List of mayors of Bedford (England)

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The first known reference to a Mayor of Bedford in England was in 1264.

Prior to the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, the mayor of Bedford came into office on 29 September. The first mayor of the reformed corporation came into office on 1 January 1836, and subsequent mayors on 9 November. After the Local Government Act, 1948, and the Local Government Act, 1972, the mayors from 1949 onwards came into office in May. The civic mayor was replaced by a directly elected mayor in 2002.

Since April 2009 the Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority, with the executive having the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county.

List of Mayors of Bedford[]

Civic mayors[]

Joshua Hawkins - Mayor of Bedford
Alderman George Hurst (1800 - 1898), Mayor of Bedford (1855, 1873-4, 1878 and 1886)
George Wells - Mayor in the 1890s

Source: "Past Mayors" Bedford Borough Council

  • 1393: , MP for Bedford, 1397
  • 1414–15: , MP for Bedford, 1406
  • 1416–17:
  • 1429–30: , MP for Bedford, 1417 and 1427
  • 1432–34: , MP for Bedford, 1420
  • 1437–38:
  • 1444–46:
  • 1528–29: John Baker, MP for Bedford, 1529
  • 1547–48: , MP for Bedford, 1554
  • 1554–55:
  • 1829–30: Sir William Long[1]
  • 1834–35: Dr. George Witt: head of Bedford Infirmary and a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2]
  • 1855–56: [3]
  • 1856–57: William Wells Kilpin
  • 1857–58: George Handscomb Miller
  • 1858–62: John Howard[4]
  • 1862–63: Robert Couchman
  • 1863–65: John Howard[4]
  • 1865–67: William Joseph Nash
  • 1867–69: Thomas Tokelove Gray
  • 1869–70: Augustus Edgar Burch
  • 1870–71: [5]
  • 1871–72: James Coombs
  • 1872–73: Frederick Thomas Young
  • 1873–75: [3]
  • 1875–77: [6]
  • 1877–78: John Usher Taylor
  • 1878: [3]
  • 1878–79: Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger
  • 1879–80: John Elworthy Cutcliffe
  • 1880–81: [6]
  • 1881–82: James Woodward Hill
  • 1882–83: Luke Cherry
  • 1883–85: [7]
  • 1885–86: Edwin Ransom
  • 1886–87: George Hurst
  • 1887–90: [7]
  • 1891–92: James Coombs
  • 1892–93: Frederick Augustus Blaydes
  • 1893–95: [8]
  • 1895–96: Frederick Augustus Blaydes
  • 1896–99:
  • 1901-02: Geoffrey Howard[9]
  • 1902-03: Hedley Baxter, Conservative[10]
  • 2000–01: Hazel Mary Mitchell
  • 2001–02: Pat Olney
  • 2002: Judith Cunningham

Directly elected mayors[]

References[]

  1. ^ Painting of Sir William Long, James Lonsdale (died 1839), BBC, retrieved July 2014
  2. ^ Thomas, Laura (25 May 2000). "Restricted to men of 'taste and education'". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c painting, BBC, retrieved July 2014
  4. ^ a b John Howard painting, by unknown, retrieved 26 July 2014
  5. ^ Painting, unknown artist, retrieved July 2014
  6. ^ a b painting of James Thomas Hobson, unknown artist, retrieved July 2014
  7. ^ a b Painting of Joshua Hawkins, , BBC, retrieved 26 July 2014
  8. ^ George Wells - Mayor, , BBC, retrieved 26 July 2014
  9. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36895. London. 10 October 1902. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
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