The Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, currently has a largely ceremonial mayor. The mayor is responsible for chairing full council meetings as well as representing the council at events, welcoming guests and visiting local organisations. However the role is an ancient one, being first recorded in the 14th century, and has many guises over the years. Former mayors include the following.[1]
Fourteenth century
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2018)
1379 Richard Bedull[2]
1382 David atte Hacche[3]
1391 John Kent[4]
1393 John Kent[4]
1399 Robert Hay[5]
1400 Robert Hay[5]
Fifteenth century
1401 John Huntingford[5] or John Kent[4]
1402 Robert Markham[5]
1403 William Kennet[5]
1404 John Hunt[5][6]
1405 John Hunt[5] or John Kent[4]
1406 John Hunt[5] (dubious)[6]
1407 Robert Markham[5][6]
1408 John Hunt[5] (dubious)[6]
1409 William Winton[5] or John Kent[4]
1410 Robert Levington[5]
1411 John Huntingford[5]
1412 Robert Hay[5]
1413 William Huntingford[5]
1414 John Clarke[5]
1415 William Kennet[5]
1416 John White[5]
1417 John Hunt[5] (dubious)[6]
1418 Robert Morris[5][6]
1419 William Winton[5]
1420 William Winton[5]
1421 William Huntingford[5]
1422 Robert Morris Junior[5] or John Hunt[6]
1423 Thomas Levington[5]
1424 Simon Porter[5]
1425 John Burton[5]
1426 Thomas Levington[5]
1427 John Kirkby[5]
1428 Simon Porter[5]
1429 John Kirkby[5]
1430 Simon Kent[5]
1431 Simon Ladbrook[5]
1432 John Kirkby[5]
1433 Robert Morris[5]
1434 John Kirkby[5]
1435 Thomas Swayne[5]
1436 William Hunt[5]
1437 William Hunt[5]
1438 William Bryssely[5]
1439 William Selham[5]
1440 John Vere[5]
1441 Robert Morris[5]
1442 Simon Porter[5]
1443 William Selham[5]
1444 Edward Lynacre[5]
1445 William Bryssely[5]
1446 William Hunt[5]
1447 John West[5]
1448 John Sayer[5]
1449 Thomas Clarke[5]
1450 John Chamberlain[5]
1451 Simon Porter[5]
1452 Edward Lynacre[5]
1453 William Reade[5]
1454 William Reade[5]
1455 William Reade[5]
1456 William Reade[5]
1457 John Chamberlain[5]
1458 Thomas Beke[5]
1459 Thomas Beke[5]
1460 Thomas Clarke[5]
1461 Thomas Clarke[5]
1462 Thomas Beke[5]
1463 William Lynacre[5]
1464 William Reade[5]
1465 Thomas Clarke[5]
1466 John Buck
1467 William Reade
1468 William Lynacre
1469 William Reade
1470 John Upston
1471 Robert Quedhampton
1472 William Lynacre
1473 John Upston
1474 William Pernecote
1475 William Pernecote
1476 Stephen Dunster
1477 William Lynacre
1478 John Baxter
1479 John Baxter
1480 William Lynacre
1481 Thomas Mill
1482 Stephen Dunster
1483 John Baxter
1484 John Langham
1485 John Langham
1486 John Langham
1487 John Langham or Richard Cleche[7]
1488 John Langham
1489 John Langham
1490 John Baxter
1491 Christian Nicholas
1492 Christian Nicholas
1493 Christian Nicholas
1494 Christian Nicholas
1495 John Baxter
1496 John Baxter
1497 Christian Nicholas
1498 Richard Cleche[7]
1499 Christian Nicholas
1500 John Wilcox
Sixteenth century
1501 Thomas Buckeridge
1502 Richard Cleche[5] (dubious)[7]
1503 John Turner
1504 Thomas Carpenter
1505 Richard Cleche[7]
1506 Thomas Carpenter
1507 Christian Nicholas
1508 Thomas Carpenter
1509 Thomas Carpenter
1510 William White
1511 William Gifford, (or Giffard, Jeffard)[8]
1512 William Watts
1513 William Justice[5][9]
1514 John Pownsar
1515 John Hopton
1516 Thomas Bye
1516 William Justice[5][9]
1517 William Watts
1518 William Watts
1519 John Hopton
1520 William Gifford[8]
1521 Thomas Everard
1522 Nicholas Hyde, MP for Reading, 1523
1523 Richard Turner
1524 William Gifford[8]
1525 Thomas Everard
1526 Richard Aman
1527 Richard Turner
1528 John Vansby
1529 Thomas Everard
1530 Richard Aman
1531 Richard Turner
1532 William Style
1533 John Reade
1534 Thomas Everard
1534 Richard Turner
1535 Richard Aman
1536 John White
1537 Richard Turner
1538 Thomas Mirth
1539 Richard Justice[10]
1540 William Edmunds
1541 Richard Turner
1542 John White
1543 Richard Turner
1544 John White[5] or John Bourne[11]
1545 Richard Justice[10]
1546 John Bourne[5] (dubious)[11]
1547 John Bourne[5] (dubious)[11]
1548 John Bell
1549 John Buckland
1550 William Edmunds
1551 Thomas Aldworth[5][12]
1552 John Bourne[11][5]
1553 Robert Bowyer
1554 Edward Butler
1555 John Bell
1556 Thomas Turner
1557 Thomas Aldworth[5][12]
1558 Robert Bowyer[5] or John Bourne[11]
1559 Edward Butler
1560 Thomas Turner
1561 Thomas Conyers[5] or Thomas Aldworth[12]
1562 John Bell
1563 John Buckland
1564 John Phipps
1565 John Kendrick[13]
1566 Richard Watlington
1567 Thomas Turner
1568 Humphrey Jackson
1569 Richard Johnson
1570 Robert Bowyer
1571 Thomas Aldworth[5][12]
1572 John Ockham
1573 William Lendall
1574 Richard Watlington
1575 Edward Butler
1576 Richard Aldworth
1577 William Fynnemore
1578 Richard Johnson
1579 John Webb
1580 Thomas Kendrick
1581 Edward Butler
1584 Richard Watlington
1583 Elizeus Burges
1584 Richard Aldworth
1585 Richard Turner
1586 William Fynnemore
1587 Richard Johnson
1588 Thomas Lydall
1539 Richard Watlington
1590 Robert Harris
1591 Thomas Deane
1592 Elizeus Burges
1593 Richard Aldworth
1593 Richard Watlington
1594 Richard Turner
1595 Robert Reave
1596 Barnard Harrison
1597 Thomas Lydall
1598 Robert Harris
1599 Thomas Deane
1600 John Blagg
Seventeenth century
1601 Edward Burningham
1602 John Webb
1603 John Ball
1604 John Thorne
1605 Bernard Harrison
1606 Thomas Lydall
1607 Nicholas Gunter
1608 Thomas Deane
1609 John Blagg
1610 Edward Burningham
1611 Thomas Turner[14]
1612 Richard Turner
1613 Robert Reeve
1614 William Malthus
1615 Robert Knight
1616 Christopher Turner
1617 William Iremonger
1618 Nicholas Gunter
1619 Walter Bateman
1620 Thomas Turner[14]
1621 Anthony Knight
1622 Robert Malthus
1623 Robert Knight
1624 Christopher Turner
1625 William Iremonger
1626 Nicholas Gunter
1627 Nicholas Gunter
1628 Nicholas Gunter
1629 Walter Bateman
1630 Thomas Turner[14]
1631 John Newman
1632 William Kendrick
1633 Roberl Malthus
1634 Robert Kent
1635 John Dewell
1636 George Thorne
1637 Anthony Brackstone
1638 Richard Burren
1639 John Jennings
1640 Thomas Harrison
1641 Peter Burningham
1642 Thomas Thackham
1643 William Brackstone
1644 Simon Dee
1645 George Wooldridge
1646 Richard Holloway
1647 John Harrison
1648 Thomas Bateman
1649 Peter Thorne
1650 James Arnold
1651 William Wilder
1652 John Webb
1653 Henry Frewin
1654 William Mills
1655 Thomas Cope
1656 Richard Alwright
1657 Richard Holloway
1658 Joel Stephens
1659 Joel Stephens
1660 Robert James
1661 Samuel Jemmet
1662 George Thorne[14]
1663 Thomas Sickes
1664 Thomas Clenton
1665 Robert Creed
1666 Thomas Coates
1667 William Brackstone Junior
1668 Robert Tirrel
1669 Michael Reading
1670 Thomas Tilleard
1671 John Blake
1672 Richard Johnson
1673 Giles Pocock
1674 Samuel House
1675 George Goswell
1676 Reginald Thornborough
1677 Henry Stead
1678 Thomas Harrison
1679 David Webb
1680 Francis Tirrel
1681 Michael Reading
1682 John Thorne
1683 John Blake
1684 William Lambden
1685 Richard Johnson
1686 Giles Pocock
1687 Thomas Goswell
1688 Hugh Champion
1688 Charles Calverley
1689 Francis Tirrel
1690 John Thorne
1691 Richard Lambden
1692 John Saunders
1693 John Thorne Junior
1694 James Quarrington
1695 Samuel Watlington[15][16]
1696 William Moore
1697 Thomas Oates
1698 Francis Browne
1699 Thomas Tirrel
1700 Francis Morgan
Eighteenth century
1701 Robert Noake
1702 John Merrick MD
1703 William Wilder
1704 Moses Gill
1705 Luke Wise
1706 John Abery
1707 Francis Bristow
1708 Thomas Piercy
1709 Robert Parran
1710 Robert Blake
1711 Samuel Watlington[15][16]
1712 Thomas Tirrel
1713 John Merrick MD
1714 William Wilder
1715 Moses Gill
1716 Luke Wise
1717 John Abery
1718 Thomas Piercy
1719 Robert Parran
1720 Robert Blake
1721 Richard Richards
1722 John Watts [17]
1723 William Everett
1724 Luke Wise
1725 John Abery
1726 Thomas Piercy
1727 Richard Richards
1728 John Watts [17]
1729 William Everett
1730 Jeriah Iremonger
1731 John Thorne
1732 Thomas Noake
1733 John Abery
1734 Abraham Watlington
1735 Edward Lambden
1736 John Spicer
1737 Thomas Piercy
1738 Richard Richards
1739 William Everett
1740 Jeria Iremonger
1741 John Thorp
1742 John Abery
1743 Abraham Watlington
1744 John Spicer
1745 Richard Tilleard
1746 William Armstrong
1747 John Dredge
1748 John Harrison
1749 Thomas Fiery
1750 John Richards
1751 John Hocker
1752 Harry Austin Deane
1753 Benjamin Armstrong
1754 Richard Fisher
1755 Abraham Watlington
1756 John Spicer
1757 Richard Tilleard
1758 John Hocker
1759 John Dredge
1760 John Richards
1761 Harry Auftin Deane
1762 Richard Fisher
1763 Richard Westbrook
1764 Francis Whitchurch
1765 Richard Tilleard
1766 John Coates
1767 Adam Smith
1768 William Blandy Senior
1769 John Dredge
1770 John Richards
1771 Richard Fisher
1772 Richard Westbrook
1773 Francis Whitchurch
1774 William Blandy Senior
1775 John Deane Senior
1776 John Everett
1777 Edward Skeate White
1778 William Knapp
1779 Thomas Deane
1780 Robert Micklem
1781 Edward Micklern
1782 Henry Deane
1783 Martin Annesley
1784 John Deane Junior
1785 John Taylor MD
1786 Thomas Hanson
1787 John Bulley
1788 Richard Maul
1789 Thomas Gleed
1790 William Knapp
1791 Thomas Deane
1792 Robert Micklem
1793 Henry Deane
1794 Martin Annesley
1795 John Bulley
1796 Richard Maul
1797 Thomas Gleed
1798 Charles Poulton
1799 Thomas West
1800 William Blandy
Nineteenth century
1801 Richard Westbrook[5]
1802 Richard Richards[5]
1803 Lancelot Austwick[5]
1804 George Gilbertson[5]
1805 John Stevens[5]
1806 Martin Annesley[5]
1807 Richard Maul[5]
1808 Thomas Gleed[5]
1809 Charles Poulton[5]
1810 William Blandy[5]
1811 Richard Westbrook[5]
1812 Lancelot Austwick[5]
1813 George Gilbertson[5]
1814 William Andrews Senior[5]
1815 John Blandy[5]
1816 William Blackall Simonds[5]
1817 Thomas Sowdon[5]
1818 Robert Harris[5]
1819 Thomas Ward[5]
1820 William Stephens[5]
1821 Henry Deane[5]
1822 Thomas Garrard[5]
1823 William Andrews Senior[5]
1824 Henry Simonds[5]
1825 Herbert Lewis[5]
1826 George Higgs[5]
1827 William Quelch[5]
1828 Musgrave Lamb[5]
1829 Thomas Grint Curties[5]
1830 John Jackson Blandy[5][18][19]
1831 William Blandy[5]
1832 John Lamball Dewe[5]
1833 Thomas Lawrence[5]
1834 John Neale[5]
1835 Henry Hawkes[5]
1836 William Tuppen[5]
1837 Richard Billing[5]
1838-39 Edward Hodge[20]
1839-40 William Tiley, junior[20]
1840-41 Thomas Rickford[20]
1841-42 Samuel Chase[20]
1842-43 William Blandy[20]
1843-44 John Richard, junior[20]
1844-45 John Yard Willats[20]
1845-46 James Allaway[20]
1846-47 Thomas Morris[20]
1847-48 John Weedon[20]
1848-49 Thomas Harris[20]
1849-50 Henry Adams[20]
1850-52 William Silver Darter[20]
1852-53 John Demezy Goodchild[20]
1853-54 William Brown[20]
1854-55 William Exall[20]
1855-56 Timothy Lorkin Walford[20]
1856-57 Thomas harris[20]
1857-58 George Palmer[21][20]
1858-59 Charles James Andrewes[20]
1859-60 Henry Adolphus Simonds[20]
1860-61 James Boorne[20]
1861-62 Robert Hewett[20]
1862-63 John Okey Taylor[20]
1863-64 Lewis Cooper[20]
1864-65 Charles James Butler[20]
1865-66 Edward Blackwell[20]
1866-67 Henry John Simonds[20]
1867-68 John Talwin Morris[20]
1868-69 John Wells Hounslow[20]
1869-71 Sir Peter Spokes[20]
1871-73 Henry Bilson Blandy[20]
1873-74 Alexander Beale[20]
1874-76 Charles Smith[20]
1876-77 William Hood[20]
1877-78 James Silver[20]
1878-80 Henry Bilson Blandy[20]
1880-81 George William Colebrook[20]
1881-82 John Messer[20]
1882-83 Blackall Simonds[20]
1883-87 Arthur Hill[22][20]
1887-88 William Berkley Monck[20]
1888-89 George William Palmer[23][20]
1889-90 John Thomas Dodd[20]
1890-91 Daniel Heelas[20]
1891-92 Frank Attwells (died in office on 25 August 1892)[24][20]
1891-92 Daniel Heelas, former deputy mayor.[25][20]
1892-93 John Wessley Martin [26]
1893-94 Charles Gyningham Field [27]
1894-96 Owen Ridley[20]
1896-97 William Ferguson[20]
1897-98 William Berkeley Monck[20]
1898-99 William George Wellma[20]
1899–1900 W. Poulton[28]
Twentieth century
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2016)
1900-1903: A. Holland Bull, JP (Liberal Unionist) (three terms)[29][30]
1904-1905: Martin John Sutton[20][31][32]
1905-1907: Edward Jackson[20][33]
1919: Sir George Stewart Abram[34][20]
1931: Edward Oliver Farrer[35]
1933: Edith Sutton[36][37]
1934: Frederick William Allwright (died in office on 13 November 1934)[35][20]
1946: Phoebe Cusden[38][39]
1956: Arthur Lockwood[40]
1969-1970: Edith Ella Lovett[41]
1970-1971: Herbert (Bert) Williams[20]
1971-1972: William Wykeham Edward Badnall[42]
1972-1973: Ivy Sylvia (Silvia) Blagrove[43]
1973-1974: John Rees (Jack) Price[44]
1974-1975: Reginald Harry (Joe) Bristow[45]
1975-1976: Geoffrey David Salisbury[46]
1976-1977: Kathleen Lucy Sage[47]
1977-1978: William George (Bill) Mander[47]
1978-1979: Ronald James (Jim) Day[48]
1979-1980: Charles Frederick Sage[49]
1980-1981: Marian Jeanne Absolom[50]
1981-1982: Leslie Basil Dunning[51]
1982-1983: George Frank Robinson[52]
1983-1984: Doris Ellen Lawrence[53]
1984-1985: Ronald William Jewitt[54]
1985-1986: Brian Anthony Fowles[55][36]
1986-1987: Janet Brenda Bond[56]
1987-1988: Doris Ellen Lawrence[57]
1988-1989: Kathleen Margaret (Kay) Everett[58]
1989-1990: Maureen Lockey[59]
1990-1991: Geoffrey Walter Canning[60]
1991-1992: Robert Stephen Dimmick[61]
1992-1993: Adel Hamza Fuad (Former Conservative, but expelled from party in 1991.)[62]
1993-1994: Rajinder Sohpal[63]
1994: George Henry Ford[64] (Died after 22 days in post.)[65]
1994-1995: John Michael Oliver[66]
1995-1996: David Llewellyn Geary[67]
1996-1997: Ronald James (Jim) Day[68]
1997-1998: Rosemary Phyllis (Rose) Williams[69]
1998-1999: David Llewellyn Geary[70]
1999-2000: Stephen Peter (Steve) Waite[71]
2000-2001: Robert James (Bob) Green[72]
Twenty-first century
2001: Tony Jones[73]
2002: Liz Winfield-Chislett[74]
2003: Jeanette Skeats[74]
2004: Richard Stainthorp[75]
2005: Riaz Chaudhri[76]
2006: Bet Tickner [77]
2007: [a] Chris Maskell[79]
2008: Peter Beard[80]
2009: Fred Pugh[81]
2010: Gul Khan[82]
2011: Deborah Edwards[83][84]
2012: Jenny Rynn[85]
2013: Marion Livingston[86]
2014: Tony Jones[73]
2015: Sarah Hacker[87]
2016: Mohammed Ayub[88]
2017: Rose Williams[89]
2018: Deborah Edwards[83]
2019: Paul Woodward[90]
2020: [b] David Stevens[91]
2021: Rachel Eden[92]
2023: Tony Page[1][93]
2024: Glenn Dennis[94]
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^Cllr Maskell would quit the Labour Party in 2022, remaining as an independent for the rest of his time on the council.[78]
^Cllr Stevens switched to the Labour Party in 2022
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^"Following in his wife's footsteps… the new mayor of Reading". Evening Post. Reading. 16 May 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"Meet Mayor Marion [sic] - the new First Citizen". Evening Post. Reading. 14 May 1980. p. 9. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"Picture special on the making of the new mayors". Evening Post. Reading. 20 May 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"Big ceremony to install new mayor". Evening Post. Reading. 19 May 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"Caring Doris is made the town's 'Mother Mayor'". Evening Post. Reading. 25 May 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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^"New mayor begins year with a bang". Evening Post. Reading. 27 May 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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^"Tories walk out over election of rebel Fuad". Evening Post. Reading. 20 May 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"First black mayor outlines a tough agenda". Evening Post. Reading. 19 May 1993. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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^"Tributes to Reading's mayor: George in dream job for only 22 days". Evening Post. Reading. 9 June 1994. p. 1. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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^"Day to remember for our new mayor". Evening Post. Reading. 22 May 1996. p. 53. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"Rose joins chain gang". Evening Post. Reading. 19 May 1997. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^"Ready for challenge". Evening Post. Reading. 22 May 1998. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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