List of mayors of Manchester
1838–1893

List of mayors of Manchester

Section Title: 1838–1893
Table Section Text: None

No.	Mayor	Tenure began	Tenure ended	Terms	Notes

1	Sir Thomas Potter	1838	1840	2	Father of Sir John Potter, who was mayor 1848–1851

2	William Neild	1840	1842	2

3	James Kershaw	1842	1843	1

4	Alexander Kay	1843	1845	2

5	William Benjamin Watkins	1845	1846	1

6	Sir Elkanah Armitage	1846	1848	2

7	Sir John Potter	1848	1851	3	Son of Sir Thomas Potter, who was mayor 1838–1840

8	Robert Barnes	1851	1853	2

9	Benjamin Nicholls	1853	1855	2

10	Sir James Watts	1855	1857	2

11	Ivie Mackie	1857	1860	3

12	Matthew Curtis	1860	1861	1	1st term

13	Thomas Goadsby	1861	1862	1

14	Abel Heywood	1862	1863	1	1st term

15	John Marsland Bennett	1863	1865	2

16	William Bowker	1865	1866	1

17	Robert Neill	1866	1868	2

18	John Grave	1868	1871	3

19	William Booth	1871	1873	2

20	Alfred Watkin	1873	1874	1

21	John King	1874	1875	1

22	Matthew Curtis	1875	1876	1	2nd term

23	Abel Heywood	1876	1877	1	2nd term

24	Charles Sydney Grundy	1877	1879	2

25	Henry Patteson	1879	1880	1

26	Sir Thomas Baker	1880	1882	2

27	John Hopkinson	1882	1883	1

28	Philip Goldschmidt	1883	1884	1	1st term

29	Sir John James Harwood	1884	1885	1	1st term

30	Philip Goldschmidt	1885	1886	1	2nd term

31	Matthew Curtis	1886	1887	1	3rd term

32	Sir John James Harwood	1887	1888	2	2nd term

33	William Batty	1888	1889	1

34	Sir John Mark	1889	1891	2	First mayor of the County Borough

35	Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech	1891	1892	1

36	Anthony Marshall	1892	1893	2	First term

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Sir James Watts was Mayor of Manchester (1855–1857).

final_sentence: Sir James Watts was Mayor of Manchester (1855–1857).