List of mayors of Cardiff

This is a list of mayors of Cardiff, Wales. The first Mayor recorded for Cardiff was in 1126 though the title was generally given to the Constable or military governor of Cardiff Castle.^[1] The first elected mayor of Cardiff took office in 1835, the same year the first council elections were held.^[1] When Cardiff was granted city status in 1905 the post holder was given the title Lord Mayor.^[1]

Elected mayors since 1835

• 1836: Thomas Revell Guest, from 1 January.^[2] Also Judge of the Borough Court of Record.^[1]
• 1836: Charles Crofts Williams, from 9 November.^[2]
• 1837: Henry Morgan.
• 1838: Charles Crofts Williams.
• 1839: Richard Reece.
• 1840: David Evans.
• 1841: James Lewis.
• 1842: Charles Crofts Williams.
• 1843: John Moore.
• 1844: William Jonas Watson, who died in October but was not immediately replaced.^[2]
• 1845: Richard Reece.
• 1846: James Lewis.
• 1847: Richard Lewis Reece.
• 1848: Walter Coffin, later a Member of Parliament for Cardiff.
• 1849: Charles Vachell.
• 1850: William Bird.
• 1851: Griffith Phillips.
• 1852: William Williams.
• 1853: John Batchelor, a Liberal mayor dubbed "Friend of Freedom".^[3]
• 1854: David Lewis.
• 1855: Charles Vachell.
• 1856: Sydney Dan Jenkins.
• 1857: Charles Crofts Williams.
• 1858: Charles Crofts Williams.
• 1859: William Alexander.
• 1860: Charles Williams David.
• 1861: John Bird^[2] or Charles Williams David.^[4]
• 1862: James Pride^[2] or John Bird.^[4]
• 1863: John Bird.
• 1864: James Pride.
• 1865: William Bradley Watkins.
• 1866: Charles Williams David.
• 1867: Richard Lewis Reece.
• 1868: Thomas Evans.
• 1869: Edward Whiffen.
• 1870: Charles Williams David.
• 1871: Charles Williams David.
• 1872: Henry Bowen.
• 1873: William Vachell.
• 1874: Daniel Jones.
• 1875: Daniel Jones.
• 1876: Joseph Elliott.
• 1877: William Taylor.
• 1878: Daniel Lewis.
• 1879: John MacConnochie.
• 1880: Rees Jones.
• 1881: Alfred Thomas^[2] or Sir Alfred Gaius Augustus Stone.^[4]
• 1882: Sir Alfred Gaius Augustus Stone.^[4]
• 1883: Robert Bird.
• 1884: Andrew Fulton.
• 1885: David Edgar Jones MD.^[4]
• 1886: Morgan Morgan.
• 1887: Thomas Windsor Jacobs.
• 1888: David Jones.
• 1889: William Sanders.
• 1890: John Patrick, Marquess of Bute.
• 1891: Thomas Rees.
• 1892: William Edmund Vaughan.
• 1893: William John Trounce.
• 1894: Patrick William Carey.
• 1895: Robert George, Baron Windsor.
• 1896: Ebenezer Beavan.
• 1897: Joseph Ramsdale.
• 1898: Thomas Morel^[2] or Thomas More.^[4]
• 1899: Samuel Arthur Brain, founder of Brains Brewery in 1882.^[5]
• 1900: Thomas Andrews.
• 1901: Frank John Beavan.^[6]
• 1902: Edward Thomas.
• 1903: John Jenkins.
• 1904: Robert Hughes.

Lord Mayors since 1905

• 1905: Robert Hughes, the sitting mayor who was (re)elected Lord Mayor in 1905.^[1]
• 1906: Sir William Smith Crossman (knighted while still in office).^[4]
• 1907: (Sir) Illtyd Thomas (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1908: Lewis Morgan.
• 1909: John Chappell.
• 1910: (Sir) Charles Hayward Bird (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1911: Sir John Wesley Courtis (knighted while still in office).^[4]
• 1912: Morgan Thomas.
• 1913: James Robinson.
• 1914: John Thomas Richards.
• 1915: Dr Robert James Smith.
• 1916: Joseph Stanfield.
• 1917: William Roberts.
• 1918: (Sir) Amos Child Kirk (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1919: George Frederick Forsdike.
• 1920: James Taylor.
• 1921: Francis Harold Turnbull.
• 1922: John James Edgerton Biggs.
• 1923: Sydney Osborne Jenkins.
• 1924: William Hampton Pethybridge.
• 1925: William Francis.
• 1926: William Grey.
• 1927: Arthur John Howell.
• 1928: (Sir) William Richard Williams (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1929: William Charles.
• 1930: Robert Gerard Hill-Snook.
• 1931: (Sir) Charles William Melhuish (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1932: Charles Fletcher Sanders.
• 1933: (Sir) Arthur Ernest Gough (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1934: John Donovan CBE, former docker and secretary for the South Wales and Monmouthshire Area of the TGWU.^[7]
• 1935: George Frederick Evans.
• 1936: Sir Herbert Hiles (knighted while still in office).^[4]
• 1937: Oliver Cuthbert Purnell.
• 1938: William Gough Howell.
• 1939: Henry Johns.
• 1940: Charles Henry McCale.
• 1941: James Hellyer.
• 1942: James Griffiths.
• 1943: Frederick Jones.
• 1944: Walter Howell Parker.
• 1945: Walter Robert Wills.
• 1946: George James Ferguson.
• 1947: Richard Gruffydd Robinson.
• 1948: Richard Gruffydd Robinson.
• 1949: Timothy James Kerrigan.
• 1950: George Williams.
• 1951: Robert Bevan.
• 1952: William Henry James Muston.
• 1953: Sir James Patrick Collins (knighted while still in office).^[4]
• 1954: George Llewellyn Ferrier.
• 1955: Frank Chapman.
• 1956: (Sir) Daniel Thomas Williams (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1957: John Hinds Morgan.
• 1958: Arthur James Williams.
• 1959: Helena Evans, Cardiff's first female Lord Mayor.^[8]
• 1960: Mary Dorothy Lewis.
• 1961: Edward Ewart Pearce.
• 1962: Clifford Arthur Bence.
• 1963: Charles Augustine Horwood.
• 1964: William John Hartland.
• 1965: Miriam Clarice Bryant.
• 1966: Herbert Edward Edmonds.
• 1967: Eric Charles Dolman, previously a first class cricketer.
• 1968: Sir James Reginald Lyons (knighted while still in office).^[4]
• 1969: (Sir) Adrian Lincoln Hallinan (knighted after leaving office).^[4]
• 1970: Thomas Ernest Merrells.
• 1971: Hugh Ferguson-Jones.
• 1972: Winifred Rachel Mathias.
• 1973: Gerald Alan Smith Turnbull.
• 1974: Albert Arthur Huish.
• 1975: Sir Charles Hallinan.
• 1976: John Iorwerth Jones.
• 1977: David C. Purnell.
• 1978: William Henry Carling.
• 1979: Bella Brown.
• 1980: John Charles Edwards.
• 1981: Ronald Frederick Watkiss.
• 1982: Philip Dunleavy (Labour), a retired post office worker.
• 1983: Olwen Mary Watkin.
• 1984: Albert William 'Bill' Buttle (Labour), a retired engine driver.^[9]
• 1985: Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards, also Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan 1990 to 2008.^[10]
• 1986: David Myfyr Evans.
• 1987: Julius Hermer.
• 1988: William Penry Herbert.
• 1989: Mary Elizabeth (Beti) Jones JP, the first Girl Guide Lord Mayor of Cardiff.
• 1990: John Smith.
• 1991: Jeffrey Sainsbury.
• 1992: Derek Allinson.
• 1993: Victor Riley.
• 1994: Ricky Ormonde.
• 1995: Timothy Davies.
• 1996: John Phillips.
• 1997: Max Phillips.
• 1998: Marion Drake.
• 1999: Russell Goodway (Labour). From 1999 council elections, the Leader of the council was nominated as Lord Mayor for the lifetime of the council.^[4]
• 2000: Russell Goodway.
• 2001: Russell Goodway.
• 2002: Russell Goodway.
• 2003: Gordon Houlston (Labour). From 2003 election, reverted to annual appointment of Lord Mayor.^[4]
• 2004: Jacqui Gasson, the city's first Liberal Democrat Lord Mayor.
• 2005: Freda Salway (Liberal Democrat).^[11]
• 2006: Gareth Neale (Conservative).
• 2007: Gill Bird (Labour).
• 2008: Kate Lloyd (Liberal Democrat).
• 2009: Brian Griffiths (Conservative).
• 2010: Keith Hyde (Liberal Democrat).
• 2011: Delme Bowen, the city's first Plaid Cymru Lord Mayor.
• 2012: Derrick Morgan, from 27 September 2012 - between May and September 2012 the position of Lord Mayor was unfilled, while the new Labour council attempted to split the responsibilities of the mayor between two councillors. Cllr Cerys Furlong filled the traditional mayoral role of Chair of the Council during this period.^[12]
• 2013: Derrick Morgan (Labour).^[13]
• 2014: Margaret Jones
• 2015: David Walker ^[14]

Fictional mayors of Cardiff

• Margaret Blaine - featured in the BBC TV series, Doctor Who, first broadcast in 2005. Blaine is actually an alien taking on a human appearance as the mayor of Cardiff. She is played by the English actor, Annette Badland.^[15]

See also

• Cardiff Council
• Mayors in Wales

References

1. Lord Mayor - A History, Cardiff Council webpages, last update 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
2. Mayors and other secular officials, British History Online, information reproduced from Cardiff Records: Volume 5 edited by John Hobson Matthews (1905) pp. 508-548. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
3. David James Friend of freedom facing capture, South Wales Echo, 18 January 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
4. LORDMAYORS OF CARDIFF.pdf (accessed at Lord Mayor - A History), Cardiff Council website www.cardiff.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
5. The Beginning, Brains website. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
6. "Election of Mayors" The Times (London). Monday, 11 November 1901. (36609), p. 7.
7. "Son of evicted farmer who became Lord Mayor of Cardiff", The Southern Star, 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
8. Brian Lee 100 facts you (probably) didn't know about Cardiff, Expats Newsletter, Wales Online. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
9. Phillip Nifield Former Cardiff Lord Mayor dies, South Wales Echo, 6 March 2003. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
10. Hats off as Queen's man retires, BBC News, 13 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
11. Phillip Nifield I WANT TO BE THE PEOPLE'S LORD MAYOR.., South Wales Echo, 26 April 2005. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
12. Law, Peter (20 September 2012). "Cardiff to get Lord Mayor again after Labour council U-turn". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
13. Peter Law (13 March 2013) "Lord Mayor Councillor Derrick Morgan to hold his role for another year", YourCardiff (Media Wales). Retrieved 2013-11-28.
14. "The Lord Mayor of the City of Cardiff". Cardiff City Council. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
15. Boom Town, BBC Coventry, 6 June 2005. Retrieved 2012-01-01.

External links

• The Lord Mayor (Cardiff Council webpage)