Mayor of Gloucester

The Mayor of Gloucester is the first citizen of the City of Gloucester and acts as Chair of the Council. The Mayor represents the Council and the City at civic, ceremonial and community events both inside the City boundaries and elsewhere.

The first recorded Mayor of Gloucester was Richard the Burgess, who derived his authority from a royal order in 1228. No further use of the title is recorded until the Letters Patent of Richard III in October 1483, whereby the burgesses of Gloucester were given the right to elect their first mayor. The first mayor to be so elected was John Trye.

The following were mayors of Gloucester, England:

• 1511–12:Thomas Porter, MP for Gloucester, 1515 ^[1]
• 1513 and 1522:Thomas Telowe or Taylowe^[2]
• 1524–25:John Rawlins, MP for Gloucester, 1529.^[3]
• 1536–37:Thomas Bell, MP for Gloucester, 1545, 1547, 1553 and 1554 ^[4]
• 1543–44:Thomas Bell
• 1546–47:Thomas Loveday, MP for Gloucester, 1553 and 1554^[5]
• 1553–54:Thomas Bell
• 1555–56:Thomas Loveday
• 1565–66:Thomas Semys, MP for Gloucester, 1572 ^[6]
• 1569–70:William Massinger, MP for Gloucester, 1554, 1555 and 1571 ^[7]
• 1578–79:Thomas Semys
• 1579–80:Thomas Machen, MP for Gloucester, 1614 ^[8]
• 1585–86:William Massinger
• 1588–89:Thomas Machen
• 1597–98:John Jones, MP for Gloucester, 1604 ^[9]
• 1598–99:Christopher Caple, MP for Gloucester, 1625 and 1626 ^[10]
• 1599–1600:Thomas Semys
• 1601–02:Thomas Machen
• 1610–11:John Browne, MP for Gloucester six times from 1614 to 1628. ^[11]
• 1618–19:John Jones
• 1625–26:John Jones
• 1629–30:Anthony Robinson, MP for Gloucester, 1621 and 1624
• 1637–38:William Singleton, MP for Gloucester, 1640
• 1645–46:Laurence Singleton, MP for Gloucester, 1659
• 1649–50:James Stephens, MP for Gloucester, 1656, 1659 and 1660 ^[12]
• 1651–52:William Singleton
• 1653–54:Thomas Pury, MP for Gloucester, 1640–1659
• 1675–76:William Selwyn, Governor of Jamaica, 1702
• 1692–93:Robert Payne, MP for Gloucester, 1695 ^[13]
• 1703–04:Robert Payne
• 1727–28:John Selwyn, MP for Gloucester, 1734-51 ^[14]
• 1734–35:John Selwyn ^[14]
• 1736–37:Charles Selwyn, MP for Gloucester, 1728-34 ^[15]
• 1770–71:John Webb, MP for Gloucester, 1780–95 ^[16]
• 1776–77:John Webb
• 1786–87:John Webb
• 1902: Councillor Bland^[17]
• 1932–33:W. L. Edwards
• 1933–34:Theodore Hannam-Clarke
• 1965–66:Lilian Embling, first woman mayor
• 1971-72:Keith Fisher

21st century

• 2000–01:
• 2001–02:Workman
• 2003–04:
• 2004–05:Geraldene Gillespie
• 2005–06:Lise Noakes
• 2006–07:Sue Blakeley
• 2007–08:Harjit Singh Gill, first Asian mayor
• 2009–10:Chris Witts
• 2010–11:Jan Lugg
• 2011–12:Andy Lewis
• 2012–13:David Brown
• 2013–14:Chris Chatterton
• 2014–15:Deb Llewellyn
• 2015–16:Sebastian Field ^[18]

References

1. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/porter-thomas-1482-1522
2. https://books.google.ca/books?id=IG9bAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=%22Thomas+Telowe%22&source=bl&ots=m3XIZoCcU6&sig=Z_d_Nq0zOicIb6XbfVrutP0cTRA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r8odVce7FYKpogTT34HABQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Tayloe&f=false
3. RAWLINS, John (by 1493-1532), of Gloucester. | History of Parliament Online
4. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bell-thomas-148586-1566
5. LOVEDAY, Thomas (by 1513-58), of Gloucester. | History of Parliament Online
6. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/semys-thomas-1603
7. "MASSINGER, William (1514/15-93/94), of Gloucester.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
8. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/machen-thomas-1540-1614
9. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/jones-john-1630
10. "CAPELL, Christopher (c.1559-1626), of Gloucester, Glos.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
11. "BROWNE, John I (c.1575-1638), of Gloucester and Churcham, Glos.". History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
12. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/stephens-james-1683
13. "PAYNE, Robert (c.1630-1713), of Gloucester". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
14. "SELWYN, John (1688-1751), of Matson, Glos.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
15. "SELWYN, Charles (1689-1749), of West Sheen, Surr.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
16. "WEBB, John (?1730-95), of Norton Court, nr. Gloucester". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
17. "Court Circular" The Times (London). Friday, 30 May 1902. (36781), p. 10.
18. "The Mayor and the Sheriff". Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 15 December 2015.