This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Willesden, Middlesex. The office was created in 1933 when Willesden Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation and abolished in 1965 when the borough was merged with the Wembley to form the London Borough of Brent.[1]
- Charter Mayor: George Henry Hiscocks[2] [5]
- 1933-34: George Henry Hiscocks - previously Chairman of Willesden Urban District
- 1934-35: William Alfred Hill
- 1935-36: Percival Bond [6]
- 1936-37: Charles Hicks Bolton
- 1937-38: Henry William Prothero (1871-1955)
- 1938-39: George Ayres
- 1939-40: William Henry Ryde
- 1940-41: William Henry Ryde (second term)
- 1942 Nellie Cowan OBE [7]
- 1942-43: William Henry Ryde (third term)
- 1943-44: William John Hill (22 February 1893-7 September 1973) [3]
- 1944-45: Jack Alan Clark CC (Died 15 December 1950, aged 49)[4]. Had a scouting connection [8]
- 1945-46: Alfie E Nunn 1881-1955 mention here [9]
- 1946-47: (J) Stanley Scott mention [10]
- 1947-49: William Arthur Stilton (12 July 1881-16 May 1967)[5]
- 1949-50: Hector Charlton Marshall (1888-1959)[6]
- 1950-51: Frederick George Exton
- 1951-52: (Frederick) Trevor Evans (born 1901)
- 1952-53: Sarah Elizabeth Hannah Williams (23 February 1887 - 26 February 1976)[7] [8]
- 1953-54: Horace Thornley OBE
- 1954-55: William Henry Ryde (third term)
- 1955-56: Victor Charles Haskell (born 1889)
- 1956-57: Miss Nellie M Cowan (second term)
- 1957-58: William John Hill (second term)
- 1958-59: Stanley Scott [9]
- 1959-60: Mrs Nellie C Clark
- 1960-61: Samuel Phillip Viant [10]
- 1961-62: Mrs Louise Dunbar (6 February 1912-1982)
- 1962-63: Stephen Cecil Piddington (25 October 1904-1980)
- 1963-64: Ivor W Davies [11]
- 1964-65: Mrs Eva M Beckett
References[]
- ↑ Partial list of Mayors of Willesden from the Local Government Yearbooks, with additions from reports of medical officer for the borough at Wellcome Library and listing in The Times.
- ↑ "Charter Day at Willesden". The Times: p. 13. 2 September 1933.
- ↑ Railway employee and official in the National Union of Railwaymen.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Times: p. 1. 18 December 1950.
- ↑ Retired motorman (driver) for the Metropolitan Railway / London Passenger Transport Board.
- ↑ Born in Sunderland, died in Brighton MARSHALL's of Sunderland in Canada.
- ↑ Sarah Elizabeth Hannah Simpkin, daughter of a train examiner, born in Hampstead. Married Arthur C Williams 1918 in Willesden. In 1939 she was described as part time collector for the Co-Operative Clothing and Mutuality Club.
- ↑ Mention [1]
- ↑ mention here [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Involved in saving the Grange (now the Grange Museum) [4]