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and Lord Mayor
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s of Manchester
Manchester
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in the North West

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of England.

1838–1892

o.	Sir Thomas Potter Thomas Potter (Mayor of Manchester) Thomas Potter, was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.-Early life:Born in April 1774 the seventh of nine children of draper John Potter and his wife Anne Hartley. He was born at Tadcaster, Yorkshire.-Personal life:...	1838–1840	2	father of Sir John Potter, who was Mayor 1848–1851.
2	William Neil	1840–1842	2
3	James Kershaw	1842–1843	1
4	Alexander Kay	1843–1845	2
5	William Benjamin Watkins	1845–1846	1
6	Sir Elkanah Armitage Elkanah Armitage Sir Elkanah Armitage DL was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.-Early life:He was born the third of six sons of Elkanah Armitage, a farmer and linen weaver from Failsworth, Lancashire...	1846–1848	2
7	Sir John Potter John Potter (Liberal politician) Sir John Potter was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.- Early life :John was born in April 1815 at Polefield near Prestwich, Lancashire. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Potter and his second wife, Esther née Bayley...	1848–1851	3	son of Sir Thomas Potter, who was Mayor 1838–1840.
8	Robert Barnes	1851–1853	2
9	Benjamin Nicholls	1853–1855	2
10	Sir James Watts	1855–1857	2
11	Ivie Mackie	1857–1860	3
12	Matthew Curtis Matthew Curtis Matthew Curtis was an industrialist and civic leader in Manchester. He was Mayor of Manchester three times.Born in Manchester in 1807, Curtis was initially apprenticed to the firm of Joseph Chessborough Dyer, subsequently becoming foreman, and then succeeding in 1836 to the ownership of Dyer's...	1860–1861	1
13	Thomas Goadsby	1861–1862	1
14	Abel Heywood Abel Heywood Abel Heywood was an English publisher, radical and mayor of Manchester.-Early life:Heywood was born into a poor family in Prestwich, who moved to Manchester after Heywood's father died in 1812. Abel obtained a basic education at the Anglican Bennett Street School, and at the age of nine started... (1st time)	1862–1863	1
15	John Marsland Bennett	1863–1865	2
16	William Bowker	1865–1866	1
17	Robert Neill	1866–1868	2
18	John Grave	1868–1871	3
19	William Booth	1871–1873	2
20	Alfred Watkin	1873–1874	1
21	John King	1874–1875	1
22	Matthew Curtis Matthew Curtis Matthew Curtis was an industrialist and civic leader in Manchester. He was Mayor of Manchester three times.Born in Manchester in 1807, Curtis was initially apprenticed to the firm of Joseph Chessborough Dyer, subsequently becoming foreman, and then succeeding in 1836 to the ownership of Dyer's...	1875–1876	1
23	Abel Heywood Abel Heywood Abel Heywood was an English publisher, radical and mayor of Manchester.-Early life:Heywood was born into a poor family in Prestwich, who moved to Manchester after Heywood's father died in 1812. Abel obtained a basic education at the Anglican Bennett Street School, and at the age of nine started... (2nd time)	1876–1877	1
24	Charles Sydney Grundy	1877–1879	2
25	Henry Patteson	1879–1880	1
26	Sir Thomas Baker	1880–1882	2
27	John Hopkinson	1882–1883	1
28	Philip Goldschmidt (1st time)	1883–1884	1
29	Sir John James Harwood (1st time)	1884–1885	1
30	Philip Goldschmidt (2nd time)	1885–1886	1
31	Matthew Curtis Matthew Curtis Matthew Curtis was an industrialist and civic leader in Manchester. He was Mayor of Manchester three times.Born in Manchester in 1807, Curtis was initially apprenticed to the firm of Joseph Chessborough Dyer, subsequently becoming foreman, and then succeeding in 1836 to the ownership of Dyer's...	1886–1887	1
32	Sir John James Harwood (2nd time)	1887–1888	2
33	William Batty	1888–1889	1
34	Sir John Mark	1889–1891	2	The first Mayor of the County Borough.
35	Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech	1891–1892	1

19th century

o.		o.	Bart. Baronet A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...	1907–1909	2
13	Sir Charles Behrens	1909–1911	2
14	Sir Samuel Walter Royse	1911–1913	2
15	Sir Daniel McCabe, DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1913–1915	2
16	Arthur George Copeland	1915–1916	1
17	Sir Thomas Smethhurst	1916–1917	1
18	Sir Alexander Porter	1917–1918	1
19	John Makeague	1918–1919	1
20	Sir William Kay, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior.... . (1st time)	1919	1
21	Tom Fox, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1919–1920	1
22	Sir William Kay, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior.... . (2nd time)	1920–1921	1
23	Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	1921–1922	1	knighted in 1932, created Baron Simon of Wythenshawe in 1947.
24	Sir William Cundiff	1922–1923	1
25	William Turner Jackson	1923–1924	1
26	Sir Frederick Joseph West, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior.... , GBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1924–1925	1
27	Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior.... , CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1925–1926	1
28	James Henry Swales	1926–1927	1
29	Sir William Davy, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....	1927–1928	1
30	Lt-Col George Westcott, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1928–1929	1
31	Sir Robert Noton Barclay Robert Noton Barclay Sir Robert Noton Barclay was an English export shipping merchant and banker and a Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:... , Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....	1929–1930	1
32	George Frank Titt	1930–1931	1
33	Ellis Green	1931–1932	1
34	Sir William Walker, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....	1932–1933	1
35	Joseph Binns, MBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1933–1934	1
36	Samuel Woollam	1934–1935	1
37	Thomas Stone Williams	1935–1936	1
38	Joseph Toole Joseph Toole (British politician) Joseph Toole was a British Labour politician.Toole was born in 1887, and was the eldest of thirteen children. He began working at the age of 12 as a street scavenger in Manchester by day and as a newspaper vendor by night. He subsequently had various jobs, before establishing his own stationery...	1936–1937	1
39	Joseph Crookes Grimes, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1937–1938	1
40	Sir William Kay, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior.... . (3rd time)	1938	1
41	Elijah John Hart	1938–1939	1
42	George Harold White	1939–1940	1
43	Robert Griffith Edwards	1940–1941	1
44	Wright Robinson	1941–1942	1
45	John Septimus Hill	1942–1943	1
46	Leonard Bramwell Cox	1943–1944	1
47	William Philip Jackson	1944–1945	1
48	Hugh Lee	1945–1946	1
49	Thomas Henry Adams	1946–1947	1
50	Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, DBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1947–1949	2
51	Robert Moss,	1949–1950	1
52	Colonel Samuel Percy Dawson, CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... , MM Military Medal The Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land.... , TD Territorial Decoration The Territorial Decoration was a medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army... , DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1950–1951	1
53	William Collingson, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1951–1952	1
54	Douglas Gosling	1952–1953	1
55	Abraham Moss	1953–1954	1
56	Sir Richard Harper, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....	1954–1955	1
57	Tom Regan	1955–1956	1
58	Harry Sharp	1956–1957	1
59	Sir Lesle Lever MP Leslie Lever, Baron Lever Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick from 1950 to 1970, when he retired. Subsequently, he was given a life peerage as Baron Lever, of Ardwick in the City of Manchester in 1975.He was educated at Manchester Grammar...	1957–1958	1	created Baron Lever in 1975.
60	James Edward Fitzsimons	1958–1959	1
61	Harold Quinney, DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1959–1960	1
62	Arthur Donovan	1960–1961	1
63	Sir Lionel Biggs, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....	1961–1962	1
64	Sir Robert Thomas, Kt Knight A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior.... , DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1962–1963	1
65	Robert Carr Rogers, CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1963–1964	1
66	Dr William Chadwick	1964–1965	1
67	Bernard Sydney Langton, CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1965–1966	1
68	Nellie Beer, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... , DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1966–1967	1
69	Dame Elizabeth Yarwood, DBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... , DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1967–1968	1
70	Harold Stockdale	1968–1969	1
71	Neil Gowanloch Westbrook	1969–1970	1
72	William Atkinson Downward, DL Deputy Lieutenant In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....	1970–1971	1
73	Douglas John Edwards	1971–1972	1
74	Edward Grant	1972–1973	1
75	Kenneth Collis	1973–1974	1	opened T1 Manchesrer Airport and also given an OBE in 1992
76	F. J. Balcombe, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...	1974–1975	1	The first Lord Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough
77	Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Kathleen Ollerenshaw Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, née Timpson, DBE is a British mathematician and politician. Deaf since the age of eight, she loved doing arithmetic problems as a child. As a young woman, she attended St Leonards School and Sixth Form College in St Andrews, Scotland where today the house of young...	1975–1976	1
78	Kenneth Franklin	1976–1977	1
79	Robert Crawford	1977–1978	1
80	Trevor Thomas	1978–1979	1
81	G.W.G. Fitzsimons	1979–1980	1
82	Winnie Smith	1980–1981	1
83	Hugh Lee	1981–1982	1	Son of Hugh Lee (Lord Mayor 1945 - 1946)
84	Clifford Tomlinson	1982–1983	1
85	Dr M. J. Taylor	1983–1984	1	Son of Dr Joe Taylor, Founder and first chairman of the Greater Manchester Council
86	Harold Tucker Harold Tucker Harold Tucker was Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, from 1984-1985. He was born in Willesden Green, London, and joined the Royal Air Force as a young man.During his year in office, he met Queen Elizabeth several times at Buckingham Palace, flew Concorde and met world leaders. He was the last...	1984–1985	1
87	Kenneth Strath	1985–1986	1
88	Kathleen Robinson	1986–1987	1
89	Eileen Kelly	1987–1988	1
90	Patricia Conquest	1988–1989	1
91	Yomi Mambu	1989–1990	1
92	John Gilmore	1990–1991	1
93	George Chadwick	1991–1992	1
94	William Egerton	1992–1993	1
95	William T Risby	1993–1994	1
96	Sheila Smith	1994–1995	1
97	Joyce Keller	1995–1996	1
98	Derek Shaw	1996–1997	1
99	Gerry Carroll	1997–1998	1
100	Gordon Conquest	1998–1999	1
101	Tony Burns	1999–2000	1

21st century

o.	Refs
102	Hugh Barrett	2000–2001	1
103	John Smith	2001–2002	1
104	Roy Walters, BEM British Empire Medal The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service, usually known as the British Empire Medal , is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown... , JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...	2002–2003	1
105	Audrey Jones Audrey Jones Audrey Jones was a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. Jones is a former Lord Mayor, and the 105th Lord Mayor of Manchester during the period 2003–2004.-References:... , JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...	2003–2004	1
106	Tom O'Callaghan	2004–2005	1
107	Mohammed Afzal Khan M. Afzal Khan M. Afzal Khan is a Labour Party politician in the City of Manchester. He is a councillor in the Cheetham ward.Councillor Khan was the youngest, and first Asian and Muslim, Lord Mayor of Manchester from 2005 to 2006....	2005–17 May 2006	1
108	James Ashley James Ashley (politician) James Ashley was a Liberal Democrat politician in the City of Manchester, England. He was the Lord Mayor of Manchester, and a councillor in the Gorton South ward.-Personal life:...	17 May 2006–12 August 2006	1	Died in office.
109	David Sandiford	11 October 2006–16 May 2007	1
110	Glynn Evans	16 May 2007–14 May 2008	1
111	Mavis Smitheman	14 May 2008–13 May 2009	1
112	Alison Firth	13 May 2009	1
113	Mark Hackett	19 May 2010	1
114	Harry Lyons	18 May 2011 (Incumbent)	1	Current Lord Mayor

External links

The Lord Mayor's Office

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