List of mayors of Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth received borough status in 1341 with the right to elect a mayor. In 1974 the town became part of South Hams District. There is still a Town Council and a mayor, but with reduced powers.[1]

The following have been mayors of Dartmouth, Devon, England:

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14th century

16th Century

  • 1547-48: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[3]
  • 1551-52: Gilbert Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[4]
  • 1554=55: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553[5]
  • 1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593[6]
  • 1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614 [7]

17th century

[William Plumleigh] Recvr. Dartmouth 1610-11,2 mayor 1617-18, 1625-6, 1632-3, 1641-2[8]

20th century

  • 1954: Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor
  • 1957: Bertie Lavers

21st century

  • 2007: Iris Pritchard
  • 2011–13: Paul Allen
  • 2014–15: R M Lyon [9]

References

  1. ↑ "History of Dartmouth". Dartmouth. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "HAWLEY, John I (d.1408), of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/roupe-nicholas-1506-55-or-later
  4. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/roupe-gilbert-1514-7578
  5. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/roupe-nicholas-1506-55-or-later
  6. ↑ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  7. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/holland-thomas-1618
  8. ↑ 4 members of the Plumleigh family of Dartmouth served as Mayor of Dartmouth in the 16th & 17th centuries (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.595, pedigree of Plumleigh)
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2014-06-25.


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