List of Mayors of Twickenham

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)

↑ 1879-1962
↑ "Twickenham's Mayor Dead". Gloucester Citizen. 7 November 1933.
↑ 11 July 1896-1971
↑ 1873-1855
↑ 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]
↑ Born 18 November 1878 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Barrister's clerk. Died 1952
↑ Born 1887, died 1953
↑ 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.
↑ Died 1964 aged 79
↑ 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.
↑ 1880-1950[2]
↑ 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.
↑ Publicity Manager of The Gramophone Company. The Tape Recorder (July 1960). Born 21 January 1907, died 1970

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

[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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