This article is about Mayors of the Borough of Uxbridge in the western suburbs of London, England. For information about Mayors of the Township of Uxbridge, Ontario, see these websites [1]. and [2]
This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge, Middlesex. The office was created in 1955 when Uxbridge Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation and abolished in 1965 when the area became part of the larger London Borough of Hillingdon.
- Charter Mayor: James Cochrane (outgoing chairman of the Uxbridge Urban District Council).[1] See also [3] First freeman of the borough [4]
- 1955-56: Walter George Pomeroy[2] - his wife was the second Mayor of Hillingdon Mention here [5]. Previously Chairman of Uxbridge Urban District Council 14 December 1889-1974
- 1956-57: Kathleen Lovibond - involved with the Wolfenden report (Wikipedia)[3]
- 1957-58: Sidney Luddington Meggeson 9 April 1892-1981
- 1958-59: Mrs Sarah H Dubberley
- 1959-60: George Arthur Suter - [6] 12 March 1895-1972
- 1960-61: Tom Parker
- 1961-62: George Hartley [7]
- 1962-63: Clifford John Gadsden - 16 october 1905-1970 who became first Mayor of Hillingdon [8]
- 1963-64: N J Holland
- 1964-65: Mrs. Winifred Pomeroy [9]
Various of the above can be seen here [10]
References
- ↑ History of the Office of Mayor. London Borough of Hillingdon.
- ↑ Uxbridge From Old Photographs.
- ↑ "When the political parties on the council of the new Borough of Uxbridge found themselves equally balanced in 1956, they invited Mrs Lovibond, as a public figure who was not a councillor, to become mayor." Justice in Middlesex.