List of mayors of Tiverton

Tiverton Town Hall

The ancient borough of Tiverton in Devon, England, is governed by a Mayor and Councillors.

The historic seat of government was Tiverton Guildhall, which was demolished to make way for the surviving Tiverton Town Hall, built in 1864 by Samuel Garth, Mayor of Tiverton 1861-2, to the design of Henry Lloyd, the architect of Exeter St Davids railway station. In the Mayoralty Room is a portrait of Sir John Heathcoat, MP for Tiverton (1832–1859).[1]

List of Mayors of Tiverton

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  • 1620: John Diamond (born 1541) of Tiverton[2]
  • post 1655: Henry Newte (1609 - 1670), twice Mayor, post 1655 when he last acted as Town Clerk.[3]
  • George Davey (1690–1746), of Gotham House, Tiverton.[4]
  • 1861-2: Samuel Garth[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tivertontowncouncil.gov.uk/services/town-hall
  2. ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.283, pedigree of Diamond: "now Maior a(nn)o 1620, aetat(is) 79" ("in the year 1620, of his age 79")
  3. ↑ History of Parliament biography of "Newte, Henry (1609-70), of Tiverton, Devon and Lyon's Inn."
  4. ↑ Evans, Jane (2008). "Around & About St George's Churchyard - Reading the Stones" (PDF). Tiverton Civic Society Newsletter: 19.
  5. ↑ http://www.tivertontowncouncil.gov.uk/services/town-hall
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