List of mayors of Birmingham
1838–1895

List of mayors of Birmingham

Section Title: 1838–1895
Table Section Text: None

No.	Mayor	Image	Tenure	Terms	Notes

1	William Scholefield	1838	1	Second son of Joshua Scholefield, one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832.

2	Philip Henry Muntz	-	1839–1840	2	Councillor, alderman, mayor, justice of the peace and representative of Birmingham in Parliament.

3	Samuel Beale	1841	1	MP for Derby between 1857–65.

4	James James	1842	1

5	Thomas Weston	1843	1

6	Thomas Phillips	1844	1

7	Henry Smith	1845	1

8	Robert Martineau	1846	1

9	Charles Geach	1847	1	Founder of the Birmingham & Midland Bank

10	Samuel Thornton	1848	1

11	William Lucy	1849–1850	2

12	Henry Smith	1851	1

13	Henry Hawkes	1852	1

14	James Baldwin	1853	1

15	John Palmer	1854	1

16	T P T Hodgson	1855	1

17	Sir John Ratcliff	1856–1858	3	Also Town Commissioner, Low Baliff, Town Councillor, Alderman

18	Thomas Lloyd	1859	1

19	Arthur Ryland	1860	1

20	Henry Nanton	1861	1

21	Charles Sturge	1862	1

22	William Holliday	1863	1

23	Henry Wiggin	-	1864	1

24	Edwin Yates	1865	1

25	George Dixon	-	1866	1	Birmingham MP, was a major proponent of education for all children.

26	Thomas Avery	1866–1867	1	Elected on the resignation of Dixon

27	Henry Holland	1868	1

28	Thomas Prime	1869	1

29	G Braithwaite Lloyd	1870	1

30	John Sadler	1871	1

31	Ambrose Biggs	1872	1

32	Joseph Chamberlain	-	1873–1876	3

33	George Baker	1876	1	Elected on the resignation of Chamberlain in June 1876

34	William Kenrick	-	1877	1

35	Jesse Collings	-	1878	1

36	Richard Chamberlain	1879–1880	2	Brother of Joseph Chamberlain

37	Thomas Avery	1881	1

38	William White	1882	1

39	William Cook	1883	1

40	Sir Thomas Martineau	1884–1886	3

41	Maurice Pollack	1887	1

42	Richard Cadbury Barrow	1888	1

43	Francis Corder Clayton	1889–1890	2

44	Edward Lawley Parker	1891–1892	2

45	George James Johnson	1893	1

46	Thomas Stratton Fallows	1894	1

47	James Smith	1895	2

Sentence(s)

Jesse Collings served as Mayor of Birmingham starting in 1878.

final_sentence: Jesse Collings served as Mayor of Birmingham starting in 1878.