Mayor of Bath Incumbent
since 2023
Style The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bath Member of Charter Trustees of the City of Bath Appointer Charter Trustees of the City of Bath Term length One municipal year Formation 1189 Deputy Bharat Pankhania Website Official website
The Mayor of Bath is a ceremonial post held by a member of the charter trustees of Bath , elected annually by the trustees of the city.
In 1189, Richard I of England granted a charter to the city of Bath establishing a mayor, with the first recorded mayor being John de Porta in 1230. In 1590 a Royal Charter of Incorporation was issued confirming the city's status of a corporate body of Mayor, Alderman and Citizens. The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , reformed the old closed Corporation and made it a modern elected body. In 1888 Bath became a County Borough. When local government was restructured through the Local Government Act 1972 , Bath was restructed as a district council within the County of Avon . Until further local government re-organisation in 1996, the role of mayor was held by the chairman of Bath City Council , since the creation of Bath and North East Somerset Council the role has been held by the chairman of the Charter Trustees of the City of Bath.
The current mayor for the municipal year beginning 3 June 2024 is Michelle O'Doherty, who is the 797th mayor.[ 1]
13th century
1230: John de Porta
1237: Henry le Tayleur
1249: Walter Falc / Sir Henry Tailor (Cissor)
1262: Henry the Tailor
1277: Henry Tailor
1279: Nicholas Biscop
1280: John de Cumbe / William Scleht / Henry Tailor (Cissor)
1283: Richard Tabernarius / Richard Everard
1284: Thomas Sweyn
1285: William Cook (Cocus) / Roger de Dichegate / Nicholas Clerk (Clerico) / Stephen de Devyses / John de Cumbe / Richard Everard / Gilbert Taylor
1286: Gilbert Cissor
1290: Stephen Baker / Henry Tailor (Cissor)
1291: Stephen de Devyses
1293: John le Taylor / William Scuel / William Cook (Cocus) / Peter le Brevitor
1295: Peter le Brevitor
1296: Thomas Sweyn
1299: William Cook (Cocus)
1300: William Cook / John le Veniur / John Cole
14th century
1302: Peter le Brevitor / William Scuel
1304: William Cook
1307: Peter le Brevitor
1310: William Cook
1311: Walter Falconer
1313: Peter le Brevitor
1314: Richard Wytesone
1316: John Baker (Pistor)
1317: John Baker (Pistor)
1318: Richard Wytesone
1322: John Baker (Pistor)
1323: John Cole
1325: John de Wyk
1328: John de Wyk
1329: Adam Wytesone
1330: William Cook
1331: Alexander Dye (Tinctor)
1332: Roger Cole
1333: William Sweyn
1334: Alexander Dyer (Tinctor)
1335: Adam Wytesone
1336: Roger Cole
1337: Alexander Dyer
1338: Roger Crist
1339: William Cubbel
1340: Adam Wytesone
1341: Alexander Dyer
1342: Roger Crist
1343: John Cole
1344: William Cubbel
1345: Adam Wytesone
1346: Alexander Dyer
1347: William Cubbel
1348: William Cubbel
1349: Roger Crist
1350: Thomas Stote
1351: Roger le Dyer
1352: William Cubbel
1353: Thomas Stote
1354: Walter Carpenter
1355: John Whittokesmede
1356: William Serrel
1357: William Cook
1358: John Sheory
1359: Robert le Dyer
1360: John Whittokesmede
1361: Walter Carpenter
1362: John Gregory
1363: John Gregory
1364: John Whittokesmede
1365: John Whittokesmede
1366: John Gregory
1367: John Gregory
1369: John Whittokesmede
1370: William Drayton
1371: John Gregory
1372: Robert Wattes
1373: John Gregory
1375: John Compe
1376: John Gregory
1377: John Compe
1378: John Natton
1379: Robert Wattes
1380: John Natton
1381: John Gregory
1382: Richard Bedul
1385: John Natton
1388: Robert Waspray
1390: Robert Draper [ 2]
1391: William Rous
1392: Robert Waspray
1393: William Rous
1394: Robert Waspray
1395: John Waspray
1396: Thomas Swayne
1398: Thomas Plomes
1399: Robert Waspray
1400: Roger Testwode
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
Ralph Allen , Mayor of Bath 1742Henry Harington , Mayor of Bath 1793John Palmer , Mayor of Bath 1796 & 1809
1701: Richard Masters
1702: William Chapman
1703: John Bush
1704: William Bush
1705: Walter Hicks
1706: Edward Woolmer
1707: John Stibbs
1708: Edward Bushell
1709: Charles Child
1710: Walter Gibbes
1711: Thomas Gibbes
1712: Richard Morgan
1713: Richard Ford
1714: Thomas Bigges
1715: William Long
1716: John Saunder
1717: Richard Masters
1718: Thomas Bushell
1719: William Collibee
1720: Edward Woolmer
1721: George Tryme
1722: William Bush
1723: John Hicks
1724: Thomas Atwood
1725: Rosewell Gibbs
1726: Walter Chapman
1727: William Chapman
1728: John Billing
1729: Francis Bave
1730: Richard Ford
1731: William Horton
1732: Milo Smith
1733: Richard Morgan
1734: Thomas Short
1735: Thomas Atwood
1736: Richard Matravers
1737: James Atwood
1738: John Saunders
1739: William Bush
1740: Charles Stone
1741: Henry Atwood
1742: Ralph Allen
1743: Ambrose Bishop
1744: John Chapman
1745: John Cogswell
1746: Thomas Atwood
1747: Thursby Robinson
1748: James Atwood
1749: Charles Stone
1750: Henry Atwood
1751: Francis Hales
1752: Thomas Atwood, Snr
1753: Thomas Atwood, Jnr
1754: John Chapman
1755: Samuel Bush
1756: Edward B Collibee
1757: William Chapman
1758: Henry Atwood
1759: Francis Hales
1760: Thomas Attwood
1761: John Chapman
1762: Francis Hales
1763: Samuel Bush
1764: John Horton
1765: Edward B Collibee
1766: Henry Wright
1767: William Chapman
1768: Charles Biggs
1769: Thomas Warr Attwood
1770: John Chapman
1771: John Horton
1772: Walter Wiltshire
1773: Francis Bennet
1774: Philip Ditcher
1775: Edward B Collibee
1776: Henry Wright
1777: John Chapman
1778: Simon Crook
1779: John Chapman
1780: Walter Wiltshire
1781: Francis Bennet
1782: Leonard Coward
1783: James Leake
1784: William Street (died in office 26 May 1785) (father of Ann Street Barry )
1785: Edward B Collibee
1786: William Anderdon
1787: Leonard Coward
1788: Jacob Smith
1789: Leonard Coward
1790: John Horton
1791: Walter Wiltshire
1792: Abel Moysey
1793: Henry Harington
1794: William Anderdon
1795: John Symons
1796: John Palmer
1797: Charles Phillott
1798: George Chapman
1799: John Horton
1800: Harry Atwood
19th century
Eleazer Pickwick , Mayor of Bath 1826William Thomas Blair, the first Mayor of Bath elected under a new Municipal Corporations Act in 1835 Randle Wilbraham Falconer , Mayor of Bath 1857 & 1858Handel Cossham , Mayor of Bath 1882 & 1884
20th century
Preston King , Mayor of Bath 1913 & 1917Thomas Sturge Cotterell, Mayor of Bath 1930
21st century
Dine Romero, Mayor of Bath 2023
2001: Marian McNeir
2002: Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst
2003: David James Hawkins
2004: Roger Alan Symonds
2005: Peter John Metcalfe
2006: Carol Ann Paradise
2007: Sharon Grace Ball
2008: Tim Mark Ball
2009: Colin Vincent Barrett
2010: Shaun McGall
2011: Bryan Chalker
2012: Andrew Furse
2013: Malcolm John Henry Lees
2014: Cherry Beath
2015: William Alexander Sandry
2016: Paul Crossley
2017: Ian Gilchrist
2018: Patrick Anketell-Jones
2019: Gerry Curran
2020: Manda Rigby
2021: June Player
2022: Rob Appleyard
2023: Dine Romero
2024: Michelle O'Doherty
See also
References
General A History of the Mayors of Bath (2nd ed.). Bath: The Charter Trustees of the City of Bath. 2015.Specific
^ The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Bath ^ "DRAPER, Robert, of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014 .^ a b c d "WIDCOMBE (WYDECOMBE), Richard, of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015 .^ a b c "RICH, Walter (d.1446/7), of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015 .^ "WELPLEY, Thomas (c.1483-1534 or later), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online" .^ "CLEMENT, John (by 1502-51/56), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online" .^ "LUDWELL, Edward (by 1523-63/66), of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014 .^ "CHAPMAN, Richard (c.1504-80), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online" .^ a b "WALLEY, John (d.1615), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online" .^ "TURNER, Thomas II (d.c.1586), of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015 .^ a b c "PEARMAN, George (d.1604), of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015 .^ a b c d e f "SHARESTON, William (d.1621), of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015 .^ "WALLEY, John (d.1615), of Bath, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014 .^ a b c "HEATH, William (d.1607), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online" .^ a b "STONE, Christopher (c.1556-1614), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online" .^ a b c d "GAY, Richard (by 1559–1641), of Walcott Street and Westgate Street, Bath and Claverton, Som" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014 .^ "JOHN BOYS (MAYOR OF BATH 1656)" (PDF) . Retrieved 6 December 2015 .
External links
Lists of civic mayors (excluding lord mayors) in the United Kingdom
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