List of mayors of Wolverhampton
20th Century

List of mayors of Wolverhampton

Section Title: 20th Century
Table Section Text: None

No.	Mayor	Tenure	Terms	Notes

46	Alderman Price Lewis	1900 (September–November)	1	Master Tailor. JP

47	Alderman John Walton Hamp	1900 (November)–1901	1	Surgeon & Chief Magistrate. St John's Ward.

48	Councillor Charles Paulton Plant	1901/02	1	Wine merchant & brewer. St Peter's Ward. Chairman Streets Committee.

49	Councillor George Rennie Thorne	1902/03	1	Solicitor & Lay preacher. St Matthew's Ward.

50	Alderman Levi Johnson	1903/04	1	Brewer & Wine merchant. Borough Magistrate. St John's Ward. Had daughter Wulfruna Johnson.

51	Richard Evans Willoughby Berrington	1904/05	1	Civil engineer

52	Alderman Albert Baldwin Bantock	1905–1907	2	Coal & Iron agent, High Sheriff of Staffordshire

53	Councillor Fred Evans	1907/08	1

54	Councillor Edward Lewis Cullwick	1908–1909 (April)	1	Harness manufacturer. Died in Office, 1 April 1909

55	Councillor Fred Evans	1909 (April–November)	1

56	Councillor John Grout	1909 (November)–1910	1	Physician And surgeon

57	Councillor Charles Thomas Richards	1910/11	1	Pawnbroker And Jeweller

58	Councillor Thomas William Dickinson	1911–1913	2	Fruit merchant & farmer

59	Councillor Frederick Howard Skidmore	1913/14	1	Auctioneer & Valuer

60	Councillor Albert Baldwin Bantock	1914/15	1	First Mayor to stand for a third term

61	Councillor Arthur Charles Skidmore	1915–1917	2	(c. 1865–28 May 1940) Solicitor, Borough Coroner

62	Alderman John Francis Myatt	1917/18	1	Brewer

63	Alfred George Jeffs	1918/19	1	Wholesale grocer

64	Alderman Thomas Austin Henn	1919/20	1	(c. 1871–6 May 1948), Jeweller. Freeman of Wolverhampton.

65	James Thompson	1920–1922	2	(c. 1864, Bilston–1934), Chairman of John Thompson Ltd., manufacturers.

66	Councillor Thomas Frost	1922/23	1	(c. 1864–22 May 1953) Builder

67	Joseph Clark	1923–1925	2

68	Alderman Frederick Albert Willcock	1925–1927	2	Retired chemist

69	Albert Edward Wood	1927–1929	2

70	Alderman Alan Davies	1929/30	1	(c. 1874–24 January 1954)

71	Alderman Joseph Haddock	1930/31	1	(c. 1874–25 June 1957), later manager of the Star and Garter Hotel.

72	Alderman John Lewis	1931–1932 (February)	1	Died in Office, 25 February 1932

73	Alderman Joseph Haddock	1932 (March–November)	1	Elected Mayor for remainder of Municipal year

74	Sir Charles Arthur Mander (Baronet)	1932 (November)–1933	1	Alderman

75	Bertram Kidson	1933/34	1	Chartered Accountant

76	Morris Christopher	1934/35	1

77	Alderman James Whittaker	1935/36	1	(c. 1866–3 April 1940). Died following a motor car accident near Ascot.

78	Sir Charles Arthur Mander (Baronet)	1936/37	1

79	Richard Ernest Probert	1937/38	1

80	Councillor George Edwin John Luce	1938/39	1

81	Harry Austin White	1939/40	1	(c. 1883–24 November 1947)

82	Albert Abraham Beach	1940/41	1

83	George Bates	1941/42	1

84	Anacletus Byrne-Quinn, OBE	1942/43	1	Physician & Surgeon, MB BS MRCS Eng. LRCP Lond.

85	Alderman Frederick Stephen Thompson	1943/44	1	(c. 1871–27 March 1945) Boiler Works Manager

86	Thomas William Phillipson	1944/45	1	Former Wolves footballer and prolific striker.

87	William Lawley	1945/46	1

88	Cyril Bernard Vincent Taylor	1946/47	1

89	Herbert Edwin Lane	10 November 1947–23 May 49	2

90	Councillor Henry "Harry" Bowdler	1949/50	1	(c. 1889–1 April 1957)

91	Louis Reginald Guy	1950/51	1	(1899 W'ton—1974 W'ton)

92	James Beattie	1951/52	1	Joint Managing Director of James Beattie Ltd., grandson of the founder. (Chairman and Managing Director in 1961)

93	Alderman Harold Thomas Fullwood	1952/53	1

94	Alderman Mrs. Alice Annie Braybrook	18 May 1953–1954	1	Wolverhampton's first woman Mayor.

95	Alderman Leonard James Woolridge	24 May 1954/55	1

96	Alderman Frank Mansell	23 May 1955/56	1

97	Alderman George Rastall	28 May 1956/57	1

98	Alderman Mrs. Ruby Florence Ilsley	20 May 1957–1958	1

99	John Clement Horner	1958/59	1

100	Norman Frank Bagley	1959/60	1

101	Harold Marsh	1960/61	1

102	Charles Herbert Davies	1961/62	1

103	Malcolm Pascal Birch	1962/63	1

104	Herbert Preece	1963/64	1

105	Harry Bagley	1964/65	1

106	Frank Clapham	1965/66	1

107	Frank Stanley Smith	1966/67	1

108	Alderman Edward (Ted) Yardley Fullwood	1967/68	1

109	Robert Campbell	1968/69	1

110	Stanley Steventon Tatem	1969/70	1

111	Gerald Anthony Guy	1970/71	1

112	Francis Victor Law	1971/72	1

113	Arthur Storer	1972/73	1

114	Dennis Arthur Birch	1973/74	1

115	Samuel Herbert Reynolds	1974/75	1

116	Edward Mitchell	1975/76	1

117	Arthur Ernest Steventon	1976/77	1

118	Jessie Emma Beddoes	1977/78	1

119	Violet Amy Fletcher	1978/79	1

120	Ian George Claymore	1979/80	1

121	Herbert Edwin Lane MBE	1980/81	1	2nd term as Mayor

122	Ernest William Bold	1981/82	1

123	John Arthur Morey	1982/83	1

124	Alfred Christopher Laws	1983/84	1

125	Stanley Arthur Ledsam	1984/85	1

126	George Fredrick Howells	1985/86	1

127	Councillor Bishan Dass	1986/87	1	Labour, Ettingshall Ward, first elected 1 May 1975.

128	Doreen Mildred Seiboth	1987/88	1

129	Philip Reginald Richards	1988/89	1

130	Richard Reynolds	1989/90	1

131	John Geraghty	1990–1990 (October)	1

132	Richard Reynolds	1990 (October)–1991	1	2nd term as Mayor

133	Councillor Surjan Singh Duhra	1991/92	1	Labour, St Peter's Ward, election history from 4 May 1978 to 5 May 2011.

134	Raymond Bert Swatman	1992/93	1

135	Councillor Richard Fredrick Whitehouse	1993/94	1	Liberal Independent, Spring Vale Ward, first elected 3 May 1984.

136	Stanley Arthur Ledsam	1994/95	1	2nd term as Mayor

137	Councillor Margaret Mary Benton	1995/96	1	Labour, Bilston North Ward, election history from 2 May 1991 to 1 May 2003.

138	George Fredrick Howells MBE	1996/97	1	2nd term as Mayor

139	Councillor Francis Docherty	1997/98	1	Labour, East Park Ward, election history from 2 May 1991 to 5 May 2011.

140	Councillor Gwendoline (Gwen) Mary Stafford Good	1998/99	1

141	Councillor Peter Alan Bilson	1999/2000	1	Labour, Bushbury South and Low Hill Ward, first ekected 6 May 1982.

Sentence(s)

Charles Arthur Mander was twice the Mayor of Wolverhampton.

final_sentence: Charles Arthur Mander was twice the Mayor of Wolverhampton.