This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow, Essex. The office was created in 1929 when Walthamstow Urban District was granted a charter of incorporation and abolished in 1965 when the area became part of the larger London Borough of Waltham Forest.
For office holders prior to 1929 see List of Chairmen of Walthamstow Urban District Council
- Charter Mayor: Colonel Sir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, 1st Baronet
- 1929-30: Valentine la Touche McEntee MP. Husband of 1937-38, 1955-56 mayor.
- 1930-31: George Henry Spackman
- 1931-32: Thomas W Smith
- 1932-33: Bertram Cole
- 1933-34: George Robert Lowton[1]
- 1934-35: William Henry Shaw
- 1935-36: Frederick Ross Wyld [2][5]
- 1936-37: George Gibbons [3] [4]
- 1937-38: Mrs Catherine McEntee. Wife of 1929-30, 1951-52 mayor.
- 1938-39: Henry Frost
- 1939-40: Robert William A Russell [5]
- 1940-41: James H Williams[6]
- 1941-42: Mrs Eliza M Richards [7]
- 1942-43: Mrs Ellen Margaret Miller[8]
- 1943-44: Albert E Manning
- 1944-45: E A Smith
- 1945-46: Arthur George Bottomley OBE MP[9]
- 1946-47: Sidney Nelson Chaplain[10]
- 1947-49: Miss Dorothy Wrigley[11] [12]
- 1949-50: Edward Charles Redhead
- 1950-51: Albert E Simmons
- 1951-52: Lord McEntee (second term)
- 1952-53: Walter (Wally) Frank Savill [13] [14]
- 1953-54: Thomas W Smith
- 1954-55: Mrs S Candy
- 1955-56: Lady Catherine McEntee OBE (second term)
- 1956-57: George Robert Lowton (second term)
- 1957-58: J W Pringle
- 1958-59: Charles James Crosbie[15]
- 1959-60: Sidney Nelson Chaplain (second term)[10]
- 1960-61: W R Baldwin
- 1961-62: Edward Charles Redhead MP (second term)
- 1962-63: Miss D Wrigley
- 1963-64: Mrs Winifred (Winnie) Martha Palethorpe
- 1964-65: Terry H Child
References[]
- ↑ 11 September 1889-1974.
- ↑ 1895-1963
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ A former school teacher from West Hartlepool. In 1946 he became the first person to be awarded Freedom of Walthamstow in recognition of his role in air raid protection during the war.
- ↑ 1893-1961
- ↑ Born in South Stockton, Co. Durham in 1884. Had played football for Spennymoor F.C. and met his wife at a match.
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Had served as mayoress for 1941-42
- ↑ A former railway carriage cleaner. Deputy Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence for the South-Eastern Region during Second World War.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 1896-1967 Sidney Chaplin Community School. Walthamstow memories.
- ↑ The Representation of the People Act 1948 changed the date of mayoral elections from November to May. Mayors elected in November 1947 remained in office until May 1949.
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ b 1899
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Trolley bus conductor. Chairman of the Walthamstow Trolleybus Section of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Daily Herald: p. 2. 19 May 1958.