List of mayors of Worcester
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The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.
Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.
List of mayors of Worcester
Notable previous mayors
1623: John Haselock
1631: Thomas Chettle
1633: John Nash
1635: George Street
1646: Edward Elvines
1656: Edmund Pitt
1667: Thomas Street
1709: Richard Lane
1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant)
1819: Elias Isaac (banker)
1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849)
1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea & Perrins)
1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb
1837-38 George Allies
1838-39 Richard Evans
1839-40 Thomas Chalk
1840-41 C. Augustus Helm
1841-42 Edward Evans
1842-43 John Lilly
1843-44 William Lewis
1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died)
1846 W. Lewis (elected)
1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie
1847-48 Edward Webb
1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP.
1849-50 John Wheeley Lea
1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes
1851-52 Thomas Lucy
1852-53 Richard Padmore
1853-54 Charles Bedford
1854-55-6 John Goodwin
1856-57 James Weaver
1857-58 Josiah Stallard
1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire.
1859-60 William Haigh
1860-61 Joseph Wood
1861-62 Joseph Firkins
1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester.
1864-65 James Dyson Perrins
1865-66 Thomas Southall
1866-67 John Stallard
1867-68 William Webb
1868-69 Francis Woodward
1869-70 Richard E. Barnett
1870-71-2 Henry Willis
1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester)
1873-74 H. G. Goldingham
1874-75 John Longmore
1875-76 Francis Woodward
1876-77 Moses Jones
1877-78 Francis Dingle
1878-79 Walter Holland
1879-80 John Noake
1880-81 T. S. Townshend
1881-82 Lieut.-Col.
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