Below is a list of Norwich Mayors, Lord Mayors and Sheriffs from 1900 to the present day.
If you have any questions about the role of Lord Mayor and Sheriff please email civicoffice@norwich.gov.uk
1900 |
Mayor Joseph John Dawson-Paul |
Sydney Cozens-Hardy |
1901 |
Russell James Colman |
Henry T S Patterson |
1902 |
Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Harvey |
Henry John Copeman |
1903 |
Geoffrey Fowell Buxton |
Leathes Prior |
1904 |
Henry Z T Flowers |
Henry L Clark |
1905 |
Edward Thomas Boardman |
Carlos B Lumsden |
1906 |
William Robert Crow Howlett |
John Dodson |
1907 |
Edmund Gurney Buxton |
Frederick G Chamberlin |
1908 |
Walter Rye |
Arthur G Howlett |
1909 |
Lord Mayor E E Blyth |
Arthur J Young |
1910 |
Sir Eustace Gurney |
Harry P Gould |
1911 |
Henry John Copeman |
Charles S Gilman |
1912 |
Arthur Michael Samuel |
Robert J Read |
1913 |
James Arthur Porter |
Charles T Coller |
1914 |
Dr J G Gordon-Munn |
Francis Horner |
1915 |
Edwin Batterbee Southwell |
Charles F Hinde |
1916 |
George Moore Chamberlin |
George Ernest White |
1917 |
Richard Jewson |
William O Snelling |
1918 |
Sir George M Chamberlin |
Herbert P Gowen |
1919 |
George Green |
Charles H Finch |
1920 |
Lieutenant Colonel Granville John B Duff |
William T F Jarrold |
1921 |
Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes |
Harry Harper-Smith |
1922 |
Sir George Henry Morse |
William Hubbard |
1923 |
Ethel M Colman |
Francis C Havers |
1924 |
George Stevens Pope |
John H Dakin |
1925 |
Thomas Glover (CBE) |
Percy J Robinson |
1926 |
Sir Charles Robert Bignold |
Archibald A Rice |
1927 |
Herbert Edward Witard |
Thomas F Southall |
1928 |
Herbert P Gowen |
Mabel M Clarkson |
1929 |
Harry Harper-Smith |
Charles Frederick Watling |
1930 |
Mabel M Clarkson (CBE) |
Benjamin B Morgan |
1931 |
Sir George Ernest White |
Herbert Frazer |
1932 |
Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes |
Bernard James Hanly |
1933 |
Frederick C Jex |
Edward J Motum |
1934 |
Percy William Jewson |
William Ernest Walker |
1935 |
Walter Alfred Riley |
Basil Cozens-Hardy |
1936 |
Herbert Frazer |
Desmond G Buxton |
1937 |
Charles Frederick Watling |
James Henry Barnes |
1938 |
Percy Edward Curl |
Lewis H Buckingham |
1939 |
J E (Fred) Henderson |
Claude Stratford |
1940 |
Bernard James Hanly |
William James Finch |
1941 |
James Henry Barnes |
Clifford C White |
1942 |
Arthur J Cleveland (OBE) |
John Brooksbank |
1943 |
William James Finch |
Rowland C Larking |
1944 |
Edward Frank Williamson |
Benjamin H Clarke |
1945 |
Sidney Albert Bailey |
Harry Deacon |
1946 |
William Oliver Copeman (CBE) |
Percy J Boddy |
Nov 1947 to May 1949 |
Walter Gibbard Cutbush |
Herbert John Jarrold |
May 1949 |
Alfred Ernest Baines |
Alfred E Pummel |
1950 |
Ruth Elsie Hardy |
Richard P Braund |
1951 |
Eric John Sidney Hinde |
Norman Reeve Tillett |
1952 |
William Ernest Walker |
Leonard Arthur Howes |
1953 |
Ralph Hale Mottram |
Arthur South |
1954 |
Horace Allen |
Osborne M Tusting |
1955 |
Ian Dunbar Dickson |
George J Carver |
1956 |
Sir Arthur South |
Cecil Harry Sutton |
1957 |
Thomas Christopher Eaton (OBE) |
Alfred E Nicholls |
1958 |
Norman Reeve Tillett |
Clifford W King |
1959 |
Michael Waldo Boone Bulman |
Maude M Frazer |
1960 |
Alfred E Nichols |
Alfred H Warminger |
1961 |
Richard Quinton Gurney |
Walter Gibbard Cutbush |
1962 |
Andrew Ryrie |
William A J Spear |
1963 |
Leonard Arthur Howes |
William J Roe |
1964 |
Sydney W W Clapman/Clapham |
Jessie Ruby Griffiths |
1965 |
Charles Boardman Jewson |
Harry Perry |
1966 |
Harry Perry |
James S Hipwell |
1967 |
Cecil Harry Sutton |
E S Gambling |
1968 |
Edward Albert Gambling |
John A Plumstead |
1969 |
Jessie Ruby Griffiths |
George R Moyes |
1970 |
Herbert John Jarrold (CBE) |
Geoffrey B Weeks |
1971 |
Donald M Pratt |
L George Richards |
1972 |
Richard B Seabrook |
Robert J Symonds |
1973 |
Robert J Symonds |
Graham H Drake |
1974 |
W A J Spear |
Ronald G Brooks |
1975 |
Joyce L Morgan |
George Stirling |
1976 |
Raymond C Frostick |
Horace C Rowley |
1977 |
Ralph W Roe |
Russell R Grimmer |
1978 |
Dr J Peter English |
Donald M Pratt |
1979 |
Valerie Guttsman |
W Rowan Hare (CBE) |
1980 |
Eric Hartley |
John R Hemsted |
1981 |
Alan R Driver |
Rev David Clark |
1982 |
L George Richards |
Margaret M Camina |
1983 |
Leonard A Stevenson |
Norman J Lake |
1984 |
Stanley B Petersen |
Lila D Cooper |
1985 |
Barbara E E Stevenson |
Geoffrey S Goreham |
1986 |
Jill B Miller |
Arthur V Clare |
1987 |
Garry S Wheatley |
Leonard A Stevenson |
1988 |
David Bradford |
Rev Jack Burton |
1989 |
David Fullman |
Jill B Miller |
1990 |
Bernard N Smith |
Brian Watkins |
1991 |
Philip Moore |
Jill B Miller |
1992 |
Arthur V Clare |
Brenda Ferris-Rampley |
1993 |
Roy Durrant |
Phillip Read |
1994 |
Brenda Ferris-Rampley |
William H Carpenter |
1995 |
Lila D Cooper |
Douglas C Underwood |
1996 |
Rory E N Quinn |
Ralph E Gayton |
1997 |
Harry W Watson |
Audrey Brown |
1998 |
Derek F J Wood |
Jennifer Susan Lay |
1999 |
Douglas C Underwood |
Peter Jarrold |
2000 |
Ron Borrett |
Roger Sandall |
2001 |
Keith Ratcliffe |
Sheila Kefford |
2002 |
Derek F J Wood |
Bryan Gunn |
2003 |
Chris Southgate |
Moya Willson |
2004 |
Joyce Climie Divers |
Paul R King (OBE) |
2005 |
Michael John Banham |
Brenda Arthur |
2006 |
Felicity E Hartley |
John Drake |
2007 |
Roy George Blower |
Nick Williams |
2008 |
Jeremy Nigel Hooke |
Roy Waller |
2009 |
Evelyn J Collishaw |
Tim O'Riordan |
2010 |
Tom Dylan |
Derek James |
2011 |
Jennifer Susan Lay |
Chris Higgins |
| 2012 |
Ralph Gayton |
John Jennings |
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