List of mayors of Bolton
Municipal Borough Mayors

List of mayors of Bolton

Section Title: Municipal Borough Mayors
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No.	Mayor	Party	Tenure	Terms	Notes

1	Charles James Darbishire	Liberal	1838–1839	1	b.1797 – d.1874. The first Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Bolton.

2	Robert Heywood	Liberal	1839–1840	1	b.1786 – d.1868. Father of John Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1903–05

3	James Arrowsmith	Liberal	1840–1841	1	b.1791 – d.1870. Father of Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1853–55.

4	Thomas Cullen	Liberal	1841–1842	1	b.1782 – d.1859.

5	Robert Walsh	Liberal	1842–1843	1	b.1791 – d.1873.

6	Thomas Gregson	Liberal	1843–1844	1	b.1795 – d.1865.

7	John Slater	Liberal	1844–1845	1	b.1798 – d.1861.

8	Stephen Blair	Conservative	1845–1846	1	b.1804 – d.1870. Conservative MP for Bolton 1848–52.

9	James Scowcroft	Conservative	1846–1847	1	b.1788 – d.1865.

10	Thomas Ridgeway Bridson	Conservative	1847–1848	1	b.1795 – d.1863.

11	Thomas Lever Rushton	Conservative	1848–1850	2	b.1811 – d.1883.

12	William Gray	Conservative	1850–1852	2	b.1814 – d.1895. Conservative MP for Bolton 1857–1874.

13	John Stones	Conservative	1852–1853	1	b.c.1804 – d.1859.

14	Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith	Liberal	1853–1855	2	b.1816 – d.1890. Son of James Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1840–41.

15	James Knowles	Liberal	1855–1857	2	b.1813 – d.1886.

16	William Makant	Liberal	1857–1859	2	b.1807 – d.1880.

17	John Orton	Liberal	1859–1860	1	b.1804 – d.1870.

18	John Harwood	Liberal	1860–1861	1	b.1802 – d.1875. Brother of Richard Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1863–64.

19	James Rawthorne Wolfenden	Liberal	1861–1863	2	b.1811 – d.1886. Brother of Charles Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1875–77.

20	Richard Harwood	Liberal	1863–1864	1	b.1802 – d.1875. Brother of John Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1860–61, and father of George Harwood, Liberal MP for Bolton 1895–1912.

21	Richard Stockdale	Liberal	1864–1866	2	b.1809 – d.1886.

22	Dr Fergus Ferguson	Liberal	1866–1867	1	b.1805 – d.1887.

23	James Barlow	Liberal	1867–1869	2	b.1821 – d.1887.

24	Thomas Walmsley	Conservative	1869–1871	2	b.1812 – d.1890.

25	William Walter Cannon	Conservative	1871–1873	2	b.1822 – d.1903. Brother in law of Richard Stockdale, Mayor of Bolton 1864–66.

26	Jeremiah Marsden	Conservative	1873–1875	2	b.1820 – d.1877.

27	Charles Wolfenden	Conservative	1875–1877	2	b.1826 – d.1884. Brother of James Rawthorne Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1861–1863

28	James Greenhalgh	Conservative	1877–1878	1	b.1822 – d.1881.

29	Peter Crook Marsden	Conservative	1878–1879	1	b.1838 – d.1913.

30	Henry Marriott Richardson	Conservative	1879–1880	1	b.c.1816 – d.1893.

31	Joseph Musgrave	Conservative	1880–1881	1	b.1812 – d.1891.

32	Thomas Glaister	Conservative	1881–1882	1	b.1829 – d.1891. Grandfather of Thomas Glaister, Mayor of Bolton 1949–48.

33	Ebenezer Green Harwood	Conservative	1882–1884	2	b.1833 – d.1902.

34	Thomas Fletcher	Conservative	1884–1887	3	b.1832 – d.1914.

35	Thomas Moscrop	Conservative	1887–1888	1	b.1811 – d.1889.

36	John Barrett	Conservative	1888–1889	1	b.1842 – d.1908.

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