List of mayors of Ipswich Borough, Suffolk

Ipswich was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John.[1][2]

Prior to 1835, the officers of Ipswich Corporation, at various times, consisted of:[3]

  • Two bailiffs
  • The high steward
  • Coroner
  • Twelve portmen
  • Twenty-four common council of headboroughs
  • An indefinite number of burgesses or freemen
  • A recorder
  • A town clerk
  • Chamberlains
  • A water bailiff
  • A treasurer
  • Clavigers (record keepers who held the keys to the miniment chest)
  • Sergeants-at-mace


Municipal Borough of Ipswich

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created the municipal borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a mayor was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty Councillors.[3] The mayors were as follows:[4]

  • 1836 Benjamin Brame
  • 1836-1837 Frederick Francis Seekamp
  • 1837-1838 Peter Bartholomew Long
  • 1838-1839 George Green Sampson
  • 1839-1840 John May (senior)
  • 1840-1841 Peter Bartholomew Long
  • 1841-1842 John Chevallier Cobbold
  • 1842-1843 George Josselyn
  • 1843-1844 William May
  • 1844-1845 William Rodwell
  • 1845-1846 Thomas d'Eye Burroughes
  • 1846-1847 George Green Sampson
  • 1847-1848 John May (senior)
  • 1848-1849 Charles Burton
  • 1849-1850 Thomas Baldock Ross
  • 1850-1851 Peter Bartholomew Long
  • 1851-1852 George Josselyn
  • 1852-1853 Samuel Harrison Cowell
  • 1853-1854 Charles Foote Gower
  • 1854-1855 Peter Bartholomew Long
  • 1855-1857 George Christopherson (two terms)
  • 1857-1858 Ebenezer Goddard
  • 1858-1859 Jeremiah Head
  • 1859-1860 George Josselyn
  • 1860-1861 Edward Grimwade
  • 1862-1863 George Bacon
  • 1864-1865 Samuel Harrison Cowell
  • 1865-1866 Ebenezer Goddard
  • 1866-1867 Robert Charles Ransome
  • 1867-1868 John Patteson Cobbold
  • 1868-1869 Edward Packard (Senior)
  • 1869-1870 Edward Grimwade
  • 1870-1872 George Green Sampson
  • 1872-1873 Ebenezer Goddard,
  • 1873-1875 Dr Barrington Chevallier

County Borough of Ipswich

Following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1888 the County Borough of Ipswich was created with the rest of Suffolk being divided into the administrative counties of East and West Suffolk. The County Borough of Ipswich had the following mayors:[4]

  • 1889-1890 Nathaniel Catchpole
  • 1890-1891 Frederick Turner
  • 1891-1892 Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
  • 1892-1893 Roderick Donald Fraser
  • 1893-1894 Samuel Richard Anness
  • 1894-1895 John Henry Bartlet
  • 1895-1896 George Francis Josselyn
  • 1896-1897 Felix Thornley Cobbold
  • 1897-1898 Robert Stocker Paul
  • 1898-1899 Edwin Perkins Ridley
  • 1899-1900 William Alfred Churchman
  • 1900-1901 William Fraser Paul
  • 1901-1902 Arthur Charles Churchman
  • 1902-1903 William John Catchpole
  • 1903-1904 Frederick Bennett
  • 1904-1905 John Henry Grimwade
  • 1905-1906 Bunnell H Burton
  • 1906-1907 William Orford White
  • 1907-1908 Harry W Raffe
  • 1908-1909 Francis Charles Ward
  • 1909-1910 Alexander Gibb
  • 1910-1911 Peter Wyndham Cobbold
  • 1911-1912 Frederick Edward Rands
  • 1912-1913 Edward Colby Ransome
  • 1913-1914 William Pipe
  • 1914-1915 John Dupuis Cobbold
  • 1915-1916 Sydney Brand
  • 1916-1917 Valentine Desborough Colchester
  • 1917-1918 Henry Dixon Phillips
  • 1918-1919 Edward Colby Ransome
  • 1919-1920 Frederick Edward Rands
  • 1920-1921 Frank John Mason
  • 1921-1922 William Pipe
  • 1922-1923 Alfred Sizer
  • 1923-1924 John Richard Staddon
  • 1924-1925 Frederick William Turner
  • 1925-1926 Kavas Jamas Badshah
  • 1926-1927 Charles Ernest Tempest
  • 1927-1928 William Rowley Elliston
  • 1928-1929 James Francis Clark Hossack
  • 1929-1930 Arthur Lewis Clouting
  • 1930-1931 Sidney Charles Grimwade
  • 1931-1933 George William Senton
  • 1933-1934 Robert Frederick Jackson
  • 1934-1935 George Ambrose Mallett
  • 1935-1936 Hubert Ernest Holland
  • 1936-1937 Albert Victor Smith
  • 1937-1938 George Underwood
  • 1938-1939 Edward Lawrence Hunt
  • 1940-1941 Robert Frederick Jackson
  • 1942 (Nov-Dec) Frank John Mason
  • 1942-1943 (Dec-Nov) Owen Dudley Phillips
  • 1943-1944 Charles West English
  • 1944-1945 Sidney Charles Grimwade
  • 1945-1946 Frederick Henry Warner
  • 1946-1947 Mrs Mary Whitmore
  • 1947-1949 James Barry Cullingham
  • 1949-1950 Arthur James Cook

References
  1. Martin, Geoffrey "The Medieval and Early Modern Borough" in Salmon N. P. and Malster R. (eds), Ipswich From the First to the Third Millennium (Papers from an Ipswich Society Symposium), (Ipswich Society, Ipswich 2001), 7–17.
  2. Text of charter (translated into English) and image of 1200 Town Seal, see Wodderspoon, J., Memorials of the Ancient Town of Ipswich (Pawsey (Ipswich): Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (London) 1850), 'Ancient Incorporation of the Town', pp 75–130, at pp 75–85.
  3. "The History of the Mayoralty". Retrieved 2010-01-17. The old corporation (or Assembly) was replaced in 1835 by a Mayor, High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty Councillors, with the usual officers
  4. "Mayors of Ipswich | Ipswich Borough Council". www.ipswich.gov.uk. Ipswich Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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