne [9]
- 1956-1957 Michael Cliffe
- 1957-1958 A Marks
- 1958-1959 Albert Smith [10]
- 1959-1960 Joseph Trotter [11]. Father of 2001-02 mayor of Islington
- 1960-1961 Mrs Catherine Griffiths [12]
- 1961-1962 William Charles Comley [13]
- 1962-1963 Charles Slater
- 1963-1964 Arthur Goldshaw [14]
- 1964-1965 Samuel William Witney
References[]
- ↑ Beningfield, T J (1965). London 1900-1964. Ed. J Burrow & Co.. p. 69.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 PERRY, Rev. George Henry. Who Was Who. and [www.slpt.org.uk/uploads/parishhist-1.doc]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 BARTON, Lieut-Col Sir Henry Baldwin. Who Was Who.
- ↑ Death of Finsbury ex-mayor: Councillor J A Gannon. Islington Gazette. Islington Heritage Service (27 October 1944).
- ↑ 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.