List of mayors of Norwich

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This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Norwich.

Joseph Clover – Portrait of Crisp Brown, Mayor of Norwich 1817, Norfolk Museums Collections

Norwich had elected a mayor since 1403 when a Charter of Henry IV allowed the Freemen of the city to elect Councillors, Aldermen, Sheriffs and a Mayor serving for one year. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent in 1910 "in view of the position occupied by that city as the chief city of East Anglia and of its close association with his Majesty".[1] When Norwich became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.[2]

Mayors of Norwich

Source (1900–2013): Norwich City Council[3][4]

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Year Portrait Name Notes
1403–04 William AppleyardFirst Mayor of Norwich. MP for Norwich, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1388, 1390, 1395, 1397, 1402, 1416 and 1419
1408–09 Edmund Warner[5]Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1401
1414–15 John Bixley[6]Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1419
1421–22 William Sedman[7]MP for Norwich, 1413, 1414, 1416
1424–25 Robert Baxter[8]Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421
1429–30 Robert BaxterMercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421
1435, 1440, 1452 and 1458 Robert ToppesMP for Norwich
1481 and 1492 Robert Aylmer[9]Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1471, Alderman of Norwich in 1480
1511 Richard Aylmer[10]Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1501
1515–16 John Clerke[11]Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512
1520–21 John ClerkeMercer. MP for Norwich, 1512
1521–22 Edward Rede[12]MP for Norwich, 1529
1531–32 Edward Rede[13]MP for Norwich, 1529
1532–33 Reginald Lytilprowe[14]MP for Norwich, 1529
1534–35 Augustine Steward (painting from c. 1560s in St Andrews Hall, Norwich)Augustine Steward[15]MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547
1539–40 Nicholas Sotherton[16][17]Alderman and grocer of Norwich[18]
1542–43 William Rogers[19]MP for Norwich, 1542
1543–44 Edward Rede[20]MP for Norwich, 1529
1545–46 Robert Rugge[21]MP for Norwich, 1545
1546–47 Augustine Steward (painting from c. 1560s in St Andrews Hall, Norwich)Augustine Steward[22]MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547
1547-48 Robert Leech[23]
1548-49 Edmond Wood[23] Died in office
1548-49 William Rogers[23]
1549-50 Thomas Codde[23]
1550–51 Robert Rugge[24]MP for Norwich, 1545
1551-52 Richard Davy[23]
1552-53 Thomas Cook[23]
1553-54 Henry Crooke[23]
1554–55 Thomas Marsham[25]MP for Norwich, 1553
1555-56 Felix Puttock[23] died in office
1555-56 Thomas Codde[23]
1556–57 Augustine Steward (painting from c. 1560s in St Andrews Hall, Norwich)Augustine Steward[26]MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547
1557-58 Henry Bacon[23]
1558–59 John Aldrich[27]MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572
1559-60 Richard Fletcher[23]
1560–61 Robert Michell[28]MP for Norwich, 1563
1561-62 William Mingay[23]
1562-63 William Ferrour[23]
1563-64 Richard Davy[23]
1564-65 Nicholas Norgate[23]
1565–66 Thomas Sotherton[29]MP for Norwich, 1558, 1559
1566-67 Henry Bacon[23]
1567-68 Thomas Whall[23]
1568–69 Thomas Parker[30]MP for Norwich, 1563
1569-70 Robert Wood[23][31]
1570–71 John Aldrich[32]MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572
1571-72 Thomas Greene[23]
1572–73 Robert Suckling[33]Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586
1573-74 Christopher Soam[23]
1574-75 Thomas Peck[23]
1575-76 William Ferrour[23]
1576–77 Thomas Layer[34]Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1586
1577-78 Thomas Culley[23]
1578-79 Sir Robert Wood[23][31]
1579–80 Simon Bowde[35]MP for Norwich, 1584
1580-81 Christopher Soam[23]
1581–82 Christopher Layer[36]Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597
1582–83 Robert Suckling[37]Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586
1583–84 Thomas Gleane[38]Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589
1584-85 John Suckling[23]
1585-86 Thomas Layer[23]
1586-87 Thomas Peck[23]
1587–88 Francis Rugge[39]Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589
1588-89 Simon Bowde[23]
1589–90 Christopher LayerGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597
1590-91 Thomas Pettus[23]
1591–92 Robert Yarham[40]MP for Norwich, 1593
1592–93 Thomas Gleane[38]Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589
1593-94 Clement Hyrne[23]
1594-95 Christopher Soam[23]
1595-96 Thomas Layer[23]
1596-97 Richard Ferrour[23]
1597-98 Thomas Pye[23]
1598-99 Francis Rugge[23]
1599-1600 Roger Weld[23]
1600–01 Alexander Thurston[41]MP for Norwich, 1601
1601-02 John Tesmond[23]
1602 Thomas Gleane (disputed)[38]Gleane was elected in 1602, but the election was disputed.[n1 1][38]
1602-03 Francis Rugge[23]
1603-04 Thomas Lane[23]
1604–05 Thomas Hyrne[42]Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626
1605–06 Thomas Sotherton[43]MP for Norwich, 1597
1606-07 Joshua Culley[23]
1607-08 George Downing[23]
1608–09 Portrait of Sir John Pettus, Knt (4671776)John Pettus[44]MP for Norwich, 1601, 1604
1609–10 Thomas HyrneGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626
1610–11 Roger Ramsey
1611–12 Thomas Anguish
1612–13 Thomas Blosse
1613–14 George Cocke
1614–15 Thomas Pettus
1615–16 Peter Gleane[45]MP for Norwich, 1628
1616–17 Sir Thomas HyrneGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626
1618–19 Richard Rosse[46]MP for Norwich, 1621
1621–22 George BirchGrocer and Apothecary
1624–25 Robert Debney[47]MP for Norwich, 1628
1652–53 William Barnham[48]Hosier. MP for Norwich, 1659, 1660
1657–58 Christopher Jay[49]MP for Norwich, 1661
1660 Sir Joseph Payne[50][51]Monument in St Gregory Pottergate, Norwich
1670–71 Augustine Briggs 1678–1683Augustine Briggs[52]MP for Norwich, 1678
1681–82 Hugh Bokenham[53]MP for Norwich, 1690
1685–86 Francis Gardiner[54]MP for Norwich, 1695
1691–92 Thomas Blofield[55]MP for Norwich, 1689
1694–95 John Ward[56]MP for Norwich, 1694
1700–01 Edward Clarke[57]MP for Norwich, 1701
John Hall
John Atkinson
John Freeman
1704 William Blyth
Peter Thacker
William Cooke
Peter Seaman
Thomas Havers
Matthew Nall
1710–11 Robert Bene[58]MP for Norwich, 1710
William Cockman
John Goose
Nicholas Helwys
1714–15 John NormanLocal farmer, landowner and brewer
1727
John Harvey[59]
1734 Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - Sir Philip Meadows (1626–1718) - R.1966-61 - Colchester and Ipswich Museums ServicePhilip MeadowsWorsted manufacturer [60][61]
1735 Thomas Vere[62]MP for Norwich, 1735
1737 John Spurrell[63]Sheriff 1728, mayor 1737, alderman of South Conisford Ward for nearly 40 years
1755 Peter Colombine (1755) by Charles Stoppelaer PCF1192Pierre de Colombine[64]Worsted manufacturer, Sheriff of Norwich 1751
1759 Nockold Tompson[65]Brewer
1774 James Crowesurgeon[66]
1781 John MorseBrewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779
1788 John Patteson[67]MP for Norwich, 1806
1797 James CroweSurgeon[66]
1803 John MorseBrewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779
1819-20 Nathaniel BolingbrokeFounder of Bolingbroke & Co
1823 John Staniforth PattesonBrewer
1824 Thomas Thurtell[68]Father of John Thurtell
1828–29 Thomas Thurtell[69]
1833–34 Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1838-39 John MarshallDry salter, oil and gum dealer. Sheriff of Norwich 1834-35[70]
1846–47 Jeremiah Colman (1771-1851) who began the milling of mustard at Magdalen Gate, Norwich, in 1804. J. &J. Colman is named after Jeremiah and his nephew James.Jeremiah ColmanMiller. Founder of Colman's Mustard
1848–49 Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1849–50 Henry WoodcockDental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39[71]
1850–51 Henry WoodcockDental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39[71]
1853–54 Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1859–60 Jacob Henry TillettSolicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880
1860–61 W. J. Utten Browne
1861–62 John Oddin Taylor
1862–63 Henry Stanley Patteson
1863–64 Osborn Springfield
1864–65 Charles Edward Tuck
1865-66 W.P. Nichols Prominent Norwich surgeon. Liberal
1866–67 Frederick Elwin Watson[72]
1867–68 Sir Jeremiah James Colman 1830-1898, a great-nephew of the founder. Under his leadership the expansion of the firm took place from a single mill to a works employing over 3,000 people.Jeremiah James ColmanMP for Norwich, 1871
1868–69 Edward Kerrison Harvey
1869–1870 Augustus Frederick Coke Bollingbroke[73]
1870–71 Frederick Elwin Watson[74]
1872–73 Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1873–74 Samuel Gurney Buxtonof The Hall, Catton, Norfolk
1875–76 Jacob Henry TillettSolicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880
1876–77 Richard Coller[75]
1877–78 Joseph De Carle Smith[76]
1878–80 Harry BullardBrewer
1883-84 Sir Peter Eade
1885-86 John Gurney[77]
1886–87 Harry BullardBrewer
1891–92 1911 George ChamberlinGeorge Moore ChamberlinStore owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926
1893-94 Sir Peter Eade
1894–95 William Blake Richmond (1842-1921) - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Edward Bignold - NWHCM , 1951.9 , F - Norfolk Museums CollectionsCharles Edward Bignold[78]
1895 (May-Nov) Sir Peter Eade
1895–96 John Moore
1896–97 Sir Charles Rackham GilmanKnighted 1897
1897–98 Clement Charles Rix Spelman
1898–99 George Henry Morse
1899–1900 James William Clabburn
1900–01 Joseph John Dawson-Paul[79]
1901–02 Russell James Colman[79]
1902–03 Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Harvey[80][79]
1903–04 Geoffrey Fowell Buxton[79]
1904–05 Henry Zachariah Thompson Flowers[79]
1905–06 Edward Thomas Boardman[79]Architect[81]
1906–07 William Robert Crow Howlett[79]
1907–08 Edmund Gurney Buxton[79]High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1922
1908–09 Walter Rye[79]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    The city assembly had decided in 1598 that no one was to be mayor more than twice, and that nine years had to elapse between the two periods of office. Gleane had already been twice mayor of Norwich, in 1583–84 and 1592–93. The validity of the election was referred to the Lord Chief Justice and the learned counsel of the city, but Gleane died later that year.

Lord mayors of Norwich

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Year Portrait Name Notes
1909–10 Ernest Egbert Blyth (1857–1934), Last Mayor & First Lord Mayor of Norwich (1910), by William OrpenErnest Egbert Blyth[79]
1910–11 Sir Eustace Gurney[79]of Sprowston Hall
1911–12 Henry John Copeman[79]
1912–13 Arthur Michael Samuel[79]created Baron Mancroft 1937
1913–14 James Arthur Porter[79]
1914–15 Dr John Gordon Gordon-Munn[79]Psychiatrist at Heigham Hall
1915–16 Edwin Batterbee Southwell[79]
1916–17 1911 George ChamberlinGeorge Moore Chamberlin[79]Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926
1917–18 Richard Jewson[79]
1918–19 1911 George ChamberlinSir George Moore Chamberlin[79]Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926
1919–20 George Green[79]
1920–21 Lieutenant Colonel Granville John B Duff[79]
1921–22 Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes[79]
1922–23 Sir George Henry Morse[79]Brewer
1923–24 Ethel M. Colman LCCN2014716692Ethel Mary Colman[79]
1924–25 George Stevens Pope[79]Psychiatrist at Heigham Hall
1925–26 Thomas Glover[79]
1926–27 Sir Charles Robert Bignold[79]
1927–28 Herbert Witard[79]
1928–28 Herbert P Gowen[79]
1929–30 Harry Harper-Smith[79]
1930–31 Mabel Maria Clarkson[79]
1931–32 Sir George Ernest White[79]
1932–33 Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes[79]
1933–34 Frederick C Jex[79]
1934–35 Percy William Jewson[79]Businessman and MP for Great Yarmouth (1941–45)
1935–36 Walter Alfred Riley[79]
1936–37 Herbert Frazer[79]
1937–38 Charles Frederick Watling[79]
1938–39 Percy Edward Curl[79]
1939–40 James Frederick (Fred) Henderson[79]Socialist writer
1940–41 Bernard James Hanly[79]
1941–42 James Henry Barnes[79]
1942–43 Arthur J Cleveland[79]
1943–44 William James Finch[79]
1944–45 Edward Frank Williamson[79]
1945–46 Sidney Albert Bailey[79]
1946–47 William Oliver Copeman[79]
Nov 1947 – May 1949 Walter Gibbard Cutbush[79]
May 1949–50 Alfred Ernest Baines[79]
1950–51 Ruth Elsie Hardy[79]
1951–52 Eric John Sidney Hinde[79]
1952–53 William Ernest Walker[79]
1953–54 Ralph Hale Mottram in 1925Ralph Hale Mottram[79]
1954–55 Horace Allen[79]
1955–56 Ian Dunbar Dickson[79]
1956–57 Sir Arthur South[79]
1957–58 Thomas Christopher Eaton[79]
1958–59 Norman Reeve Tillett[79]
1959–60 Michael Waldo Boone Bulman[79]
1960–61 Alfred E Nichols[79]
1961–62 Richard Quinton Gurney[79]
1962–63 Andrew Ryrie[79]
1963–64 Leonard Arthur Howes[79]
1964–65 Sydney W W Clapham[79]
1965–66 Charles Boardman Jewson[79]
1966–67 Harry Perry[79]
1967–68 Cecil Harry Sutton[79]
1968–69 Edward Albert Gambling[79]
1969–70 Jessie Ruby Griffiths[79]
1970–71 Herbert John Jarrold[79]
1971–72 Donald M Pratt[79]
1972–73 Richard B. Seabrook[79]
1973–74 Robert J Symonds[79]
1974–75 William A J Spear[79]
1975–76 Joyce L Morgan[79]
1976–77 Raymond C Frostick[79]
1977–78 Ralph W Roe[79]
1978–79 Dr J Peter English[79]
1979–80 Valerie Guttsman[79]
1980–89 Eric Hartley[79]
1981–82 Alan R Driver[79]
1982–83 L George Richards[79]
1983–84 Leonard A Stevenson[79]
1984–85 Stanley B Petersen[79]
1985–86 Barbara E E Stevenson[79]
1986–87 Jill B Miller[79]
1987–88 Garry S Wheatley[79]
1988–89 David Bradford[79]
1989–90 David Fullman[79]
1990–91 Bernard N Smith[79]
1991–92 Philip Moore[79]
1992–92 Arthur V Clare[79]
1993–94 Roy Durrant[79]
1994–95 Brenda Ferris-Rampley[79]
1995–96 Lila D Cooper[79]
1996–97 Rory E N Quinn[79]
1997–98 Harry W Watson[79]
1998–99 Derek F J Wood[79]
1999–2000 Douglas C Underwood[79]
2000–01 Ron Borrett[79]
2001–02 Keith Ratcliffe[79]
2002–03 Derek F J Wood[79]
2003–04 Chris Southgate[79]
2004–05 Joyce Climie Divers[79]
2005–06 Michael John Banham[79]
2006–07 Felicity E Hartley[79]
2007–08 Roy George Blower[79]
2008–09 Jeremy Nigel Hooke[79]
2009–10 Evelyn J Collishaw[79]
2010–11 Tom Dylan[79]
2011–12 Jennifer Susan Lay[79]
2012–13 Ralph Gayton[79]
2013–14 Keith Driver[79]
2014–15 Judith Lubbock[79]
2015–16 Brenda Arthur[79]
2016–17 Marion Maxwell[79]
2017–18 David Fullman[79]Second term (see 1989)
2018–19 Martin Schmierer[79]
2019–21 Vaughan Thomas[82][79]Terms extended to two years due to deferred elections (COVID-19)
2021–23 Dr Kevin Maguire[82][79]
2023–24 James Wright[79]
2024–25 Vivien Thomas[79]
2025–26 Paul Kendrick[79]
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