Hertfordshire Genealogy:

Mayors of St Albans

1835 - 1919

NOTE :– An election was held every year. The year given is the year elected, and as the elections were held in November, the Mayors were in office for most of the following year. This means that John Thomas Lipscomb was Mayor of St Albans in 1836.

Aldermen 1835-1913 All Councillors (word document)

Year of Election	Mayor		Source
1835	John Thomas	Lipscomb	A
1836	Stephen	Smith	A
1837	Francis	Kingston	A
1838	John	Coales	A
1839	Francis Joseph	Osbaldeston	A
1840	John Horner	Rumball	A
1841	Richard Grove	Lowe	A
1842	Thomas	Kinder	A
1843	William	Langley	A
1844	John	Mason	A
1845	Richard	Kentish	A
1846	John Horner	Rumball	A
1847	Frederick	Wheeler	A
1848	John Brasbridge	Nash	A
1849	Joseph	Russell	A
1850	Francis Robert	Silvester	A
1851	William	Bennett	A
1852	Philip Inglis	Page	A
1853	Thomas Dixon	Bowman	A
1854	Edward	Langridge	A
1855	Thomas	Richardson	A
1856	John	Lewis	A
1857	George	Debenham	A
1858	George	Debenham	A
1859	Thomas	Kind Kinderer	A
1860	William Balcombe	Simpson	A
1861	William Balcombe	Simpson	A
1862	William Balcombe	Simpson	A
1863	Henry	Parsons	A
1864	Thomas Weedon	Kent	A
1865	John	Gulston	A
1866	Benjamin	Amsden	A
1867	Francis	Syrett	A
1868	William	Bradley	A
1869	Henry Gilham	Martin	A
1870	John Thomas Nicholson	Lipscomb	A
1871	Edward Sutton	Wiles	A
1872	Charles	Woollam	A
1873	Francis Joseph	Searancke	A
1874	Sidney Longhurst	Harding	A
1875	George	Slade	A
1876	William Cannon	Smith	A
1877	Dr Richard Henry	Prior	A
1878	James	Fisk	A
1879	John	Chapple	A
1880	Edward Sutton	Wiles	A
1881	Edward Sutton	Wiles	A
1882	Samuel Monckton	White	A
1883	James	Fisk	A
1884	Samuel Monckton	White	A
1885	Christopher	Miskin	A
1886	Henry Partridge	Smith	A
1887	William	Hurlock	A
1888	Richard	Gibbs	A
1889	Henry Joseph	Toulmin	A
1890	William George	Bennett	B
1891	William	Hitchcock	B
1892	James	Fisk	B
1893	Albert	Rowden	B
1894	Henry	Gibson	B
1895	Henry Joseph	Toulmin	B
1896	Andrew	Symington	B
1897	Thomas	Oakley	B
1898	William Samuel	Green	B
1899	Henry Joseph	Toulmin	B
1900	Henry Joseph	Toulmin	B
1901	Arthur Edward	Ekins	P
1902	Matthias Thomas	Hodding	K
1903	Edwin	Lee	H
1904	Horace	Slade	H
1905	Samuel	Ryder	K
1906	Henry John	Worssam	K
1907	William Samuel	Green	H
1908	Arthur	Faulkner	K
1909	Eustace Henry	Lipscomb	H
1910	Arthur	Faulkner	H
1911	E	Dunham	H
1912	William	Fisk	H
1913	Horace	Slade	H
1914	Bertie Charles	Edwards	H
1915	James	Flint	H
1916	James	Flint	H
1917	James	Flint	H
1918	Arthur	Faulkner	H
1919	William Samuel	Green	H

Sources:

A		A.E. Gibbs, The Corporation Records of St Albans
B		The St Albans Almanack for 1901
H		Herts Almanack examined volumes dated 1904-1920
K		Kelly’s Directory for St Albans after 1901 (not all years available so changes due to death, etc, may be incorrect)
P		News items in Herts Advertiser

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