List of mayors of Tiverton

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

Tiverton Town Hall

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
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
  • 1620: John Diamond (born 1541) of Tiverton[2]
  • 1655: Thomas Fowler Esq[3]
  • post 1655: Henry Newte (1609 - 1670), twice Mayor, post 1655 when he last acted as Town Clerk.[4]
  • 1683: Henry Blagdon[5]
  • 1686-1687: Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet, also MP for Tiverton[6]
  • 1693: John How[7]
  • 1703:[8] George Davey (1690–1746), of Gotham House, Tiverton.[9]
  • before 1766: John Webber Esq, whose residence was "during the summer of 1766 [...] burnt to the ground; but whether by accident or intention is not stated"[10]
  • 1714: George Thorne Esq[11]
  • 1724: Nathaniel Thorne[12]
  • 1749: Clement Govett[13]
  • 1754: Oliver Peard Esq[14]
  • 1767/1770: B. Dickinson Esq[15]
  • 1770: Henry Osmond[15]
  • 1799: J. B. Cholwich Esq[16]
  • 1800: Rev. John Pitman[16]
  • 1801: Mr. Govett[17]
  • 1806: G. Cruwys Esq[18]
  • 1810: John[19] Govett Esq[20]
  • 1814: Henry Dunsford Esq Jr[21]
  • 1832: Thomas Cosway[22]
  • 1832: William Dickinson Esq[23]
  • 1861-62: Samuel Garth[1]
  • 1902-03: Tom Lake (Liberal)[24]
  • 1952-53 & 1971 Harold Shapland[25][26]
  • ?: William Robert Trickey MBE, named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1967 Birthday Honours[27]
  • 1973: Eric Shapland[25]

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. Harding 1845, p. 78.
  4. History of Parliament biography of "Newte, Henry (1609-70), of Tiverton, Devon and Lyon's Inn."
  5. Harding 1845, p. 80.
  6. Crossette, J. S. (1983). "ACLAND, Sir Hugh, 1st of 5th Bt. (c.1639-1714), of Killerton, Devon.". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust.
  7. Harding 1845, p. 77.
  8. Harding 1845, p. 91.
  9. Evans, Jane (2008). "Around & About St George's Churchyard - Reading the Stones" (PDF). Tiverton Civic Society Newsletter: 19.
  10. Harding 1845, p. 131.
  11. Harding 1845, p. 93.
  12. Harding 1845, p. 98.
  13. Harding 1845, p. 113.
  14. Harding 1845, p. 119.
  15. Harding 1845, p. 132.
  16. Harding 1845, p. 161.
  17. Harding 1845, p. 162.
  18. Harding 1845, p. 169.
  19. The Register of Blundell's School, p. 21
  20. Harding 1845, p. 181.
  21. Harding 1845, p. 191.
  22. Harding 1845, p. 247.
  23. Harding 1845, p. 255.
  24. "Election of Mayors". The Times (36922). London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  25. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  26. "F. H. Shapland". JOT101.
  27. "No. 44326". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1952. pp. 6269–6302.
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