This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford. The office was created in 1937 when the Wanstead and Woodford Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation and was abolished in 1965 when the area was included in the larger London Borough of Redbridge.
- Charter Mayor: Sir James Hawkey
- 1937-38: Sir James Hawkey
- 1938-39: Ernest Procter Alger 1875-1963
- 1939-40: William Louis Francis Wastell 1864-1941
- 1940-41: Richard Butler Fidler
- 1941-42: Herbert Simpkins
- 1942-43: Arthur Southam
- 1943-44: Sir James Hawkey (third term)
- 1944-45: Sir James Hawkey (fourth term)
- 1945-46: Francis George Booth
- 1946-47: Francis George Booth (second term)
- 1947-49: Ralph Henry Fox[1]
- 1949-50: Hubert Hann
- 1950-51: Reginald William Dale
- 1951-52: Vivian Ernest Stevens
- 1952-53: Albert Reginald Page
- 1953-54: Donald Logan Forbes born 1909 [1] and [2]
- 1954-55: Ethel Fanny Mahala Hollis 1 November 1886-1978
- 1955-56: Reginald Edwards
- 1956-57: Norman Ernest Britton
- 1957-58: Charles Horace Moss 19 September 1896-1971[3]
- 1958-59: Roy Alan Dolton
- 1959-60: Guy Charles E Dixon
- 1960-61: Frank Bosville Baverstock born 1907
- 1961-62: Sylvia Violet F Ashton 26 April 1909-1973
- 1962-63: William Robinson
- 1963-64 (part): Edgar Vincent Gardner (1913-19 February 1964)
- 1963-64 (part): Winifred Julia Roberts
- 1964-65: Denis Kavanagh Lestrange[2] [4]
References[]
- List supplied by Redbridge archives
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Denis Kavanagh L'Estrange (b. 17 Apr 1909, d. 26 May 1998). Genealogy.com.