The earliest recorded mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).[1]

Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford

On 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor.[2] Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs (1974–75 and 1981–82).[2]

List of notable mayors

Year Name Notes
1392/1393Thomas Somerset[3]MP for Oxford, 1379, 1388
1395/1396John Shawe[4]MP for Oxford, 1388
1400/01John Merston[5]MP for Oxford, 1393, 1404 and 1414
1401/1402Edmund Kenyan[6]MP for Oxford, 9 times between 1379 and 1394
1403/1404John Merston
1412John Merston
1420/1423William Brampton[7]MP for Oxford, 1416, 1419, 1421 and 1425
1424/1425William Offord[8]MP for Oxford, 1420, 1421, 1422 and 1426
1425/1426William Brampton[7]
1426/1427William Offord[8]
1430/1432William Brampton[7]
1436/1437William Brampton[7]
1438/1439William Brampton[7]
1527/1529William Fleming[9]MP for Oxford, 1529 and ?1536
1556/1557William Tylcock[10]MP for Oxford, 1554
1557/1558Thomas Williams[11]MP for Oxford, 1553
1560/1561William Tylcock[10]
1563/1564Roger Taylor[12]MP for Oxford, 1559
1565/1566Thomas Williams[11]
1568/1569William Tylcock[10]
1569/1570Roger Taylor[12]
1574/1575Roger Taylor[12]
1575/1576William Tylcock[10]
1576/1577Thomas Williams[11]
1636John NixonMP for Oxford, 1646
1646/1648John Nixon
1654John Nixon
1698John KnibbClockmaker
1710John Knibb
1836 (Jan–Oct)William Henry ButlerWine merchant
1851/1852William WardCoal merchant
1859/1860Thomas RandallMagistrate, Hatter of Randall & Nichols[13]
1861/1862William Ward
1865/1866John CavellDraper of Elliston & Cavell Ltd
1874/1875Joseph RoundCoal merchant
1875/1876Jason Saunders[14]
1877/1888John Cavell
1879/1880 (part)John Cavell
1900/1901George Claridge DruceBotanist
1901/1902Walter GrayAlderman
1902/1903John H. Salter[15]Alderman, Liberal
1909Arthur Salter, 1st Baron SalterAcademic. MP for Oxford University, 1937 and Ormskirk, 1951
1933/1934Lily Sophia TawneyFirst woman
1938/1939Henry Tregelles Gillett[16]Doctor and prominent Quaker
1959/1960Frederick Mason BrewerResearch chemist at the University of Oxford

List of Lord Mayors

Year Name Notes
1962/1963Evan Owen RobertsFirst Lord Mayor
1963/1964Alec Percival Parker
1964/1965John Leonard Norman BakerUniversity Councillor
1965/1966Florence Kathleen LowerFirst woman Lord Mayor
1966/1967William Foster MacNeece FosterAir Vice-Marshal
1967/1968Francis (Frank) Vincent Pickstock
1968/1969Peter Spencer Spokes
1969/1970Percy Dudley Bromley
1970/1971Michael MaclaganUniversity Councillor
1971/1972Thomas James Meadows
1972/1973Arthur Bernard Connors
1973/1974Frederick George Ingram
1974/1975Olive Frances Gibbs
1975/1976William George Robert Fagg
1976/1977Ann Hazel SpokesLater Ann Spokes Symonds
1977/1978Dora Minnie Carr
1978/1979William Eaton Simpson
1979/1980John Arundell Hamilton
1980/1981Gordon Woodward
1981/1982Henry Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo
died in office December 1981 and replaced by
Olive Frances Gibbs
1982/1983Anthony William Williamson
1983/1984Janet Gillespie Todd
1984/1985Frank Arnold Garside
1985/1986Roger Alan Dudman
1986/1987John George William Parker
1987/1988Elizabeth Florence Mary StandingfordIn place of her husband Bert
who died on 19 May 1987
when Lord Mayor Elect
1988/1989Nellie Dorothy WhorleyLater Nellie Comfort
1989/1990Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley
1990/1991Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton
1991/1992Alan David Pope
1992/1993Barbara May Gatehouse
1993/1994John Gordon Power
1994/1995William Walker Buckingham
1995/1996Joseph Charles Blewitt
1996/1997Beryl Ivy Keen
1997/1998William John Baker
1998/1999Carol Roberts
1999/2000Valerie Smith
2000/2001Maureen Christian
2001/2002Peter Moss
2002/2003Gillian Ann Sanders
2003/2004Patrick Stannard
2004/2005Bryan Keen
2005/2006Robert John Price
2006/2007Jim Campbell
2007/2008John Tanner
2008/2009Susanna Pressel
2009/2010Mary Clarkson
2010/2011John Goddard
2011/2012Elise Benjamin
2012/2013Alan Armitage resigned 4 March 2012 and
replaced 13 March 2013 by Mohammed Abbasi
2013/2014Dee Sinclair
2014/2015Mohammed Abbasi[17]
2015/2016Rae Humberstone[18]
2016/2017Mohammed Altaf-Khan[19]
2017/2018Jean Fooks[20]
2018/2019Colin Cook[21]
2019/2020Craig Simmons
2020/2022Mark Lygo
2022/2023James Fry
2023/2024Lubna Arshad[22]

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Stephanie (9 August 2009). "Mayors of Oxford in early medieval times 1205–1348". Mayors of Oxford. Stephanie Jenkins. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Jenkins, Stephanie (7 May 2011). "Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford 1962–today". Mayors of Oxford. Stephanie Jenkins. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "SOMERSET, Thomas, of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  4. ↑ "SHAWE, John I (d.1407), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. ↑ "MERSTON, John (d.c.1416), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ↑ "KENYAN, Edmund (d.1414), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "BRAMPTON, William II (d.1440), of Burford and Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  8. 1 2 "OFFORD, William (d.1432/3), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  9. ↑ "FLEMING, William (c.1475–1540), of Oxford". The History of Parliament.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "TYLCOCK (TYLLOCK, TRILLCOCK), William (1503/4-78), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  11. 1 2 3 "WILLIAMS, Thomas I (by 1518-79/90), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  12. 1 2 3 "TAYLOR, Roger (d.1578), of Oxford". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  13. ↑ "Thomas Randall, Mayor of Oxford".
  14. ↑ "SAUNDERS, Jason I (d.1911), of Oxford". oxfordhistory.org.
  15. ↑ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  16. ↑ Jenkins, Stephanie. "Oxford History: Mayors & Lord Mayors". oxfordhistory.org.uk/. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Councillor will be Lord Mayor twice". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Lord Mayor of Oxford". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "Lord Mayor of Oxford". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "Lord Mayor, Deputy Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Oxford". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  21. ↑ Williams, Tom (15 May 2018). "Oxford welcomes new Lord Mayor Colin Cook with traditional ceremony". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "Oxford welcomes new Lord Mayor, Councillor Lubna Arshad". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 18 May 2023.


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