The title Lord Mayor of Coventry was created on 3 June 1953 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Coventry, England by Letters Patent as part of the Coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that Coventry had had a Mayor since it was granted its Charter of Incorporation by King Edward III in 1345.
The Lord Mayor is the Chairman of the City Council and has the casting vote. As Coventry's first citizen, they are the non-political, ceremonial head of the city.
Notable Mayors of Coventry Alice Arnold, Coventry's first female mayor (in 1937) wearing mayoral regalia 1546-7: John Harford 1583 Henry Breres (MP for Coventry, 1586 and 1601) 1587 Henry Sewall (MP for Coventry, 1621) 1606 Henry Sewall 1609 Sampson Hopkins (MP for Coventry, 1614 and 1621) 1631 William Jesson (MP for Coventry, 1640) 1633 Simon Norton (MP for Coventry, 1640) 1634 John Barker (MP for Coventry, 1640) 1655 Robert Beake (MP for Coventry, 1654–1660) 1834 George Eld (antiquary and editor of the Coventry Standard ) 1835 H. Cadwallader Adams 1858 W. Wilmot 1861–1862 Thomas Soden 1889–1891 Alderman Charles John Hill[4] [5] 1891–1894 George Singer (founder of Singer Cycle Company) 1894–1903 Alderman Tomson (Liberal)[6] 1911–1912 William Fitzthomas Wyley [7] [8] (Colonel and Founder of Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists)[9] [10] 1913–1914 Siegfried Bettmann (founder of Triumph Cycle company ) 1937 Alice Arnold – trade unionist; first female mayor[11] 1941 Alfred Robert Grindlay (industrialist, founder of Grindlay Peerless Cycle Company and Mayor during the Coventry Blitz) Lord Mayors of Coventry Coventry's Lord Mayors have included:[12]
1953: Hamblet Bertie Warner Cresswell 1954: John Fennell (First Lord Mayor) 1955: Thomas Henry Dewis 1956: William Isaac Thomson 1957: Pearl Marguerite Hyde 1958: Harold Henry Kemble Winslow 1959: William Henry Edwards 1960: Harry Stanley 1961: William Callow 1962: Arthur James Waugh, Snr 1963: Emily Allen Allen 1964: Thomas Henry Whiteman 1965: William Parfitt 1966: Edwin Moody Rogers 1967: Eric James Williams 1968: Leonard Lamb 1969: William Frederick Burdett 1970: Sidney John Cordery 1971: Tom Meffen 1972: Wilfred Spencer (died) 1973: Gerard William Sheridan 1974: John Dennis Berry 1975: Charles Ward 1976: Robert Frederick Loosley 1977: Ralph Clews 1978: Charles McKenzie Maxwell (died) 1978: Kenneth Bertram Benfield 1979: Harry Richards 1980: Tom McLatchie 1981: Philip Walter George Robinson 1982: Edgar William Weaver 1983: Joseph Thompson 1984: Walter Sidney Brandish 1985: William McKernan 1986: Winifred Eva Lakin 1987: Jeffrey Desmond White 1988: Arthur James Waugh, Jnr 1989: David John Cairns 1990: William Arthur Hardy 1991: David H. Edwards 1992: Samuel Donald Ewart 1993: Alex M. Boyd 1994: Nick Nolan 1995: Joseph Clifford 1996: Arthur J. (Stan) Hodson 1997: John Mutton 1998: Maggie Rosher 1999: Joan Wright 2000: Sheila Collins 2001: Dave Chater 2002: Ken Taylor 2003: Sucha Singh Bains 2004: John Victor Gazey (June) 2005: Ram Parkash Lakha 2006: Shabbir Ahmed 2007: Dave Batten 2008: Andy Matchet 2009: Jack Harrison 2010: Brian Kelsey 2011: Keiran Mulhall 2012: Tim Sawdon 2013: Gary Crookes 2014: Hazel Noonan [13] 2015: Michael Hammon 2016: Lindsley Harvard 2017: Tony Skipper 2018: John Blundell 2019: Linda Bigham 2020: Ann Lucas 2021: John McNicholas 2022: Kevin Maton[14] References John Astley (1885), The Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish Church of S. Michael, Coventry, together with drawings of all the arms found therein , Wikidata Q98360469 ^ Hill, Charles John (29 November 1889). "Mayor". Newspapers.com. Coventry Herald and Free Press. Retrieved 2 November 2022 . ^ Hill, Charles John (6 February 1891). "Mayor". Newspapers.com. Coventry Herald and Free Press. Retrieved 2 November 2022 . ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times . No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12. ^ "The history of civic life: Previous Mayors and Lord Mayors". Coventry City Council . 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021 . ^ "Historic Coventry – List of Mayors & Lord Mayors". www.historiccoventry.co.uk . Retrieved 29 April 2021 . ^ "History". Coventry & Warwickshire Society of Artists . 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021 . ^ Musing on Spines (1 May 2012). "Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists Celebrate Centenary Year". Creatabot . Retrieved 29 April 2021 . ^ Wilcox-Lee, Naomi (3 April 2018). "Alice Arnold of Coventry 1881–1955". Sheroes of History . ^ "Coventry's Mayors". Retrieved 24 January 2014 . ^ "Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2014 . ^ "Councillor with 35 years of experience in our city to be new Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry Telegraph . 17 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022 . England
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