RootsWeb: DEVON-L Re: [DEV] Past Mayors of Torquay/Exeter

Hi Karen,

what the DRO can't supply:-))

List of Mayors of Torquay from its incorporation in 1892 to 1968 when the

County Borough of Torbay first came into being

W. F. Splatt 1892 - 1893

J. Peyto Shrubb 1893 - 1894

Dr John Billingsley Richardson 1894 - 1895

Edward Palk Bovey 1895 - 1896

John Fry Rockhey 1896 - 1897

Thomas Harrison 1897 - 1898

William Beavis 1898 - 1900

William Ball 1900 - 1901

John Fry Rockhey 1901 - 1902

John Taylor 1902 - 1904

John Smerdon 1904 - 1907

William Reginald Valentine Webb 1907 - 1908

Charles Henry Spragge C.B. 1908 - 1911

Charles Thomas Towell 1911 - 1916

Hugh Gordon Cumming 1916 - 1919

Harry Williams 1919 - 1922

George Herbert Iredale 1922 - 1924

Edward Henry Sermon 1924 - 1925

John Taylor 1925 - 1926

Francis John Marnham 1926 - 1927

Charles William Hore 1927 - 1928

Harry Geen 1928 - 1929

Edward Henry Sermon 1929 - 1930

Frederick W Platt 1930 - 1931

Frank Callard 1931 - 1932

Denys Thomas 1932 - 1933

Harry Geen 1933 - 1934

Adrian L. De Spiney 1934 - 1935

Col Rowland Ward 1935 - 1936

A. Denys Phillips 1936 - 1937

Rev Isaac Pugh 1937 - 1938

Charles Price 1938 - 1939

Lawrence E Currey 1939 - 1940

Charles Price 1940 - 1941

Robert J Bulleid 1941 - 1942

John Gentle 1942 - 1943

Edward Henry Sermon 1943 - 1944

A Denys Phillips 1944 - 1945

Courtenay Thomas Bowden 1945 - 1946

Arthur J Allam 1946 - 1947

Denys Gilley 1947 - 1949

Frank March 1949 - 1950

Thomas F Adams 1950 - 1951

Edward G Ely 1951 - 1952

T. J. Reeves Taylor 1952 - 1953

Phillip T Read 1953 - 1954

William H White 1954 - 1955

Kenneth A Bryant 1955 - 1956

Isadoe Joseph 1956 - 1957

Arnott Leslie Goodrich 1957 - 1958

Edward G Milford 1958 - 1959

John F Haarer 1959 - 1961

T. B. Revill 1961 - 1962

Harry Stanway 1962 - 1963

Robert Kellow 1963 - 1964

Ronald P Williams 1964 - 1965

Arthur E Elson 1965 - 1966

Leonard Howard 1966 - 1967

Walter G Standley 1967 - 1968

 in 1968 Torquay ceased to be an independent Borough

and became part of the County Borough of Torbay

From 1850 to 1892 there was a Local Board which didn't have a mayor but a

Chairman

Regards

Terry Leaman

Torquay

Devon.

OPC for Torquay and DFHS representative on Devon-L

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information and photos

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details

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Subject: [DEV] Past Mayors of Torquay/Exeter

> Can anyone help me to find out how to obtain names of past Mayors of the

> above.

> I have sent enquiries to Devon records but have had no response.

> Thanks.

> Karen

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