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This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Twickenham, Middlesex. The office was created in 1926 when Twickenham Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation and abolished in 1965 when the area was included in the larger London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

  • Charter Mayor: Dr John Rudd Leeson [3]
  • 1926-27: John Mitchell
  • 1927-28: William C Robinson
  • 1928-29: Cecil Carus-Wilson
  • 1929-30: John Cusack KC
  • 1930-31: Joseph Owen
  • 1931-32: Archibald Claude Forman [1]
  • 1932-33: James Wills (died in office 6 November 1933, aged 74)[2] [4]
  • 1933-34: George Arthur Farrer [3]
  • 1934-35: Thomas H Smith [5]
  • 1935-36: James Henry Knaggs - chairman of Middlesex County Council 1962-63. [6]
  • 1936-37: Edgar Ollis
  • 1937-38: Edgar Ollis (second term)
  • 1938-39: Arthur Charles Boucher [4]
  • 1939-40: Albert George Greig. Also member of the Middlesex County Council representing Teddington.[5]
  • 1940-41: Alderman Edward Charles Dyer [6]
  • 1941-42: Charles Walter Beckett
  • 1942-43: William Alfred Cooke
  • 1943-44: Victor George Heptinstall[7] [7] and [8]
  • 1944-45: Owen William Songest 1891-1960
  • 1945-46: Philip Henry Durham[8]
  • 1946-47: John Train
  • 1947-49: Mrs. Elsie A Jamieson [9] [10], wife 1952-53 mayor.
  • 1949-50: Edwin George Stray - sometime Town Clerk [11] Died in office March 1950. Duties performed by Deputy Mayor Elsie A Jamieson until May 1950.
  • 1950-51: Charles Hastings[12]
  • 1951-52: J W Nicholls
  • 1952-53: George Jamieson, husband of 1947-49 mayor.
  • 1953-54: Frederick Joseph Edwards
  • 1954-55: Harold Frank Inkpen
  • 1955-56: Monty W Garrett - [9]
  • 1956-57: Mrs Mary E Owen
  • 1957-58: Reginald Frederick Edward Howard-Hodges MBE
  • 1958-59: Eric P G Lewis [10] and [11]
  • 1959-60: Herbert Stanley (Stan) Futter[13]
  • 1960-61: Edward Bostock
  • 1961-62: J W H Crane [12]
  • 1962-63: James A Denham
  • 1963-64: James E Woodward OBE
  • 1964-65: James E Woodward OBE (second term)
  1. 1879-1962
  2. "Twickenham's Mayor Dead". Gloucester Citizen. 7 November 1933. 
  3. 11 July 1896-1971
  4. 1873-1855
  5. Born 1872, died 1956. A former member of Teddington Urban District Council, he had become an alderman on Twickenham Corporation when the urban district was absorbed by the borough in 1937.Acton Gazette: p. 5. 20 October 1939. [1]
  6. Born 18 November 1878 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Barrister's clerk. Died 1952
  7. Born 1887, died 1953
  8. A former member of Teddington Urban District Council, he had become an alderman on Twickenham Corporation when the urban district was absorbed by the borough in 1937.Middlesex Chronicle: p. 7. 13 October 1945. 
  9. Died 1964 aged 79
  10. 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.
  11. 1880-1950[2]
  12. Retained his seat at the 1951 council elections with a majority of 1,066 votes and received a congratulatory telegram from the Mayor of Hastings.
  13. Publicity Manager of The Gramophone Company. The Tape Recorder (July 1960). Born 21 January 1907, died 1970
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Mayors of Metropolitan Boroughs 1900-1965

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Lewisham
Paddington
Poplar
St. Marylebone
St. Pancras
Shoreditch
Southwark
Stepney
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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
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