List of mayors of Devizes
The following persons have been mayors of the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England.
Medieval[edit]
- 1302 John Cray (the first Mayor of Devizes)
- 1376–77 Richard Cardmaker[1]
- 1379–81 Richard Cardmaker
- 1377–79 William Spicer.[2]
- 1381–82 William Spicer
- 1388–89 William Coventre I[3]
- 1391–92 Richard Cardmaker
- 1410 Simon Skinner[4]
16th & 17th centuries[edit]
- 1547-51 Richard Batt
- 1554–55 Thomas Hull[5]
- 1568 Henry Grube[6]
- 1573 Henry Grube
- 1595 John Batt (Also known as John Whittock)
- 1602–03 John Kent
- 1642 Richard Pierce
- 1694–96 John Child[7]
20th century[edit]
- 1902-03 William Rose (Conservative)[8]
- 1907–08 Edward Simpson
- 1988-89 Arthur John Perrett
- 1991–92 Ludmilia Barnett
- 1993–94 Margaret Taylor[9]
- 1994-95 Charles Winchcombe
- 1995–96 I Hopkins[10]
- 1997–98 Ray Taylor[9]
- 1998–99 Jim Thorpe
- 1999–2000 Noel Woolrych
21st century[edit]
- 2000–01 Timothy Price[11]
- 2001-02 Ray Parsons
- 2002–03 Catherine Brown
- 2003–04 Paula Winchcombe
- 2004–05 Margaret Taylor[9]
- 2005–06 Peter Evans[10]
- 2006–07 Donald Jones
- 2007–08 Julian Beinhorn
- 2008–09 Jane Burton[9]
- 2009–10 John Leighton
- 2010–11 Peter Smith[10]
- 2011–12 Sue Evans[10]
- 2012–13 Kelvin Nash[10]
- 2013–14 Peter Smith[10]
- 2014–15 Sarah Bridewell
- 2015–16 Roger Giraud-Saunders[12]
- 2016–17 Jane Burton
- 2017–18 Nigel Carter
- 2019–20 Judy Rose[13]
- 2020–21 Andy Johnson (died in office, May 2020);[14] subsequently Christine Gay as acting mayor[15]
- 2021–22 Christine (Chris) Gay[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "CARDMAKER, Richard, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "SPICER, William, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "COVENTRE, William I, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "SKINNER, Simon (d.1417), of Chew Magna, Som. and Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "HULL, Thomas (by 1528-75/76), of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "GRUBE, Henry (d.1582), of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Devizes – History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
- ^ a b c d "Past Mayors of Devizes Town". Devizes Town Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Contact a Devizes Town Councillor". Devizes Town Council. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Riddle, Joe (22 January 2015). "GUILTY: Disgraced former mayor dying of cancer convicted of historic child sex crimes". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Moore, Joanne (19 May 2015). "New Devizes mayor picks his chosen charities". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Garg, Isaac (18 December 2019). "Devizes woman hits 100 years of age". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Moore, Joanne (26 May 2020). "Shock as newly elected Devizes Mayor dies". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b Robertson, Kirsten (21 May 2021). "Mayor elected in Devizes - as in-person meetings return". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2021.