Mayors of Oxford
1836–1962
The Municipal Corporations Act came into force on 1 January
1836.
A new council was formed that day and a new Mayor
elected to complete the council year which now ran to 31 October.
From 1836 to 1948 the Mayor's term of office began on 1 November.
From 1949, elections were held in May and the Mayor chosen immediately
afterwards.
A woman was elected Mayor of Oxford for the first time in 1933.
- 1836 only: William Henry Butler (1 January to 31 October)
- 1836/1837: Charles James Sadler (1st of four terms)
- 1837/1838: Charles Tawney (1st of two terms)
- 1838/1839: Richard Sheen (2nd of two terms)
- 1839/1840: Thomas Mallam (1st of two terms)
- 1840/1841: Charles Tawney (2nd of two terms)
- 1841/1842: Jonathan S. Browning
- 1842/1843: James Wyatt
- 1843/1844: Richard Dry
- 1844/1845: William Thorp II (2nd of three terms)
- 1845/1846: John Thorp
- 1846/1847: Thomas Mallam (2nd of two terms)
- 1847/1848: Richard Chillingworth Godfrey
- 1848/1849: William Thorp II (3rd of three terms)
- 1849/1850: Charles James Sadler (2nd of four terms)
- 1850/1851: George H. Warburton
- 1851/1852: William Ward (1st of two terms)
- 1852/1853: John Crews Dudley
- 1853/1854: Richard James Spiers
- 1854/1855: Charles James Sadler (3rd of four terms)
- 1855/1856: James Pike
- 1856/1857: John Towle
- 1857/1858: Isaac Grubb
- 1858/1859: Nathaniel Castle
- 1859/1860: Thomas Randall
- 1860/1861: Charles James Sadler (4th of four terms)
- 1861/1862: William Ward (2nd of two terms)
- 1862/1863: William Thompson
- 1863/1864: John Richard Carr (1st of three terms)
- 1864/1865: James Hughes (1st of six terms)
- 1865/1866: John Caldecott Cavell (1st of three terms)
- 1866/1867: Edwin Thomas Spiers
- 1867/1868: John Richard Carr (2nd of three terms)
- 1868/1869: Joseph Castle
- 1869/1870: James Hughes (2nd of six terms)
- 1870/1871: Daniel Hanley
- 1871/1872: John Richard Carr (3rd of three terms)
- 1872/1873: Robert Pike
- 1873/1874: John Galpin (1st of two terms)
- 1874/1875: Joseph Round
- 1875/1876: Jason Saunders
- 1876/1877: William Eagleston
- 1877/1878: John Caldecott Cavell (2nd of three terms)
- 1878/1879: James
Grainge (died 4 April 1879);
John Caldecott Cavell (3rd of three terms, 10 April to 9 November 1879) - 1879/1880: John Galpin
- 1880/1881: James Stanley Lowe
- 1881/1882: James Jenkin
- 1882/1883: Alfred Wheeler
- 1883/1884: James Hughes (3rd of six terms)
- 1884/1885: James Hughes (4th of six terms)
- 1885/1886: Robert Buckell (1st of six terms)
- 1886/1887: James Hughes (5th of six terms)
- 1887/1888: Charles Underhill (1887)
- 1888/1889: Walter Gray (1st of four terms)
- 1889/1890: James Hughes (6th of six terms)
- 1890/1891: Robert Buckell (2nd of six terms)
- 1891/1892: Frederick William Ansell (1st of two terms)
- 1892/1893: Thomas Lucas
- 1893/1894: Walter Gray (2nd of four terms)
- 1894/1895: George William Cooper
- 1895/1896: John Seary
- 1896/1897: Robert Buckell (3rd of six terms; 1st Mayor in new Town Hall)
- 1897/1898: Walter Gray (3rd of four terms)
- 1898/1899: Thomas Henry Kingerlee (1st of two terms)
- 1899/1900: Frederick Parker Morrell
- 1900/1901: George Claridge Druce
Twentieth Century
- 1901/1902: Walter Gray (4th of four terms)
- 1902/1903: John Henry Salter
- 1903/1904: Edmund Augustine Bevers (1st of two terms)
- 1904/1905: Thomas
William Taphouse (died January 1905);
Robert Buckell (4th of six terms, January to 31 October) - 1905/1906: Francis Twining
- 1906/1907: Edmund John Brooks
- 1907/1908: Frederick William Ansell (2nd of two terms)
- 1908/1909: Edmund Augustine Bevers (2nd of two terms)
- 1909/1910: James Edward Salter
- 1910/1911: Sydney Francis Underhill
- 1911/1912: Thomas Henry Kingerlee (2nd of two terms)
- 1912/1913: Samuel Hutchins
- 1913/1914: The Revd William Edward Sherwood (1st of two terms)
- 1914/1915: The Revd William Edward Sherwood (2nd of two terms)
- 1915/1916: Cyril Mosson Vincent
- 1916/1917: Sir Robert Buckell (5th of six terms)
- 1917/1918: James Hastings
- 1918/1919: Sir Robert Buckell (6th of six terms)
- 1919/1920: Stanier Waller
- 1920/1921: Edmund Butterworth Lewis
- 1921/1922: Frederick Ferris Vincent
- 1922/1923: Tom Basson
- 1923/1924: William Henry Perkins (1st of two terms)
- 1924/1925: Amos John George
- 1925/1926: Revd John Carter
- 1926/1927: William Henry Perkins (2nd of two terms)
- 1927/1928: William Matthew Gray (continued to 31 March 1929)
- 1929/1930: George Tinline Button (from 1 April 1929?)
- 1930/1931: William Stobie
- 1931/1932: Fred William Albert Bennett
- 1932/1933: Charles Henry Brown
- 1933/1934: Lily Sophia Tawney
- 1934/1935: George Castle Pipkin
- 1935/1936: Mary Georgiana Townsend (1st of three terms)
- 1936/1937: Leonard
Henry Alden (killed in a road accident
in July 1937);
Mary Georgiana Townsend (2nd of three terms, 29 July to 31 October 1937) - 1937/1938: Harold Sydney Rogers
- 1938/1939: Henry Tregelles Gillett
- 1939/1940: Clement James Victor Bellamy (1st of two terms)
- 1940/1941: Clement James Victor Bellamy (2nd of two terms)
- 1941/1942: Arthur Edward Skipper
- 1942/1943: Maud Amy Margaret White
- 1943/1944: Harry Charles Ingle
- 1944/1945: Reginald Philip Capel
- 1945/1946: David Oliver
- 1946/1947: Edgar Alfred Smewin
- 1947/1948: James William Heading
- 1948/1949: James William Heading continued for an extra
five months from
October 1948 to May 1949 because of change of date of election to May - 1949/1950: Norman Whatley
- 1950/1951: Florence Mary Andrews
- 1951/1952: William Osborn King
- 1952/1953: William Charles Walker
- 1953/1954: Alan Brock Brown
- 1954/1955: William Richard Gowers
- 1955/1956: Marcus Anthony Lower
- 1956/1957: Wilfred John Allaway
- 1957/1958: Robert Frank Knight
- 1958/1959: Harry
Gordon Lionel Gordon-Roberts (died in
office);
Mary Georgiana Townsend (3rd of three terms from 3 November 1958) - 1959/1960: Frederick Mason Brewer
- 1960/1961: Arthur Henry Kinchin
- 1961/1962: Lionel Ernest Harrison
