This is a list of people who held the office of mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
The office was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965.
- 1900-1901 Henry Edward Kershaw
- 1901-1902 Edward Gates [1]
- 1902-1903 John Jacob Freeman 1846-1911
- 1903-1904 Henry Busby Bird
- 1904-1905 Henry Busby Bird (second term)
- 1905-1906 Thomas Burnell
- 1906-1907 Edward Toplis Pearce [2] born 1854
- 1907-1908 Henry Busby Bird (third term)
- 1908-1909 Thomas John Hunt
- 1909-1910 John Edward Harwood
- 1910-1911 Henry Busby Bird (fourth term)
- 1911-1912 Henry Busby Bird (fifth term)
- 1912-1913 Henry Busby Bird (sixth term)
- 1913-1914 Henry Busby Bird (seventh term)
- 1914-1915 Henry Busby Bird (eighth term)
- 1915-1916 Henry Busby Bird (ninth term)
- 1916-1917 Henry Busby Bird (tenth term)
- 1917-1918 Henry Busby Bird (eleventh term)
- 1918-1919 Henry Busby Bird (knighted 1919) (twelfth term)[1]
- 1919-1920 William Henry Girling
- 1920-1921 William Henry Girling (second term)
- 1921-1922 William Henry Girling (third term)
- 1922-1923 William Turner Smither 1865-1938
- 1923-1924 Arthur Thomas Parry [3] and [4]
- 1924-1925 Patrick Kelleher
- 1925-1926 Charles Edward Taylor
- 1926-1927 George James Varnals 14 March 1886-1972, brother of William Ernest Varnals [5]
- 1927-1928 Thomas John Sillitoe
- 1928-1929 George Reynolds
- 1929-1930 Dr. Santo Wayburn Jeger - brother of George Jeger
- 1930-1931 Mrs. Henrietta Girling
- 1931-1932 William James Fudge [6]
- 1932-1933 James Edward Houseman
- 19sd3-1934 Joseph Samuel Baker
- 1934-1935 William Hebden
- 1935-1936 William Davies [7]
- 1936-1937 Dorothy Thurtle - daughter of George Lansbury
- 1937-1938 George Jeger Brother of Santo Jeger
- 1938-1939 Joseph Abraham
- 1939-1940 Thomas John Sillitoe (second term) [8]
- 1940-1941 Thomas John Sillitoe (third term)
- 1941-1942 Thomas John Sillitoe (fourth term)
- 1942-1943 Thomas John Sillitoe (fifth term)
- 1943-1944 Thomas John Sillitoe (sixth term)
- 1944-1945 Thomas John Sillitoe (seventh term)
- 1945-1946 Miss Eileen Kellet
- 1946-1947 William Henry Girling (fourth term)
- 1947-1949 Frederick James[2]
- 1949-1950 Robert George Linale 30 December 1900-82 [9]
- 1950-1951 Mary Isabella Higgins, MBE died 1957 aged 70
- 1951-1952 George Joseph Touchard 16 January 1902-1982
- 1952-1953 William Ernest Varnals 1900-55 brother of George James Varnals
- 1953-1954 Emma Esther Smith 16 April 1893-1982
- 1954-1955 Henry Thomas Bryant
- 1955-1956 William Coyne [10]
- 1956-1957 David Wray [11]
- 1957-1958 Arthur George Mayhew
- 1958-1959 Robert Jefferson Tallantire
- 1959-1960 Robert Samuel Hogg
- 1960-1961 Reginald Thomas James Swales 28 October 1904-1973
- 1961-1962 Philip Rutman 1900-73 a tailor
- 1962-1963 John Arthur Welch
- 1963-1964 Rev. Meredith Davies [12] and [13]
- 1964-1965 Albert Sidney Simmonds 28 November 1901-1976
References[]
- Mayoral roll at Shoreditch Town Hall (now held by Hackney Borough Council)
- Hackney Archive Services [14]
- British Library Newspaper Archive
- ↑ BIRD, Sir Henry Busby. 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.