List of mayors of Ipswich Borough, Suffolk

Ipswich was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John.^[1]^[2]

Prior to 1835, the officers of Ipswich Corporation, at various times, consisted of:^[3]

Two bailiffs
The high steward
Coroner
Twelve portmen
Twenty-four common council of headboroughs
An indefinite number of burgesses or freemen
A recorder
A town clerk
Chamberlains
A water bailiff
A treasurer
Clavigers (record keepers who held the keys to the miniment chest)
Sergeants-at-mace

Municipal Borough of Ipswich

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created the Municipal Borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a mayor was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty councillors.^[3] The mayors were as follows:^[4] William Vick published an album, The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890 in 1890.^[5]

Date	Name	Party	Notes	Refs
1836	Benjamin Brame	Ipswich Yellow Party/Whig		^[6]
1836-37	Frederick Francis Seekamp	Whig		^[6]
1837-38	Peter Bartholomew Long		Physician
1838-39	George Green Sampson		Physician
1839-40	John May (senior)
1840-41	Peter Bartholomew Long 2nd term
1841-1842	John Chevallier Cobbold	Conservative

1842-1843 George Josselyn
1843-1844 William May
1844-1845 William Rodwell
1845-1846 Thomas d'Eye Burroughes
1846-1847 George Green Sampson
1847-1848 John May (senior)
1848-1849 Charles Burton
1849-1850 Thomas Baldock Ross
1850-1851 Peter Bartholomew Long
1851-1852 George Josselyn
1852-1853 Samuel Harrison Cowell
1853-1854 Charles Foote Gower
1854-1855 Peter Bartholomew Long
1855-1856 George Christopherson
1856-1857 George Christopherson
1857-1858 Ebenezer Goddard
1858-1859 Jeremiah Head
1859-1860 George Josselyn
1860-1861 Edward Grimwade
1862-1863 George Bacon
1864-1865 Samuel Harrison Cowell
1865-1866 Ebenezer Goddard
1866-1867 Robert Charles Ransome
1867-1868 John Patteson Cobbold
1868-1869 Edward Packard (senior)
1869-1870 Edward Grimwade
1870-1871 George Green Sampson
1871-1872 George Green Sampson
1872-1873 Ebenezer Goddard
1873-1875 Dr Barrington Chevallier
1875-1876 George Calver Mason
1876-1877 Walter Turner
1877-1878 Charles Henry Cowell
1878-1879 Alexander Francis Nicholson
1879-1880 David Henry Booth
1880-1881 Alfred Wrinch
1881-1882 Frederick Fish
1882-1883 Edward Rush Turner
1883 John May Jnr
1884-1885 Sterling Westhorp
1885-1886 Benjamin Page Grimsey
1886-1887 Edward Packard (junior)
1887-1888 Robert Maplestone Miller
1888-1889 John Henry Josselyn

County Borough of Ipswich

Following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1888 the County Borough of Ipswich was created with the rest of Suffolk being divided into the administrative counties of East and West Suffolk. The County Borough of Ipswich had the following mayors:^[4]

1889-1890 Nathaniel Catchpole
1890-1891 Frederick Turner
1891-1892 Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
1892-1893 Roderick Donald Fraser
1893-1894 Samuel Richard Anness
1894-1895 John Henry Bartlet
1895-1896 George Francis Josselyn
1896-1897 Felix Thornley Cobbold
1897-1898 Robert Stocker Paul
1898-1899 Edwin Perkins Ridley
1899-1900 William Churchman
1900-1901 William Fraser Paul
1901-1902 Arthur Churchman
1902-1903 William John Catchpole
1903-1904 Frederick Bennett
1904-1905 John Henry Grimwade
1905-1906 Bunnell H Burton
1906-1907 William Orford White
1907-1908 Harry W Raffe
1908-1909 Francis Charles Ward
1909-1910 Alexander Gibb
1910-1911 Peter Wyndham Cobbold
1911-1912 Frederick Edward Rands
1912-1913 Edward Colby Ransome
1913-1914 William Pipe
1914-1915 John Dupuis Cobbold
1915-1916 Sydney Brand
1916-1917 Valentine Desborough Colchester
1917-1918 Henry Dixon Phillips
1918-1919 Edward Colby Ransome
1919-1920 Frederick Edward Rands
1920-1921 Frank John Mason
1921-1922 William Pipe
1922-1923 Alfred Sizer
1923-1924 John Richard Staddon
1924-1925 Frederick William Turner
1925-1926 Kavas Jamas Badshah
1926-1927 Charles Ernest Tempest
1927-1928 William Rowley Elliston
1928-1929 James Francis Clark Hossack
1929-1930 Arthur Lewis Clouting
1930-1931 Sidney Charles Grimwade
1931-1933 George William Senton
1933-1934 Robert Frederick Jackson
1934-1935 George Ambrose Mallett
1935-1936 Hubert Ernest Holland
1936-1937 Albert Victor Smith
1937-1938 George Underwood
1938-1939 Edward Lawrence Hunt
1940-1941 Robert Frederick Jackson
1942 (Nov-Dec) Frank John Mason
1942-1943 (Dec-Nov) Owen Dudley Phillips
1943-1944 Charles West English
1944-1945 Sidney Charles Grimwade
1945-1946 Frederick Henry Warner
1946-1947 Mrs Mary Whitmore
1947-1949 James Barry Cullingham
1949-1950 Arthur James Cook
1950-1951 Cyril Catchpole
1951-1952 Albert John Colthorpe
1952-1953 James Chalmers
1953-1954 Mrs Lesley Lewis
1954-1955 Clifford Gerald Roper
1955-1956 Christopher Gorden Rushen
1956-1957 Phineas Weiner Lewis
1957-1958 Robert Ratcliffe
1958-1959 George William Pipe
1959-1960 Richard James Lewis
1960-1961 Percy John Fowler
1961-1962 Mrs Charlotte Green
1962-1963 Arthur Vernon Bishop
1963-1964 John McClennan Stewart
1964-1965 Edward Charles Grimwade
1965-1966 Victor Robert Redvers Francis
1966-1967 Mrs Marjory Keeble
1967-1968 Arthur J Lambert
1968-1969 Owen Sturly Nunn / Mrs Marjorie J Nesby
1969-1970 Samuel William Teagar Godward
1970-1971 Wallace Mortimer Morfey
1971-1972 Cyril George Skinner
1972-1973 Walter Horace Mulley
1973-1974 Mrs Ruby Ann Skerritt
1974-1975 Arthur J Lambert
1975-1976 Mrs Beryl James
1976-1977 Hugh R Davis
1977-1978 David Myer
1978-1979 Alan Seabrooke
1979-1980 Eric Grant
1980-1981 Sydney Mason
1981-1982 Mrs Ann Smith
1982-1983 Mrs Beryl James
1983-1984 Douglas Grimwood
1984-1985 Peter K Gardiner
1985-1986 Eric Grant
1986-1987 Mrs Gillian Auton*
1987-1988 Derek Warsop
1988-1989 William A Quinton
1989-1990 Ms Sheila Baguley
1990-1991 Jack West
1991-1992 Kenneth Wilson
1992-1993 Mrs Joan Cubbin
1993-1994 Mrs Margaret Alderton
1994-1995 Ian Roderick Grimwood
1995-1996 Albert W Grant
1996-1997 Philip H L Smart
1997-1998 Mrs Jeannette E Macartney
1998-1999 George Hamilton Clarke MBE
1999-2000 John Charles Mowles
2000-2001 Don Edwards
2001-2002 Maureen Carrington-Brown
2002-2003 Richard Risebrow
2003-2004 Penelope Kathryn Breakwell
2004-2005 Roger Edwin Fern
2005-2006 William George Wright
2006-2007 Henry George Davies
2007-2008 Inga Elisabeth Lockington
2008-2009 David Hale
2009-2010 David Goldsmith
2010-2011 Jane Chambers
2011-2012 John Le Grys
2012-2013 Mary Blake
2013-2014 Hamil Clarke
2014-2015 Bill Quinton
2015-2016 Glen Chisholm
2016-2017 Roger Fern
2017-2018 Sarah Barber
2018-2019 Jane Riley
2019-2021 Jan Parry**
2021 Jane Riley***
2021-2022 Elizabeth Hughes
2022- John Cook

Notes

Mother of Jan Parry, later mayor 2019-2021
- Jan Parry was elected Mayor at the annual council meeting in May 2019. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic she agreed to carry on for a further municipal year. However, she stepped down from the council at the end of January 2021 for family reasons. She was the first mayor who was also the daughter of a former mayor.^[7]
- Former Mayor Jane Riley was elected Mayor in February 2021 on an interim basis, and was succeeded by Elizabeth Hughes at annual council meeting in May 2021.

References

^ Martin, Geoffrey "The Medieval and Early Modern Borough" in Salmon N. P. and Malster R. (eds), Ipswich From the First to the Third Millennium (Papers from an Ipswich Society Symposium), (Ipswich Society, Ipswich 2001), 7–17.
^ Text of charter (translated into English) and image of 1200 Town Seal, see Wodderspoon, J., Memorials of the Ancient Town of Ipswich (Pawsey (Ipswich): Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (London) 1850), 'Ancient Incorporation of the Town', pp 75–130, at pp 75–85.
^ ^a ^b "The History of the Mayoralty". Retrieved 17 January 2010. The old corporation (or Assembly) was replaced in 1835 by a Mayor, High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty Councillors, with the usual officers
^ ^a ^b "Mayors of Ipswich | Ipswich Borough Council". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890". Suffolk Libraries. Suffolk Libraries. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "The Mayoralty in Ipswich". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ Geater, Paul (2021). "Ipswich mayor stands down from local politics". Ipswich Star. No. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[1] Martin, Geoffrey "The Medieval and Early Modern Borough" in Salmon N. P. and Malster R. (eds), Ipswich From the First to the Third Millennium (Papers from an Ipswich Society Symposium), (Ipswich Society, Ipswich 2001), 7–17.

[2] Text of charter (translated into English) and image of 1200 Town Seal, see Wodderspoon, J., Memorials of the Ancient Town of Ipswich (Pawsey (Ipswich): Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (London) 1850), 'Ancient Incorporation of the Town', pp 75–130, at pp 75–85.

[Ipswich_Mayoralty-3] "The History of the Mayoralty". Retrieved 17 January 2010. The old corporation (or Assembly) was replaced in 1835 by a Mayor, High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty Councillors, with the usual officers

[IBC_list_of_mayors-4] "Mayors of Ipswich | Ipswich Borough Council". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[SL_Vick's_Mayors_of_Ipswich-5] "The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890". Suffolk Libraries. Suffolk Libraries. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[IBC-6] "The Mayoralty in Ipswich". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[PG_mayor_resignation-7] Geater, Paul (2021). "Ipswich mayor stands down from local politics". Ipswich Star. No. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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