List of Mayors of Mitcham

This is a list of people who held the office Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham. The office was created in 1934 when Mitcham Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation, and abolished in 1965 when it became part of the larger London Borough of Merton.

• For the predecessor office see List of Chairmen of Mitcham Urban District Council 1915-34

• Charter Mayor: Robert Masters Chart
• 1934-35: Jack Fitch
• 1935-36: J M Davies [1]
• 1936-37: J P Turner [2] and [3]
• 1937-38: Sydney Leonard Gaston
• 1938-39: Ernest John Dyer Field [4]
• 1939-40: Ernest John Dyer Field (second term)
• 1940-41: Ernest John Dyer Field (third term)
• 1941-42: John R Beaumont (died 14 January 1967) [5], [6]
• 1942-43: William Dalton died 19May 1962 aged 83 [7]
• 1943-44: William Jeffery 1878-1966 [8][9]
• 1944-45: Alfred Henry Bailey Chairman of Mitcham Urban District 1926-27
• 1945-46: George W Cole (born 8 Oct 1877) [10] and [11]
• 1946-47: Mrs. Emily Watson [12] and [13]
• 1947-49: George William Pearce [14]
• 1949-50: Mrs Julia C Ericson [15]
• 1950-51: Thomas Arthur East [16]
• 1951-52: George Richard Madgwick (1892-1957)
• 1952-53: Arthur Clarence K Prestage (30 August 1899-1975)
• 1953-54: Ernest Edward Mount (1898-14 December 1962) [17] [18]
• 1954-55: John Henry Stobart Bradley (25 November 1904-15 December 1979) [19]
• 1956-57: Thomas Henry Longshaw (20 August 1906-1972) [20]
• 1957-58: Tom J Higgs [21] and [22]
• 1958-59: Herbert T Simms
• 1959-60: David Walter Chalkley
• 1960-61: Mrs Evelyn G Baker [23]
• 1961-62: Tom Lionel Ruff (died in office April 1962) Born 1897 [24]
• 1962 (April-May) David Walter Chalkley (completed term)
• 1962-63: C A Norris [25]
• 1963-64: William H Sanderson [26]
• 1964-65: William Lancaster [27], [28] and [29]

References

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