List of Lord Mayors of Portsmouth

This is a list of some notable Mayors and all the later Lord Mayors of the city of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.

Portsmouth had elected a mayor annually since 1531. The city was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 10 July 1928.^[1] When the city became a non-metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974. ^[2]

Mayors of Portsmouth

• Source : (1531–2005) History in Portsmouth ^[3]
• Source : (2006–2013) Portsmouth City Council ^[4]

Year	Name	Notes
1531–1532	Thomas Carpenter
1539–1540	Henry Bickley	MP for Portsmouth, 1553
1546–1547	Henry Bickley	MP for Portsmouth, 1553
1551–1552	Henry Bickley	MP for Portsmouth, 1553
1558–1559	Henry Slater	MP for Portsmouth, 1571
1673–1674	Nicholas Hedger	MP for Portsmouth, 1690
1689–1690	Nicholas Hedger	MP for Portsmouth, 1690
1696–1697	John Mounsher	MP for Hastings, 1701
1700–1701	John Mounsher	MP for Hastings, 1701
1712–1714	William Smith	Founder of Portsmouth Grammar School,1732
1717–	Henry Stanyford	Master House Carpenter to the Ordinance and Justice History in Portsmouth: The Stanyford Family
1727–	Henry Stanyford	Elected for second term
1734–1735	Henry Stanyford	Timber merchant. Died during office. History in Portsmouth: The Stanyford Family
1744–	Thomas Stanyford	Sergeant-at Law and son of former mayor, Henry Stanyford. History in Portsmouth: The Stanyford Family
1749–	Thomas Stanyford	Sergeant-at Law
1793–1794	Sir John Carter	Merchant
1796–1797	Sir John Carter	Merchant
1800–1801	Sir John Carter	Merchant
1804–1805	Sir John Carter	Merchant
1847–1848	Thomas Ellis Owen	Architect
1862–1863	Thomas Ellis Owen	Architect
1901–1903	Sir William Dupree, 1st Baronet	2 years. Brewer
1909–1910	Sir William Dupree, 1st Baronet	Brewer

Lord Mayors of Portsmouth

Year	Name	Notes
1928–1929	James Edward Smith	2 years. First Lord Mayor of Portsmouth
1930	Walter Gleave
1931	Ferdinand Green Foster
1932	William Albert Billing
1933	Sir Harold R. Pink	JP
1934	Frank John Privett	JP
1935	William James Avens
1936–1937	Frederick Joseph Spickernell	2 years
1938	Leonard Nicholson Blake
1939–1943	Denis Leo Daley	5 years
1944	Albert Edward Allaway	2 years
1946	Robert John Winnicott
1947	Frank Miles	2 years
1949	John Privett
1950	Sir Denis Leo Daley
1951–1952	Albert Johnson	2 years
1953	Frank Miles
1954–1955	George Albert Day	2 years
1956–1957	Arthur George Asquith-Leeson	2 years
1958	Alfred Lapthorn Blake	Solicitor
1959	Leonard John Evans
1960	Gerald Joseph Horton
1961	Ralph Bonner Pink	MP for Portsmouth South, 1966
1962	Eric Osment Bateson
1963	Harry Sotnick
1964	Joseph Albert Nye
1965	Frank Lines
1966	Clifford Alfred Worley
1967	Denis Darling Connors
1968	Frederick Alfred John Emery-Wallis
1969	William Jack Evans
1970	Jonathan Frederick Blair
1971	Alfred Dudley Darby
1972	Phyllis Loe
1973	John Patrick Newton Brogden
1974	Arthur George Dann
1975	Eric Howard Taplin
1976	Ian Goodwin Gibson
1977	George H. Austin
1978	Richard Eric Sotnick
1979	Roland Taylor
1980	Miss Mary Winifred Sutcliffe
1981	Frank Sorrell
1982	John Fisher
1983	L.A. Kitchen
1984	John Scott Marshall
1985	Fred Warner
1986	Miss Marie Seaman
1987	Jim Lodge
1988	Ken Hale
1989	Miss Gladys Howard
1990	Syd Rapson
1991	Brian Read
1992	Jim Patey
1993	Alex Bentley
1994	Dr. Alan Burnett
1995	Malcolm Chewter
1996	Mark Hancock
1997	Tony Golds
1998	Pam Webb
1999
2000	Barry Maine
2001–2002	Elaine Baker	2 years
2003	Tom Blair
2004	Jason Fazackarley
2005	Robin Sparshatt
2006	Fred Charlton
2007	Mike Blake
2008	Richard Jensen
2009	Terry Hall
2010	Paula Riches
2011	Cheryl Buggy
2012	Frank Jonas
2013	Lynne Stagg
2014	Steven Wylie
2015	Frank Jonas

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 33405. p. 4898. 20 June 1928. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
2. The London Gazette: no. 46255. p. 4400. 4 April 1974. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
3. "THE MAYORS AND LORD MAYORS OF PORTSMOUTH (1531–2005)". Retrieved 16 June 2014.
4. "Lord Mayors of Portsmouth since 1927". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 16 June 2014.