History

Mayors of the Borough of Liverpool (1207–1684)

• 1207–91 Unknown
• 1292 John De More
• 1293 John De More
• 1294–1308 Unknown
• 1309 John De More
• 1337 Roger De More
• 1338 Adam of Liverpool
• 1339 Roger De More
• 1340 Adam of Liverpool
• 1341 Roger De More
• 1342 Adam of Liverpool
• 1343 Roger De More
• 1344 Adam of Liverpool
• 1345 Roger De More
• 1346 Adam of Liverpool
• 1347 Roger De More
• 1348 Adam of Liverpool
• 1349 Roger De More
• 1350 Adam of Liverpool
• 1351 William, Son of Adam
• 1352 Unknown
• 1353 William De Grenof
• 1356 William, Son of Adam
• 1358 William, Son of Adam
• 1361 William, Son of Adam
• 1369 William, Son of Adam
• 1373 John de Hull
• 1375–77 Richard de Aynesargh
• 1379 William, Son of Adam de Liverpool
• 1382 Richard de Aynesargh
• 1382–88 Thomas de La More
• 1396–97 Thomas de La More
• 1401 Robert De Derby
• 1416 Henry De Moysok
• 1425 Thurston De Holcroft
• 1428 John De Fasakerly
• 1448 William Gaythirde
• 1454William Gaythirde
• 1462 Gilbert Mercer
• 1474 John Davinport
• 1476 John Crosse
• 1477–1539 Unknown
• 1540–41 Thomas Hughton
• 1541–42 Sir Richard Molyneux (Grandfather of the 1st Baronet)
• 1542–50 Unknown
• 1550–51 Ralph Sekerton
• 1551–52 Thomas More
• 1552–53 Ralph Balie
• 1553–54 Roger Walker
• 1554–55 Sir William Norres
• 1555–56 Thomas More
• 1556–57 John More
• 1557–58 Thomas More
• 1558–59 Robert Corbet
• 1559–60 Alexander Garret
• 1560–61 Ralph Sekerton
• 1561–62 Robert Corbet
• 1562–63 Alexander Garret
• 1563–64 Robert Corbet
• 1564–65 Alexander Garret
• 1565–66 John Crosse
• 1566–67 Robert Corbet
• 1567–68 William Secum
• 1568–69Sir Thomas Stanley K.G. (son of the 3rd Earl)
• 1569–70Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (then Lord Strange)
• 1570–71 Ralph Burscough
• 1571–72 Thomas Bavard
• 1572–73 John Crosse
• 1573–74 Robert Corbet
• 1574–75 John Mainwaring
• 1575–76 William Secum
• 1576–77 Thomas Bavard
• 1577–78 Sir Thomas Hesketh
• 1578–79 William More
• 1579–80 Edward Halsall
• 1580–81 Robert More
• 1581–82 John Crosse
• 1582–83 William Secum
• 1583–84 Ralph Burscough
• 1584–85 Thomas Bavard
• 1585–86Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (then Lord Strange)
• 1586–87 Edward Halsall
• 1587–88 William More
• 1588–89Sir Richard Molyneux Bt
• 1589–90 Thomas Whicksted
• 1590–91 John Bird
• 1591–92 Robert More
• 1592–93Giles Brook
• 1593–94 Robert Berry
• 1594–95 John Bird
• 1595–96 Robert More
• 1596–97 William More
• 1597–98 Richard Hodgeson
• 1598–99 William Dixon
• 1599–1600 Robert More
• 1600–01 John Bird
• 1601–02 Giles Brooks
• 1602–03 Ralph Secum
• 1603–04William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
• 1604–05 Edward Moore
• 1605–06 Edmund Rose
• 1606–07 William Banaster
• 1607–08 Robert Moore
• 1608–09 Ralph Secum
• 1609–10 Richard Rose
• 1610–11 Thomas Hockenhull
• 1611–12 Edward Moore
• 1612–13 Henry Stanley
• 1613–14 Peter Ulster Alias Darbie
• 1614–15 Richard Mellinge
• 1615–16 Sir Cuthbert Halsall
• 1616–17 Robert Moore
• 1617–18 Edmund Rose
• 1618–19 SirRichard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux
• 1619–20 Ralph Seacome
• 1620–21 Edward Moore
• 1621–22 Oliver Fairhurst
• 1622–23 John Walker
• 1623–24 John Williamson
• 1624–25 Richard Rose
• 1625–26James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby K.G. (then Lord Strange)
• 1626–27 Edward Moore
• 1627–28 Ralph Seacome
• 1628–29 John Walker
• 1629–30 Robert Williamson
• 1630–31 John Williamson
• 1631–32 Ralph Sandiford
• 1632–33 John Walker
• 1633–34 John Moore
• 1634–35 Robert Williamson
• 1635–36 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1636–37 William Dwarihouse
• 1637–38 Thomas Eccleston
• 1638–39 John Williamson
• 1639–40 Thomas Stanley
• 1640–41 William Ireland
• 1641–42 John Walker
• 1642–43 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1643–44 James Williamson
• 1644–45John Holcroft
• 1645–46 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1646–47 Richard Tarleton
• 1647–48 Thomas Tarleton
• 1648–49 William Williamson
• 1649–50 Thomas Hodgeson
• 1650–51 James Williamson
• 1651–52 Thomas Williamson
• 1652–53 Ralph Massam
• 1653–54 Edward Williamson
• 1654–55 Robert Cornell
• 1655–56 Thomas Ayndoe
• 1656–57 Gilbert Formy
• 1657–58John Holcroft
• 1658–59 Richard Peicival
• 1659–60 James Williamson
• 1660–61 Alexander Greene
• 1661–62 Henry Corles
• 1662–63William Stanley
• 1663–64 Peter Lurting
• 1664–65 John Sturzaker
• 1665–66 Michael Tarleton
• 1666–67Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
• 1667–68Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers
• 1668–69William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (then Lord Strange)
• 1669–70 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1670–71 Thomas Johnson
• 1671–72 Lawrence Brownlowe
• 1672–73 Silvester Richmond
• 1673–74 James Jerrom
• 1674–75Sir Gilbert Ireland
• 1675 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1675–76 Thomas Chapman
• 1676–77 Robert Williamson
• 1677–78William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
• 1678–79 John Chorley
• 1679–80 William Williamson
• 1680–81 Thomas Clayton
• 1681–82 Richard Windall
• 1682–83 Capt.Edward Tarleton
• 1683–84 Robert Seacome

Mayors of the Borough of Liverpool (1684–1880)

• 1684–85 SirRichard Atherton^[6]
• 1685–86 Oliver Lyme
• 1686–87 Peter Bold
• 1687–88 James Prescott
• 1688–89 Thomas Tyrer
• 1689–90William Clayton
• 1690–91 Thomas Brookbancke
• 1691–92 Richard Houghton
• 1692–93 Joshua Fisher
• 1693–94 Jasper Maudit
• 1694–95 Alexander Norres
• 1695 Thomas Johnson Snr.
• 1695–96Thomas Johnson Jnr.
• 1696–97 William Preeson
• 1697–98 James Benn
• 1698–99 Thomas Sweeting
• 1699–1700 Cuthbert Sharples
• 1700–01 Richard Norris
• 1701–02 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1702–03 John Cockshuttle
• 1703–04 John Clievland
• 1704–05 William Hurst
• 1705–06 William Webster
• 1706–07 Sylvester Moorcroft
• 1707–08James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
• 1708–09 John Seacome
• 1709–10 John Earle
• 1710–11 George Tyrer
• 1711–12 James Townsend
• 1712–13 Edward Tarleton
• 1713–14 Thomas Coore
• 1714–15Richard Gildart
• 1715–16 William Squire
• 1716–17 Foster Cunliffe
• 1717–18 Richard Kelsall
• 1718–19 Josia Poole
• 1719–20 Thomas Fillingham
• 1720–21 Henry Taylor
• 1721–22Bryan Blundell
• 1722–23 Edward Ratchdale
• 1723–24 John Scarbrick
• 1724–25 John Goodwin
• 1725–26 William Marsden
• 1726–27 SirThomas Bootle
• 1727 George Tyrer
• 1727–28 John Huges
• 1728–29Bryan Blundell
• 1729–30 Foster Cunliffe
• 1730–31 George Tyrer
• 1731–32 Richard Gildart
• 1732–33Thomas Brereton
• 1733–34 William Pole
• 1734–35James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
• 1735–36 Foster Cunliffe
• 1736–37 George Tyrer
• 1737–38 George Norton
• 1738–39 Robert Armitage
• 1739–40Thomas Steers
• 1740–41 Henry Trafford
• 1741 Peter Rainford
• 1741–42 William Carr
• 1742–43 Edward Trafford
• 1743–44 John Brookes
• 1744–45 Owen Pritchard
• 1745–46 James Blomfield
• 1746–47 Joseph Bird
• 1747–48 Thomas Shaw
• 1748–49 Joseph Clegg
• 1749–50 Joseph Davies
• 1750–51 James Gildart
• 1751–52 Edmund Rigby
• 1752–53 Henry Winstanley
• 1753–54 James Crosbie
• 1754–55Charles Goore
• 1755–56 Spencer Steers
• 1756–57 Richard Hughes
• 1757–58 William Goodwin
• 1758–59 Robert Cunliffe
• 1759–60 Lawrence Spencer
• 1760–61 John Blackburne, the Younger
• 1761–62 John Williamson
• 1762–63William Gregson
• 1763–64 George Campbell
• 1764–65John Tarleton
• 1765–66 John Crosbie
• 1766–67 Thomas Johnson
• 1767–68 William Pownall
• 1768Charles Goore
• 1768–69 Matthew Stron
• 1769–70 Ralph Earle
• 1770–71 John Sparling
• 1771–72 Thomas Wilson
• 1772–73 Thomas Golightly
• 1773–74John Parr
• 1774–75 Peter Rigby
• 1775–76James Clemens
• 1776–77 William Crobie
• 1777–78 Thomas Birch
• 1778–79 William Pole
• 1779–80 William Crobie, the Younger
• 1780–81 Richard Gerard
• 1781–82George Case
• 1782–83 John Brown
• 1783–84 William Hesketh
• 1784–85 John Gregson
• 1785–86 Charles Pole
• 1786–87 James Gildart, the Younger
• 1787–88 Thomas Earle
• 1788–89 James Blackburne, the Younger
• 1789–90Thomas Smyth
• 1790–91 John Sparling
• 1791–92 Henry Blundell
• 1792–93 Clayton Tarleton
• 1793–94 Henry Blundell
• 1794–95John Shaw
• 1795–96Peter Baker
• 1796–97 George Dunbar
• 1797–98Thomas Staniforth
• 1798–99Thomas Leyland
• 1799–1800 Pudsey Dawson
• 1800–01John Shaw
• 1801–02 Peter Whitfield Brancker
• 1802–03 Jonas Bold
• 1803–04 William Harper
• 1804 John Bridge Aspinall
• 1804–05 William Harper
• 1805–06 Henry Clay
• 1806–07 Thomas Molyneux
• 1807–08 Henry Blundell Hollinshead
• 1808–09 James Gerard
• 1809–10 John Clark
• 1810–11 James Drinkwater
• 1811–12 John Bourne
• 1812–13Samuel Staniforth
• 1813–14 William Nicholson
• 1814–15Thomas Leyland
• 1815–16 Sir William Barton
• 1816–17 John Wright
• 1817–18 Thomas Case
• 1818–19 Jonathan Blundell Hollinshead
• 1819–20Sir John Tobin
• 1820–21Thomas Leyland
• 1821–22 Richard Bullin
• 1822–23 William Molyneux
• 1823–24 Charles Lawrence
• 1824–25 Jonathan Blundell Hollinshead
• 1825–26 Peter Bourne
• 1826–27 Thomas Littledale Sr.
• 1827–28Thomas Colley Porter
• 1828–29Nicholas Robinson
• 1829–30 Sir George Drinkwater
• 1830–31 Sir Thomas Brancker
• 1831–32Samuel Sandbach
• 1832–33Charles Horsfall
• 1833–34 John Wright
• 1834–35 James Aspinall
• 1835–36 William Wallace Currie
• 1836–37 William Earle Jr.
• 1837–38William Rathbone V
• 1838–39 Hugh Hornby
• 1839–40Sir Joshua Walmsley
• 1840–41Thomas Bolton
• 1841–42 John S. Leigh
• 1842–43Robertson Gladstone
• 1843–44 Thomas Sands
• 1844–45 James Lawrence
• 1845–46 David Hodgson
• 1846–47 George Hall Lawrence
• 1847–48Thomas Berry Horsfall
• 1848–49John Bramley-Moore
• 1849–50 John Holmes
• 1850–51Sir John Bent
• 1851–52 Thomas Littledale Jr.
• 1852–53Samuel Holme
• 1853–54 John Buck Lloyd
• 1854–55 James Aspinall Tobin
• 1855–56 John Stewart
• 1856–57 Francis Shand
• 1857–58 James Holme
• 1858–59 William Preston
• 1859–60 Thomas Darnley Anderson
• 1860–61 Samuel Robert Graves
• 1861–62 Robert Hutchinson.
• 1862–63 Richard Cardwell Gardner
• 1863–64 Charles Mozley
• 1864–65Edward Lawrence
• 1865–66 John Farnworth
• 1866–67 John Grant Morris
• 1867–68Edward Whitley
• 1868–69 Thomas Dover
• 1869–70 Joseph Hubback
• 1870–71 Joseph Gibbons Livingston
• 1871–72 John Pearson
• 1872–73 Edward Samuelson
• 1873–74 SirAndrew Barclay Walker Bt.
• 1874–75 Lieut. Col. Richard Fell Steble
• 1875–76 Peter Thomson (died 13 May 1876)
• 1876 Lieut. Col. Richard Fell Steble (reappointed 22 May 1876 until the next election)
• 1876–77 SirAndrew Barclay Walker Bt.
• 1877–78Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet
• 1878–79Sir Thomas Bland Royden, 1st Baronet
• 1879–80 Bernard Hall

Mayors of the City of Liverpool (1880–1892)

• 1879–80 Bernard Hall
• 1880–81Sir William Bower Forwood
• 1881–82 John Hughes
• 1882–83 William Radcliffe
• 1883–84 Thomas Holder
• 1884–85 Sir David Radcliffe.
• 1885–86 Sir David Radcliffe
• 1886–87 Sir James Poole
• 1887–88 Thomas William Oakshott
• 1888–89 Edward Hatton Cookson
• 1889–90 Thomas Hughes.
• 1890–91 Joseph Bond Morgan.
• 1891–92 James de Bels Adam.
• 1892–93Robert Durning Holt

Lord Mayors of the City of Liverpool (1892–present)

• 1893Robert Durning Holt
• 1893–94Sir William Bowring, 1st Baronet
• 1894–95 William Henry Watts
• 1895–96Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
• 1896–97 Thomas Hughes
• 1897–98John Houlding
• 1898–99 William Oulton
• 1899–1900 Louis Samuel Cohen
• 1900–01 Arthur Crossthwaite
• 1901–02Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet
• 1902–03Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet^[7] (resigned Jan 1903)
• 1903Sir William Bower Forwood (Jan–Feb 1903)^[8]
• 1903Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet (re-elected Feb 1903)
• 1903–04Sir Robert Alfred Hampson
• 1904–05 John Lea
• 1905–06 Joseph Ball
• 1906–07John Japp
• 1907–08Richard Caton, M.D.
• 1908–09 Harold Chaloner Dowdall
• 1909–10 William Humphrey Williams
• 1910–11 Samuel Mason Hutchinson
• 1911–12Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
• 1912–13Sir John Harmood-Banner, 1st Baronet
• 1913–14 Herbert Henry Rathbone
• 1914–15 John Edward Rayner
• 1915–16 Arthur Stanley Mather
• 1916–17Sir Max Muspratt, 1st Baronet
• 1917–18 Sir John Utting
• 1918–19 John Ritchie
• 1919–20 Burton William Eills
• 1920–21 Edward Russell Taylor
• 1921–22 Charles Henry Rutherford
• 1922–23 Frank Campbell Wilson
• 1923–24 Sir Arnold Rushton
• 1924–25 Thomas Dowd
• 1925–26 Sir Frederick Charles Bowring
• 1926–27 Sir Frederick Charles Bowring
• 1927–28Margaret Beavan
• 1928–29 Henry Morley Miller
• 1929–30Lawrence Durning Holt
• 1930–31 Edwin Thompson.
• 1931–32 James Conrad Cross
• 1932–33 Alfred Gates
• 1933–34 George Alfred Strong
• 1934–35 Frederick Thomas Richardson
• 1935–36 Robert John Hall
• 1936–37 William Denton
• 1937–38 Michael Cory Dixon
• 1938–39 SirSydney Jones
• 1939–40 SirSydney Jones
• 1940–41 SirSydney Jones
• 1941–42 SirSydney Jones
• 1942–43 Robert Duncan French
• 1943–44 Austin Harford
• 1944–45Hugh Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton
• 1945–46Luke Hogan
• 1946–47 William Gainsborough Gregson
• Nov.1947 – May 1949 Walter Thomas Lancashire
• 1949–50 SirJoseph Jackson Cleary
• 1950–51 Revd.Harry Dixon Longbottom
• 1951–52Vere Egerton Cotton
• 1952–53Albert Morrow
• 1953–54 William John Tristram
• 1954–55 Alexander Griffin
• 1955–56Reginald Richard Bailey
• 1956–57John Sheehan^[9]
• 1957–58 Frank Hamilton Cain
• 1958–59Sir Harry Livermore
• 1959–60Herbert Neville Bewley
• 1960–61 John Leslie Hughes
• 1961–62 Peter McKernan
• 1962–63 David John Lewis
• 1963–64 John Mcmillan
• 1964–65 Louis Caplan
• 1965–66 David Cowley
• 1966–67 Herbert Mylrea Allen
• 1967–68Ethel May Wormald
• 1968–69 James Edward Thompson
• 1969–70 Stephen Minion
• 1970–71 Ian Isadore Levin
• 1971–72 Charles Cowlin
• 1972–73 Robert Meadows
• 1973–74 Francis Burke
• 1974–75 Joseph Robert Wilmington.
• 1975–76 Owen Joseph Doyle
• 1976–77 Raymond Frederick Craine
• 1977–78 Paul Orr
• 1978–79 Ruth Dean
• 1979–80 Doreen Jones
• 1980–81 James Stanislaus Ross
• 1981Cyril Eric Carr
• 1981–82 James Stanislaus Ross
• 1982–83 Stanley Airey
• 1983–84 Hugh Dalton – Chairman
• 1984–85 Hugh Dalton – Chairman
• 1985–86 Hugh Dalton – Chairman
• 1986–87 Hugh Dalton – Chairman
• 1987 Lady Doreen Jones – 17 March – 19 May
• 1987–88 Thomas McManus – Chairman
• 1988–89 Dorothy May Gavin – Chairman
• 1989–90 Dorothy May Gavin – Chairman
• 1990–91 Dorothy May Gavin
• 1991–92 Trevor Smith
• 1992–93Rosemary Cooper
• 1993–94 Michael Black
• 1994–95 Roger Johnston
• 1995–96 Michael Black
• 1996–97 Frank Doran
• 1997–98 Margaret Clarke
• 1998–99 Herbert E. Herrity
• 1999–2000 Joseph A. Devaney.
• 2000–01 Edwin M. Clein.
• 2001–02 Gerard P. Scott
• 2002–03 Jack Spriggs
• 2003–04 Ron Gould
• 2004–05 Frank Roderick
• 2005–06 Alan Dean
• 2006–07 Joan Lang
• 2007–08 Paul Clark
• 2008–09Steve Rotheram
• 2009–10Mike Storey
• 2010–11 Hazel Williams
• 2011–12 Frank Prendergast
• 2012–13 Sharon Sullivan
• 2013–14 Gary Millar
• 2014–2015 Erica Kemp
• 2015–2016 Tony Concepcion
• 2016–2017 Roz Gladden
• 2017–2018 Malcolm Kennedy
• 2018–2019 Christine Banks
• 2019 Peter Brennan^[10][11] (resigned)
• 2019–2020Anna Rothery^[12]
• 2020–2021Anna Rothery^[13]
• 2021–2022Mary Rasmussen^[14]
• 2022–2023 Roy Gladden
• 2023–2024Mary Rasmussen
• 2024-2025Richard Kemp
• 2025–present Barbara Murray

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