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List of mayors of Coventry
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<h2 id="notable-mayors-of-coventry">Notable Mayors of Coventry</h2> <ul><li>1546-7: <a href="/facts/John_Harford_(MP)/zmJQ3TsM">John Harford</a></li> <li>1583 <a href="/facts/Henry_Breres/14d9tFCt">Henry Breres</a> (MP for <a href="/facts/Coventry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/HnQsH5YR">Coventry</a>, 1586 and 1601)</li> <li>1587 <a href="/facts/Henry_Sewall/4kyRvHKz">Henry Sewall</a> (MP for Coventry, 1621)</li> <li>1606 <a href="/facts/Henry_Sewall/4kyRvHKz">Henry Sewall</a></li> <li>1609 <a href="/facts/Sampson_Hopkins/SsJEPyeD">Sampson Hopkins</a> (MP for Coventry, 1614 and 1621)</li> <li>1631 <a href="/facts/William_Jesson/kpvJN96e">William Jesson</a> (MP for Coventry, 1640)</li> <li>1633 <a href="/facts/Simon_Norton_(MP)/UBBG8eXW">Simon Norton</a> (MP for Coventry, 1640)</li> <li>1634 <a href="/facts/John_Barker_(Parliamentarian)/4swe29m3">John Barker</a> (MP for Coventry, 1640)</li> <li>1655 <a href="/facts/Robert_Beake/wRM4oePA">Robert Beake</a> (MP for Coventry, 1654–1660)</li> <li>1834 <a href="/facts/George_Eld_(antiquary)/m5EKGrJ6">George Eld</a> (antiquary and editor of the <i>Coventry Standard</i>)</li> <li>1835 H. Cadwallader Adams<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>1858 W. Wilmot<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>1861–1862 Thomas Soden<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>1889–1891 Alderman Charles John Hill<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>1891–1894 <a href="/facts/George_Singer_(cycle_manufacturer)/fwFKVRnw">George Singer</a> (founder of <a href="/facts/Singer_Cycle_Company/QvXfvMWr">Singer Cycle Company</a>)</li> <li>1894–1903 Alderman Tomson (Liberal)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>1911–1912 William Fitzthomas Wyley <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> (Colonel and Founder of Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>1913–1914 <a href="/facts/Siegfried_Bettmann/fA76k9gI">Siegfried Bettmann</a> (founder of <a href="/facts/Triumph_Cycle_Co._Ltd./Gw3pWBfF">Triumph Cycle company</a>)</li> <li>1937 <a href="/facts/Alice_Arnold_(mayor)/N8XkbAAy">Alice Arnold</a> – trade unionist; first female mayor<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>1941 <a href="/facts/Alfred_Robert_Grindlay/fIBKWf84">Alfred Robert Grindlay</a> (industrialist, founder of <a href="/facts/Grindlay_Peerless/DflCkVJD">Grindlay Peerless Cycle Company</a> and Mayor during the <a href="/facts/Coventry_Blitz/EK5aauPG">Coventry Blitz</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="lord-mayors-of-coventry">Lord Mayors of Coventry</h2> <p>Coventry's Lord Mayors have included:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>1953: Hamblet Bertie Warner Cresswell</li> <li>1954: John Fennell (First Lord Mayor)</li> <li>1955: Thomas Henry Dewis</li> <li>1956: William Isaac Thomson</li> <li>1957: <a href="/facts/Pearl_Marguerite_Hyde/c2te47pT">Pearl Marguerite Hyde</a></li> <li>1958: Harold Henry Kemble Winslow</li> <li>1959: William Henry Edwards</li> <li>1960: Harry Stanley</li> <li>1961: William Callow</li> <li>1962: <a href="/facts/Arthur_James_Waugh/qxsdfWbD">Arthur James Waugh</a>, Snr</li> <li>1963: Emily Allen Allen</li> <li>1964: Thomas Henry Whiteman</li> <li>1965: William Parfitt</li> <li>1966: Edwin Moody Rogers</li> <li>1967: Eric James Williams</li> <li>1968: Leonard Lamb</li> <li>1969: William Frederick Burdett</li> <li>1970: Sidney John Cordery</li> <li>1971: Tom Meffen</li> <li>1972: Wilfred Spencer (died)</li> <li>1973: Gerard William Sheridan</li> <li>1974: John Dennis Berry</li> <li>1975: Charles Ward</li> <li>1976: Robert Frederick Loosley</li> <li>1977: Ralph Clews</li> <li>1978: Charles McKenzie Maxwell (died)</li> <li>1978: Kenneth Bertram Benfield</li> <li>1979: Harry Richards</li> <li>1980: Tom McLatchie</li> <li>1981: Philip Walter George Robinson</li> <li>1982: Edgar William Weaver</li> <li>1983: Joseph Thompson</li> <li>1984: Walter Sidney Brandish</li> <li>1985: William McKernan</li> <li>1986: Winifred Eva Lakin</li> <li>1987: Jeffrey Desmond White</li> <li>1988: Arthur James Waugh, Jnr</li> <li>1989: David John Cairns</li> <li>1990: William Arthur Hardy</li> <li>1991: David H. Edwards</li> <li>1992: Samuel Donald Ewart</li> <li>1993: Alex M. Boyd</li> <li>1994: Nick Nolan</li> <li>1995: Joseph Clifford</li> <li>1996: Arthur J. (Stan) Hodson</li> <li>1997: <a href="/facts/John_Mutton/q8hKrGGG">John Mutton</a></li> <li>1998: Maggie Rosher</li> <li>1999: Joan Wright</li> <li>2000: Sheila Collins</li> <li>2001: Dave Chater</li> <li>2002: Ken Taylor</li> <li>2003: Sucha Singh Bains</li> <li>2004: John Victor Gazey (June)</li> <li>2005: <a href="/facts/Ram_Parkash_Lakha/2VUe9Rnj">Ram Parkash Lakha</a></li> <li>2006: Shabbir Ahmed</li> <li>2007: Dave Batten</li> <li>2008: Andy Matchet</li> <li>2009: Jack Harrison</li> <li>2010: Brian Kelsey</li> <li>2011: Keiran Mulhall</li> <li>2012: Tim Sawdon</li> <li>2013: Gary Crookes</li> <li>2014: Hazel Noonan <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>2015: Michael Hammon</li> <li>2016: Lindsley Harvard</li> <li>2017: Tony Skipper</li> <li>2018: John Blundell</li> <li>2019: Linda Bigham</li> <li>2020: Ann Lucas</li> <li>2021: John McNicholas</li> <li>2022: Kevin Maton<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li></ul> <ul><li>John Astley (1885), <i>The Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish Church of S. Michael, Coventry, together with drawings of all the arms found therein</i>, <a href="/facts/WDQ_(identifier)/5Myy74K5">Wikidata</a> Q98360469</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Astley, p. 4. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Astley, p. 12. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Astley, p. 7. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Hill, Charles John (29 November 1889). "Mayor". Newspapers.com. Coventry Herald and Free Press. Retrieved 2 November 2022. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/790273806/?terms=alderman%20hill%20mayor&match=1" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/image/790273806/?terms=alderman%20hill%20mayor&match=1</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Hill, Charles John (6 February 1891). "Mayor". Newspapers.com. Coventry Herald and Free Press. Retrieved 2 November 2022. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/790277962/?terms=alderman%20hill%20mayor&match=1" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/image/790277962/?terms=alderman%20hill%20mayor&match=1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"The history of civic life: Previous Mayors and Lord Mayors". Coventry City Council. 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021. <a href="https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/130/lord_mayor/890/the_history_of_civic_life/3" target="_blank">https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/130/lord_mayor/890/the_history_of_civic_life/3</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Historic Coventry – List of Mayors & Lord Mayors". www.historiccoventry.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2021. <a href="https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php" target="_blank">https://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"History". Coventry & Warwickshire Society of Artists. 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021. <a href="https://www.covwarsocart.co.uk/history" target="_blank">https://www.covwarsocart.co.uk/history</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Musing on Spines (1 May 2012). "Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists Celebrate Centenary Year". Creatabot. Retrieved 29 April 2021. <a href="https://creatabot.co.uk/2012/05/01/coventry-warwickshire-society-of-artists-celebrate-centenary-year/" target="_blank">https://creatabot.co.uk/2012/05/01/coventry-warwickshire-society-of-artists-celebrate-centenary-year/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Wilcox-Lee, Naomi (3 April 2018). "Alice Arnold of Coventry 1881–1955". Sheroes of History. <a href="https://sheroesofhistory.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/alice-arnold-of-coventry-1881-1955/" target="_blank">https://sheroesofhistory.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/alice-arnold-of-coventry-1881-1955/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Coventry's Mayors". Retrieved 24 January 2014. <a href="http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php" target="_blank">http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/history/mayors.php</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2014. <a href="http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/1001/lord_mayor-general_information/106/lord_mayor_of_coventry" target="_blank">http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/1001/lord_mayor-general_information/106/lord_mayor_of_coventry</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Councillor with 35 years of experience in our city to be new Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry Telegraph. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022. <a href="https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/councillor-35-years-experience-city-23981404" target="_blank">https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/councillor-35-years-experience-city-23981404</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>