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This is a list of people who have held the office of Mayor of Harrow. The office was created in 1954 when the Harrow Urban District in Middlesex was incorporated as a municipal borough.

Under the London Government Act 1963 Harrow was reconstituted as a London borough with effect from 1 April 1965: a "shadow" council was elected in 1964 and functioned alongside the outgoing borough council.[1] [2]

The mayoralty replaced the office of Chairman of Harrow Urban District Council. A list of Chairmen can be seen here.

Mayors of the Municipal Borough[]

  • 1954-1955: Walter Robert Cowen OBE, JP [1], [2], [3] and [4], [5] and [6] 1895-1958
  • 1955-1956: Stanley Russell Miller [7]
  • 1956-1957: Charles Brown
  • 1957-1958: Harold Grainger
  • 1958-1959: Mrs Isobel Muriel Potts
  • 1959-1960: Horace Walter Cutler[3]
  • 1960-1961: Harold Richard Sheldrake born 1903[8]
  • 1961-1962: William Ody Allen 9 May 1903-1983[4]
  • 1962-1963: Charles Ernest Jordan
  • 1963-1964: Gerald Francis Gibbons
  • 1964-1965: Albert Edward Peter Farquhar MacRae

London Borough of Harrow[]

  • 1964-1965: Harold Grainger: Chairman of London Borough of Harrow
  • 1965-1966 Harold Trevor Mote[5] (First Mayor of London Borough)
  • 1966-1967: Edward George Buckle
  • 1967-1968: Owen George Collins[6] [7]
  • 1968-1969: Charles Edward Stenhouse
  • 1969-1970: William Sydney Clack
  • 1970-1971: Frank Rees - husband of Nan Rees [9]
  • 1971-1972: Mrs Marie Martha Haslam 13 March 1920-1978
  • 1972-1973: Henry George Gange Retired railway official 18 June 1897-1984 [10]
  • 1973-1974: George Colborne-Hill
  • 1974-1975: Edward John Harkett 9 June 1917-1978
  • 1975-1976: Graham Hines
  • 1976-1977: Alfred James Lovell
  • 1977-1978: Alfred George Sellers
  • 1978-1979: Barry Turner
  • 1979-1980: Derrick Rouse [11]
  • 1980-1981: Eva M Davies
  • 1981-1982: Nan Rees wife of Frank Rees (see above)
  • 1982-1983: Eric William Harry (Bobby) Feakins [12]
  • 1983-1984: John Cambell
  • 1984-1985: Anthony Cocksedge
  • 1985-1986: Peter Pitt
  • 1986-1987: Christine Bednell
  • 1987-1988: Michael Carmody
  • 1988-1989: Richard Denney
  • 1989-1990: Phyllis Harkett
  • 1990-1991: John Cripps - died 2002 [13]
  • 1991-1992: Donald Green
  • 1992-1993: Major Leonard Gerald Charles Harsant [14]
  • 1993-1994: E W H (Bobby) Feakins (second term)
  • 1994-1995: John Cowan - husband of Janet Cowan [15]
  • 1995-1996: Stephen Giles-Medhurst [16]
  • 1996-1997: Alan Hamlin
  • 1997-1998: Keith Toms [17] and [18]
  • 1998-1999: Cyril Harrison
  • 1999-2000: Ann Groves
  • 2000-2001: Keeki Thammaiah died 2011 [19] and [20]
  • 2001-2002: Robert W Currie
  • 2002-2003: John S W Branch
  • 2003-2004: Mano Dharmarajah
  • 2004-2005: Lurline Champagnie
  • 2005-2006: Patricia May Lyne
  • 2006-2007: Janet Cowan wife of John Cowan [21]
  • 2007-2008: Jean Lammiman
  • 2008-2009: John Nickolay
  • 2009-2010: Eric Silver [22]
  • 2010-2011: Asad Omar [23]
  • 2011-2012: Mrinal Choudhury [24]
  • 2012-2013: Nizam Ismail [25]
  • 2013-2014: Nana Asante
  • 2014-2015: Ajay Maru
  • 2015-2016: Krishna Suresh[8]
  • 2016-2017: Rekha Shah
  • 2017-2018: Margaret Davine[9]
  • 2018-19: Kareema Marikar.
  • 2019-21: Nitin Parekh - term extended due to Covid pandemic
  • 2021-22: Ghazanfar Ali[10]
  • 2022-23: Janet Mote
  • 2023-24: Ramji Chauhan [11]
  • 2024-25: Salim Chowdhury [12]

References[]

  1. Past Mayor's List. London Borough of Harrow.
  2. Mayors of the London Borough of Harrow.
  3. CUTLER, Sir Horace (Walter). Who Was Who.
  4. John Taylor Macaulay was elected Mayor on 26 May 1961 but died on the following day. Allen, who had been elected Deputy Mayor took his place, and was formally elected Mayor in June 1961.Aldermen of the Borough of Harrow. Harrow Elections.
  5. MOTE, Harold Trevor. Who Was Who.
  6. A member of Harrow Urban District Council since 1944 Minutes of Annual Meeting 1944. Harrow Urban District Council.
  7. Awarded the OBE in 1967 New Year's Honours London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44210. p. 12. 1 January 1947.
  8. Agenda and minutes (Annual), Council Tuesday 19 May 2015. London Borough of Harrow.
  9. The Mayor of Harrow. London Borough of Harrow. Retrieved on 20 May 2017.
  10. Adam Shaw (6 May 2021). Harrow Council elects 2021/22 mayor in online ceremony. Harrow Times.
  11. Harrow welcomes new mayor in annual ceremony. Harrow Online (19 May 2023).
  12. Who is the Mayor of Harrow?. London Borough of Harrow. Retrieved on 18 May 2024.
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