List of mayors of Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth received borough status in 1341 with the right to elect a mayor. In 1974 the town became part of South Hams District. There is still a Town Council and a mayor, but with reduced powers.[1]

The following have been mayors of Dartmouth, Devon, England:

14th century

16th Century
  • 1547-48: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[3]
  • 1551-52: Gilbert Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[4]
  • 1554=55: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[3]
  • 1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593[5]
  • 1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614 [6]

17th century

[William Plumleigh] Recvr. Dartmouth 1610–11,2 mayor 1617–18, 1625–6, 1632–3, 1641-2[7]

20th century
  • 1900-01 Thomas Wilton
  • 1901-02 William Philip Ditcham
  • 1902-03 John William Medway (Liberal)[8]
  • 1903-06 Richard Burford Seale
  • 1906-10 John Brown
  • 1910-11 Edward Ethelbert Lort Phillips
  • 1911-14 Charles Peek
  • 1914-18 Thomas Wilton
  • 1918-19 Sir Thomas Wilton
  • 1919-21 Charles Peek
  • 1921-22 Algernon Joseph Yorke
  • 1922-23 Sir Alfred G. Bourne
  • 1923-29 Dr Henry J. Campbell
  • 1929-32 James Harry Smith
  • 1932-33 George Henry Marshall
  • 1933-36 Ernest Albert Travers
  • 1936-37 William Thomas Pillar
  • 1937-38 George Henry Marshall
  • 1938-45 William George Row
  • 1945-46 Herbert George Middleton
  • 1946-47 Frank Scardifield
  • 1947-50 Bertie Lavers
  • 1950-51 James Clifford S.R. Stoneman
  • 1951-53 Albert Montague William Chapman
  • 1953-54 Harold John Adams
  • 1954-56 Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor
  • 1956-57 Bertie Lavers
  • 1957-58 Norman Hewson
  • 1958-60 Harold Charles Lloyd
  • 1960-61 James William Lee Palin
  • 1961-62 Richard Martin Hoare
  • 1962-63 Dorothy Holwill
  • 1963-65 Eric S. Rimmer
  • 1965-66 Margaret V.M. Keane
  • 1966-67 Harold G. White
  • 1967-68 Robert Middleton
  • 1968-69 Eric J. Cook
  • 1969-70 Albert J. Mashford
  • 1970-71 Eric J. Cook
  • 1971-73 Frank C. Mullett
  • 1973-74Irene Ethel Frances Scawn
  • 1974-75 Albert J. Mashford
  • 1975-76 Brenda Bradley Breakwell
  • 1976-77 Brian Alfred Goss
  • 1977-78 Richard Martin Hoare
  • 1978-80 Dennis Arthur Woods
  • 1980-81 Irene Ethel Frances Scawn
  • 1981-83 Donald William Rablin Webb
  • 1983-85 Beryl Mary Calder
  • 1985-86 Leslie William Savage
  • 1986-89 Donald William Rablin Webb
  • 1989-90 Bryan Martin Measures
  • 1990-93 Brian J. Edgington
  • 1993-95 Jack Cutter
  • 1995-97 Margaret A Roberts
  • 1997-99 Paul J. Darby
  • 1999-2000 Melvyn Stone

[9]

21st century
  • 2000–05: Richard Rendle
  • 2005–06: Peter Norton
  • 2006–07: Iris Pritchard
  • 2007–08: Iris Pritchard
  • 2008–09: Debbie Morris [10]
  • 2010–11: Richard Rendle
  • 2011–13: Paul Allen
  • 2014–15: Rob M Lyon [11]
  • 2016–17: Rob M Lyon [12]
  • 2017–18: Richard Cooke [12]
  • 2018–19: Rob M Lyon [12]

References
  1. "History of Dartmouth". Dartmouth. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. "HAWLEY, John I (d.1408), of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. "ROUPE, Nicholas (By 1506-55 or later), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  4. "ROUPE, Gilbert (By 1514-75/78), of Dartmouth, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  5. Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. "HOLLAND, Thomas (-d.1618), of Dartmouth, Devon | History of Parliament Online".
  7. 4 members of the Plumleigh family of Dartmouth served as Mayor of Dartmouth in the 16th & 17th centuries (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.595, pedigree of Plumleigh)
  8. "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 10.
  9. http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/dartmouth/soci/htm/102741_0.htm
  10. "Dartmouth Town Mayor".
  11. "Dartmouth Town Council - Your Councillors". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  12. "A new mayor was elected at the town's council meeting". Dartmouth Chronicle. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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