List of mayors of Dover

Winston Churchill and the Mayor of Dover in August 1940

Mayors of the town of Dover, Kent, England.

13th century

  • 1258: James Lucas
  • 1295: Thomas Edward Poynte
  • 1299: John de Mari[1]

14th century

15th century

  • 1401–1402: John Gyles[5]
  • 1402–1403: Peter Rede [3]
  • 1403–1404: John Monyn [3]
  • 1404–1406: John Strete [3]
  • 1406–1408: Thomas Gyles
  • 1408–1411: John Strete [3]
  • 1411–1412: John Enebroke and John Luestroke [3]
  • 1413–1414: Thomas Gyles[6]
  • 1414–1415: Thomas Gyles and Walter Stratton
  • 1415–1417: John Garton
  • 1417–1419: Walter Stratton
  • 1419–1421: Thomas atte Crowche
  • 1421–1422: Walter Stratton
  • 1422–1423: Thomas Arnold
  • 1423–1424: Walter Stratton
  • 1424–1425: Thomas Arnold
  • 1425–1426: John Braban
  • 1426–1427: Walter Stratton
  • 1427–1428: John Braban
  • 1428–1429: Walter Stratton
  • 1429–1430: William Brewys
  • 1430–1431: Thomas Arnold
  • 1431–1433: Walter Stratton
  • 1433–1435: John Braban
  • 1435–1436: John Braban and William Brewys
  • 1436–1440: William Brewys
  • 1439–1440: Walter Stratton
  • 1440–1441: William Brewys
  • 1441–1443: John Warde
  • 1443–1444: William Brewys
  • 1444–1445: Ralph Toke
  • 1445–1449: Ralph Toke and Thomas Gore
  • 1449–1450: Thomas Gore
  • 1450–1451: Thomas Gore and Richard Grigge
  • 1451–1453: Richard Grigge
  • 1453–1456: Thomas Doyley
  • 1456–1458: Thomas Gore
  • 1458–1460: Nicholas Burton
  • 1460–1461: Richard Palmer
  • 1461–1462: Thomas Gore and Richard Palmer
  • 1462–1463: Thomas Gore
  • 1463–1464: Richard Palmer
  • 1464–1465: Thomas Pety
  • 1465–1466: Thomas Gore
  • 1466–1467: Thomas Gore and Richard Palmer
  • 1467–1468: Richard Palmer
  • 1468–1470: Thomas Hexstall
  • 1470–1471: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Toke
  • 1471–1472: Richard Palmer and Thomas Hexstall
  • 1472–1474: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Toke
  • 1474–1475: Thomas Hexstall
  • 1475–1476: Richard Pleysington
  • 1476–1477: Robert Vyncent
  • 1477–1478: Thomas Hexstall and Robert Vyncent
  • 1478–1479: Thomas Toke and Thomas Hexstall
  • 1479–1480: Richard Palmer
  • 1480–1481: Thomas Fouche
  • 1481–1482: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Fouche
  • 1482–1485: John Byngham
  • 1485–1486: Robert Vyncent
  • 1486–1487: John Templeman
  • 1487–1488: John Byngham
  • 1488–1489: - Unknown
  • 1489–1490: Robert Vyncent
  • 1490–1491: Edward Hexstall
  • 1491–1492: Robert Vyncent
  • 1492–1493: Henry Balgy
  • 1493–1494: William Warren[3]
  • 1494–1496: Edward Hexstall
  • 1496–1497: Richard Fyneaux
  • 1497–1499: John Byngham
  • 1499–1501: William Stone

16th century

  • 1501–1502: John Pocock
  • 1502–1504: Richard Fyneaux
  • 1504–1505: Oliver Lythgo
  • 1505–1506: Robert Nethersole
  • 1506–1507: Edward Hexstall
  • 1507–1508: Richard Fyneaux
  • 1508–1509: Robert Nethersole
  • 1509–1510: Richard Monin
  • 1510–1511: Nicholas Templeman
  • 1511–1512: John Broke
  • 1512–1513: Robert Nethersole
  • 1513–1514: Nicholas Aldy
  • 1514–1515: Richard Fyneaux
  • 1515–1516: Thomas Vaughan
  • 1516–1517: Nicholas Aldy and John Gregorie
  • 1517–1518: Nicholas Aldy
  • 1518–1519: Robert Weltden
  • 1519–1520: Thomas Vaughan
  • 1520–1521: John Elam
  • 1521–1522: John Elam and Robert Stelman
  • 1522–1523: Robert Stelman
  • 1523–1524: Robert Dyer
  • 1524–1525: John Broke
  • 1525–1526: John Warren[3]
  • 1526–1527: Richard Crouch
  • 1527–1528: Thomas Vaughan
  • 1528–1529: Robert Fluce and Rouse Buskins
  • 1529–1530: Robert Fluce
  • 1530–1532: Robert Nethersole
  • 1532–1533: Thomas Vaughan and Thomas Foxley
  • 1533–1535: Edward May
  • 1535–1536: John Payntor[7]
  • 1536–1537: John Warren [3]
  • 1537–1538: Ralph Buffkin
  • 1538–1539: Edward May
  • 1539–1540: John Bowles
  • 1540–1541: John Warren and John Bowles
  • 1541–1542: Thomas Foxley
  • 1542–1543: Thomas Foxley and Robert Justice
  • 1543–1544: John Elam
  • 1544–1545: William Fisher
  • 1545–1546: Thomas Colly
  • 1546–1547: Richard Fyneaux and Thomas Colly
  • 1547–1548: Richard Fyneaux, Hugo Brackett and Thomas Mauncell
  • 1548–1549: Hugo Brackett and Thomas Warren
  • 1549–1550: Thomas Mauncell and Thomas Warren
  • 1550–1551: Thomas Portway, MP of Dover, 1553
  • 1551–1552: Robert Justice, Thomas Portway and Robert Justin
  • 1552–1554: Thomas Fynnett
  • 1554–1555: Richard Elam and William Hannington
  • 1555–1556: Adrian Whitt and Richard Elary
  • 1556–1557: Adrian Whitt
  • 1557–1558: Thomas Warren[3]
  • 1558–1559: Thomas Colly
  • 1559–1560: Thomas Pepper
  • 1560–1561: Richard Gibbs
  • 1561–1562: William Hannington
  • 1562–1563: John Robins[8]
  • 1563–1564: Thomas Pepper and John Robins
  • 1564–1565: William Burden
  • 1565–1566: Thomas Pepper
  • 1566–1567: Thomas Watson
  • 1567–1568: Thomas Pepper
  • 1568–1569: John Edwards
  • 1569–1570: Richard Elam
  • 1570–1571: Thomas Burnell
  • 1571–1574: Thomas Andrews
  • 1574–1575: Thomas Andrews and Thomas Warren
  • 1575–1576: John Robins[9]
  • 1576–1577: John Lucas
  • 1577–1579: Robert Fynnett
  • 1579–1580: Thomas Allyn
  • 1580–1582: John Garrett
  • 1582–1583: Thomas Andrews and Thomas Warren
  • 1583–1584: Thomas Andrews and William Willis
  • 1584–1585: Thomas Watson
  • 1585–1586: William Willis
  • 1586–1588: Thomas Brodgatte
  • 1588–1589: John Tench
  • 1589–1590: Henry Leonard
  • 1590–1591: Jeffery Glydd
  • 1591–1592: Humphrey Meade
  • 1592–1593: Thomas Elwood
  • 1593–1594: Robert Burnett
  • 1594–1595: John Skaythe
  • 1595–1597: George Bynge
  • 1597–1598: William Leonard
  • 1598–1599: Jeremy Garrett
  • 1599–1600: Edward Kempe

17th century

  • 1600–1601: John Bachelor
  • 1601–1602: John Bradgate
  • 1602–1603: Richard Siseley
  • 1603–1604: William Nethersole
  • 1604–1606: George Bynge
  • 1606–1607: John Tooke
  • 1607–1608: Henry Steede
  • 1608–1609: Robert Garrett
  • 1609–1610: Robert Austin
  • 1610–1612: William Leonard
  • 1612–1613: Edward Kempe (died whilst in office) and William Warde
  • 1613–1614: William Warde
  • 1614–1615: Robert Garrett
  • 1615–1616: John Waade
  • 1616–1617: Thomas Foord
  • 1617–1618: Nicholas Eaton
  • 1618–1620: William Ward [10]
  • 1621: Robert Garrett
  • 1622: Henry Steed
  • 1623–1624: John Waad
  • 1625: Thomas Foord

18th century

19th century

  • 1800: Thomas Bateman Lane
  • 1801: George Stringer
  • 1802: William Knocker
  • 1803: Jonathan Osborn
  • 1804: Robert Walker
  • 1805: Phineas Kennett
  • 1808: Robert Hunt
  • 1807: William King
  • 1808: Edward Thompson
  • 1809: Thomas Mantell
  • 1810: George Dell
  • 1811: Edward Thompson
  • 1812: Sir Thomas Mantell
  • 1813: James Walker
  • 1814: Henshaw Latham
  • 1815: George Stringer
  • 1816: Jonathan Osbom
  • 1817: William Knocker
  • 1818: Robert Walker
  • 1819: Sir Thomas Mantell
  • 1820: George Doll
  • 1821: Heushaw Latham
  • 1822: John Jeken
  • 1823: Joseph Webb Pitcher
  • 1824: Sir Thomas Mantell
  • 1825: John Finnis
  • 1826: George Stringer
  • 1827: John Shipdem
  • 1828: Matthew Kennett
  • 1829: Henry Pringle Bruyeres
  • 1830: Henshaw Latham
  • 1831: John Coleman
  • 1832: William Knocker
  • 1833: Joseph Webb Pilcher
  • 1834: William Cooke
  • 1835: John Shipdem
  • 1836: Edward Pett Thompson/William Cooke
  • 1837–1838: Michael Elwin[11][12]
  • 1839: William Cocke
  • 1840-1: Edward Poole
  • 1842-5: William Clarke
  • 1846: William Cocke
  • 1863–1864: Captain Jeffery Wheelock Noble, R.N.[13]
  • 1867: Joseph George Churchward, postal merchant between France, England and Belgium
  • 1872: Edward Ruttley Mowll, wine and spirits merchant
  • 1873–1874: Frederick Samuel Pierce, ship owner
  • 1875: Percy Simpson Court
  • 1876: George Fielding
  • 1877: Percy Simpson Court
  • 1878: Alexander Bottle
  • 1879–1880: Richard Dickeson
  • 1881: John Lade Bradley
  • 1882: Richard Dickeson
  • 1883: Rowland Rees
  • 1884: Thomas Viney Brown
  • 1885: William John Adcock
  • 1886–1888: William Henry Crundall
William Crundall would serve as mayor a total of thirteen times between 1886 and 1910.
  • 1889: Edward Lukey
  • 1890: William John Adcock
  • 1891–1884: William Henry Crundall
  • 1895: Matthew Pepper
  • 1896: Henry Minter Baker
  • 1897–1899: William Henry Crundall

20th century

  • 1900–1901: Sir William Henry Crundall
  • 1901–1902: Henry Martyn Mowll, solicitor
  • 1902–1903: Frederick George Wright (Conservative)[14]
  • 1903–1904: Arthur Thomas Walmisley
  • 1904–1905: Sir William Henry Crundall
  • 1905–1906: William Wood Burkett
  • 1906–1907: George Francis Raggett
  • 1907–1910: Walter L Emden
  • 1910–1911: Sir William Henry Crundall
  • 1911–1913: William Bromley
  • 1913–1919: Edwin W. T. Farley
  • 1939–1945: James Robinson Cairns
  • 1960–1961: Dorothy Bushell

21st century

Source: Dover Town Council

  • 2000: Gordon Cowan
  • 2001–2002: Diane G Smallwood
  • 2003: George P Allt
  • 2004: Robert R Markham
  • 2005: Kenneth Tranter
  • 2006: Janet F Tranter
  • 2007: Robert R Markham
  • 2008: Diane G Smallwood
  • 2009: Sue Jones
  • 2010: Sue Jones
  • 2011: Veronica Philpott
  • 2012: Anne Smith
  • 2013: Veronica Philpott
  • 2014: Pamela Brivio
  • 2015: Chris Precious
  • 2016–2017: Neil Rix
  • 2018: Sue Jones
  • 2019–2023: Gordon Cowan
  • 2023–2024: Sue Jones
  • 2024: Edward Biggs[15]

References

  1. ^ Samuel Percy Hammond Statham (1899). "The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover". Internet Archive. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 165. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  2. ^ Samuel Percy Hammond Statham (1899). "The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover". Internet Archive. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 165. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mayors of Dover | History on Dover.UK.com". www.dover.uk.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. ^ "HALLE, John I (D.c.1409), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
  5. ^ "GYLES, John (D.c.1406), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
  6. ^ "GYLES, Thomas, of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
  7. ^ "PAYNTOR, John (By 1482-1540), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
  8. ^ "ROBINS, John (B.c.1511), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
  9. ^ "ROBINS, John (B.c.1511), of Dover, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
  10. ^ Express letter dated 1618 from William Ward as Mayor to Lord Zouch, Warden of the Cinque Ports
  11. ^ Samuel Percy Hammond Statham (1899). "The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover". Internet Archive. London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 165. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Previous Mayors of Dover". Dover Town Council. 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Funeral of the Mayor of Dover". Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser. 1 April 1865. p. 4.
  14. ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  15. ^ "Councillor Edward Biggs is appointed Mayor Of Dover". dovertowncouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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