Cardiff City Hall This is alist of mayors of Cardiff ,Wales . The first mayor recorded forCardiff was in 1126 though the title was generally given to the Constable or military governor ofCardiff Castle .[ 1] elected Mayor of Cardiff took office in 1835 (elected by the members of the council), the same year the first council elections were held.[ 1] Lord Mayor [ 1] Welsh :Arglwydd Faer ). The Lord Mayor of Cardiff is considered to be the first citizen of Wales and since 1956 has enjoyed the style of The Right Honourable.[ 2]
The first mayor of Cardiff is listed by the County Borough Records as Ralph "Prepositus de Kardi" who took up office in 1126. In 1835, Thomas Revel Guest became the first elected mayor of Cardiff when the first council elections were held. When Cardiff was granted city status in 1905 Cardiff's First Citizen becamelord mayor . Robert Hughes, the mayor in 1904, was re-elected to become Cardiff's first lord mayor in the following year. The lord mayor was granted the right to the style "TheRight Honourable ." The lord mayor now bears the style "The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Cardiff".[ 3]
In 1999 a new system was introduced whereby the leader of the council could also serve as mayor for the duration of the council without re-election. This led toRussell Goodway serving as both council leader and mayor from 1999 to 2003. From 2003 the mayoralty reverted to a separate role, elected annually.[ 4]
The official residence of the Lord Mayor of Cardiff was theMansion House, Cardiff , although the Lord Mayors have not lived there since 1971.[ 5]
Elected mayors since 1835 [ edit ] The years given are for when each mayor took office. Most mayoral terms extended into the following year.
1836: Thomas Revell Guest, from 1 January[ 6] [ 1] 1836: Charles Crofts Williams, from 9 November[ 6] 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 office in October but was not immediately replaced[ 6] 1845: Richard Reece 1846: James Lewis 1847: Richard Lewis Reece 1848:Walter Coffin , later a member of parliament for Cardiff 1849:Charles Vachell [ 6] 1850: William Bird 1851: Griffith Phillips 1852: William Williams 1853:John Batchelor , aLiberal mayor dubbed "Friend of Freedom"[ 7] 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: Charles Williams David[ 8] 1862: John Bird[ 8] 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[ 6] Ada Vachell )[ 9] 1874: Daniel Jones 1875: Daniel Jones 1876: Joseph Elliott 1877: William Taylor 1878: Daniel Lewis 1879: John MacConnochie 1880: Rees Jones 1881:Alfred Thomas [ 6] or Sir Alfred Gaius Augustus Stone[ 10] 1882: Sir Alfred Gaius Augustus Stone[ 10] 1883:Robert Bird - Father of (Sir) Charles Bird, Lord Mayor in 1910 1884: Andrew Fulton 1885: David Edgar Jones MD[ 10] 1886: SirMorgan Morgan (knighted while in office) 1887: Thomas Windsor Jacobs 1888: David Jones 1889: William Sanders 1890:John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 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[ 6] or Thomas More[ 10] [ 11] 1899:Samuel Arthur Brain , founder ofBrains Brewery in 1882[ 12] 1900: Thomas Andrews – Cllr John Jenkins, a councillor for 10 years, had initially been elected to the post. It was the first time the position of mayor had been offered to aLabour councillor. However, Jenkins refused the post and left the council chamber. Andrews was elected following a second vote.[ 13] 1901: Frank John Beavan[ 14] 1902: Edward Thomas (Liberal party)[ 15] 1903:John Jenkins [ 16] 1904: Robert Hughes Lord mayors since 1905 [ edit ] 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 byKing Edward VII on his visit to Cardiff on 13 July 1907)[ 17] 1907: (Sir) Illtyd Thomas (knighted after leaving office)[ 10] 1908: Lewis Morgan 1909: John Chappell 1910: (Sir) Charles Hayward Bird (knighted after leaving office) - son of Robert Bird, Mayor in 1883.[ 10] 1911: Sir John Wesley Courtis (knighted while still in office)[ 10] 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)[ 10] 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)[ 10] 1929: William Charles 1930: Robert Gerard Hill-Snook 1931: (Sir) Charles William Melhuish (knighted after leaving office)[ 10] 1932: Charles Fletcher Sanders 1933: (Sir) Arthur Ernest Gough (knighted after leaving office)[ 10] 1934: John Donovan, former docker and secretary for the South Wales and Monmouthshire Area of theTGWU [ 18] 1935: George Frederick Evans 1936: Sir Herbert Hiles (knighted while still in office)[ 10] 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: George James Ferguson 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)[ 10] 1954: George Llewellyn Ferrier 1955: Frank Chapman 1956: (Sir) Daniel Thomas Williams (knighted after leaving office)[ 10] 1957: John Hinds Morgan 1958:Arthur James Williams 1959: Helena Evans, Cardiff's first female Lord Mayor[ 19] 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)[ 10] 1969: (Sir) Lincoln Hallinan (knighted after leaving office)[ 10] 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 (father of Sir Lincoln Hallinan who had preceded him as Lord Mayor in 1969) 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 retiredengine driver [ 20] 1985:Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards , alsoLord Lieutenant ofSouth Glamorgan 1990 to 2008[ 21] 1986: David Myfyr Evans 1987: Julius Hermer 1988: William Penry Herbert 1989: Mary Elizabeth (Beti) JonesJP , the first Girl Guide Lord Mayor of Cardiff.[citation needed 1990: John Smith (Labour) 1991: Jeffrey Sainsbury (Conservative ), came to office earlier than expected, after two nominees lost their seats in theMay 1991 election .[ 22] 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.[ 10] 2000: Russell Goodway 2001: Russell Goodway 2002: Russell Goodway 2003: Gordon Houlston (Labour). From 2003 election, reverted to annual appointment of Lord Mayor.[ 10] 2004:Jacqui Gasson , the city's firstLiberal Democrat Lord Mayor 2005: Freda Salway (Liberal Democrat)[ 23] 2006: Gareth Neale (Conservative)[ 24] 2007: Gill Bird (Labour) 2008: Kate Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) 2009: Brian Griffiths (Conservative) 2010: Keith Hyde (Liberal Democrat)[ 25] 2011:Delme Bowen , the city's firstPlaid 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 (Labour) filled the traditional mayoral role of Chair of the Council during this period.[ 26] 2013: Derrick Morgan (Labour)[ 27] 2014: Margaret Jones (Liberal Democrat) 2015: David Walker (Conservative) 2016: Monica Walsh (Labour)[ 28] 2017: Bob Derbyshire (Labour) 2018: Dianne Rees (Conservative)[ 29] 2019: Daniel De'Ath (Labour), Cardiff's first black mayor[ 30] 2020–2022: Rod McKerlich (Conservative) 2022: Graham Hinchey (Labour) 2023: Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrat)[ 31] 2024: Jane Henshaw (Labour); died in office in September[ 32] 2024: Helen Lloyd Jones (Labour) 2025: Adrian Robson (Conservative) ^a b c d e Lord Mayor – A History , Cardiff Council webpages, last update 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2017.^ "Page 6041 | Issue 40911, 26 October 1956 | London Gazette" .Thegazette.co.uk . Retrieved21 February 2022 .^ "Lord Mayor – A History" . Cardiff Council. Archived fromthe original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved18 August 2007 .^ "(List of) Lord Mayors of Cardiff" . 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