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:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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[3]
  • 1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593[5]
  • 1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614 [6]

17th century

[William Plumleigh] Recvr. Dartmouth 1610–11,2 mayor 1617–18, 1625–6, 1632–3, 1641-2[7]

20th century
  • 1902: J. W. Medway (Liberal)[8]
  • 1954: Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor
  • 1957: Bertie Lavers

21st century
  • 2000–05: Richard Rendle
  • 2005–06: Peter Norton
  • 2006–07: Iris Pritchard
  • 2007–08: Iris Pritchard
  • 2008–09: Debbie Morris [9]
  • 2010–11: Richard Rendle
  • 2011–13: Paul Allen
  • 2014–15: Rob M Lyon [10]
  • 2016–17: Rob M Lyon [11]
  • 2017–18: Richard Cooke [11]
  • 2018–19: Rob M Lyon [11]

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. Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/holland-thomas-1618
  7. 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)
  8. "Election of Mayors". The Times (36923). London. 12 November 1902. p. 10.
  9. https://www.bythedart.co.uk/topics/dartmouth_town_mayor/
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "A new mayor was elected at the town's council meeting". Dartmouth Chronicle. Retrieved 10 April 2019.


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