Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John.Text of charter (translated into English) and image of 1200 Town Seal, see Wodderspoon, J., ''Memorials of the Ancient Town of Ipswich'' (Pawsey (Ipswich): Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (London) 1850), 'Ancient Incorporation of the Town', pp 75–130, at pp 75–85. Prior to 1835, the officers of

Ipswich Corporation Ipswich Corporation was the local authority which ran the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. It was founded in 1200 and abolished in 1974, being replaced by Ipswich Borough Council. The corporation's formal name until 1835 was the "bailiffs, bu ...

, at various times, consisted of: * Two

bailiff A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary. Another official sometimes referred to as a '' ...

s * The high steward * Coroner * Twelve portmen * Twenty-four common council of headboroughs * An indefinite number of burgesses or freemen * A recorder * A town clerk *

Chamberlains Chamberlain may refer to: Profession *Chamberlain (office), the officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign or other noble figure People *Chamberlain (surname) **Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), British politician **Houston Stewa ...

* A water bailiff * A treasurer * Clavigers (record keepers who held the keys to the miniment chest) * Sergeants-at-mace

Municipal Borough of Ipswich

The

Municipal Corporations Act 1835 The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 ( 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 76), sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales. The le ...

created the Municipal Borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten

Aldermen An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking membe ...

and thirty

councillors A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regi ...

. The mayors were as follows:

William Vick William Vick (1833, Ebley – 15 April 1911, Merton) was an English photographer active in Ipswich, Suffolk from 1868 until the 1890s. William was baptised in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire on 25 August 1833. He was the son of a millwright ...

published an album, ''The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890'' in 1890. * 1844-1845 William Rodwell * 1845-1846 Thomas d'Eye Burroughes * 1846-1847 George Green Sampson * 1847-1848 John May (senior) * 1848-1849 Charles Burton * 1849-1850 Thomas Baldock Ross * 1850-1851 Peter Bartholomew Long * 1851-1852

George Josselyn George Josselyn (1 January 1807 Belstead – 6 May 1888) was an Engish solicitor and Conservative Party politician who played a prominent part in civic life in Ipswich, Suffolk. Family life Josselyn married Elizabeth Browne Bell, the daughter of ...

* 1852-1853 Samuel Harrison Cowell * 1853-1854 Charles Foote Gower * 1854-1855 Peter Bartholomew Long * 1855-1856 George Christopherson * 1856-1857 George Christopherson * 1857-1858 Ebenezer Goddard * 1858-1859 Jeremiah Head * 1859-1860 George Josselyn * 1860-1861 Edward Grimwade * 1862-1863 George Bacon * 1864-1865 Samuel Harrison Cowell * 1865-1866 Ebenezer Goddard * 1866-1867 Robert Charles Ransome * 1867-1868 John Patteson Cobbold * 1868-1869 Edward Packard (senior) * 1869-1870 Edward Grimwade * 1870-1871 George Green Sampson * 1871-1872 George Green Sampson * 1872-1873 Ebenezer Goddard * 1873-1875 Dr Barrington Chevallier * 1875-1876 George Calver Mason * 1876-1877 Walter Turner * 1877-1878 Charles Henry Cowell * 1878-1879 Alexander Francis Nicholson * 1879-1880 David Henry Booth * 1880-1881 Alfred Wrinch * 1881-1882 Frederick Fish * 1882-1883 Edward Rush Turner * 1883 John May Jnr * 1884-1885 Sterling Westhorp * 1885-1886 Benjamin Page Grimsey * 1886-1887 Edward Packard (junior) * 1887-1888 Robert Maplestone Miller * 1888-1889 John Henry Josselyn

County Borough of Ipswich

Following the enactment of the

Local Government Act 1888 The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales. It came into effect ...

the

County Borough of Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, after Peterborough and Norwich. It is ...

was created with the rest of

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

being divided into the

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and

West Suffolk West Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * West Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * West Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral di ...

. The County Borough of Ipswich had the following mayors: * 1889-1890 Nathaniel Catchpole * 1890-1891 Frederick Turner * 1891-1892 Sir

Daniel Ford Goddard Rt Hon. Sir Daniel Ford Goddard Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC JP (17 January 1850 – 6 May 1922) was a British civil engineer, businessman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (United ...

* 1892-1893 Roderick Donald Fraser * 1893-1894 Samuel Richard Anness * 1894-1895 John Henry Bartlet * 1895-1896 George Francis Josselyn * 1896-1897

Felix Thornley Cobbold Felix Thornley Cobbold (8 September 1841 – 6 December 1909) was a British banker, barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was a member of the Ipswich Cobbold family, Cobbold brewing family but not a brewer himself. Life ...

* 1897-1898 Robert Stocker Paul * 1898-1899 Edwin Perkins Ridley * 1899-1900 William Churchman * 1900-1901 William Fraser Paul * 1901-1902 Arthur Churchman * 1902-1903 William John Catchpole * 1903-1904 Frederick Bennett * 1904-1905 John Henry Grimwade * 1905-1906 Bunnell H Burton * 1906-1907 William Orford White * 1907-1908 Harry W Raffe * 1908-1909 Francis Charles Ward * 1909-1910 Alexander Gibb * 1910-1911 Peter Wyndham Cobbold * 1911-1912 Frederick Edward Rands * 1912-1913 Edward Colby Ransome * 1913-1914 William Pipe * 1914-1915 John Dupuis Cobbold * 1915-1916 Sydney Brand * 1916-1917 Valentine Desborough Colchester * 1917-1918 Henry Dixon Phillips * 1918-1919 Edward Colby Ransome * 1919-1920 Frederick Edward Rands * 1920-1921 Frank John Mason * 1921-1922 William Pipe * 1922-1923 Alfred Sizer * 1923-1924 John Richard Staddon * 1924-1925 Frederick William Turner * 1925-1926 Kavas Jamas Badshah * 1926-1927 Charles Ernest Tempest * 1927-1928 William Rowley Elliston * 1928-1929 James Francis Clark Hossack * 1929-1930 Arthur Lewis Clouting * 1930-1931 Sidney Charles Grimwade * 1931-1933 George William Senton * 1933-1934 Robert Frederick Jackson * 1934-1935 George Ambrose Mallett * 1935-1936 Hubert Ernest Holland * 1936-1937 Albert Victor Smith * 1937-1938 George Underwood * 1938-1939 Edward Lawrence Hunt * 1940-1941 Robert Frederick Jackson * 1942 (Nov-Dec) Frank John Mason * 1942-1943 (Dec-Nov) Owen Dudley Phillips * 1943-1944 Charles West English * 1944-1945 Sidney Charles Grimwade * 1945-1946 Frederick Henry Warner * 1946-1947 Mrs

Mary Whitmore Mary Whitmore (née Fletcher) (17 September 1884 – 19 July 1974) was an English social activist who was the first woman to be Mayor of Ipswich, in 1946–47. Early life Whitmore was born Mary Fletcher in 1884 in Whitton, Suffolk, to Isaa ...

* 1947-1949 James Barry Cullingham * 1949-1950 Arthur James Cook * 1950-1951 Cyril Catchpole * 1951-1952 Albert John Colthorpe * 1952-1953 James Chalmers * 1953-1954 Mrs Lesley Lewis * 1954-1955 Clifford Gerald Roper * 1955-1956 Christopher Gorden Rushen * 1956-1957 Phineas Weiner Lewis * 1957-1958 Robert Ratcliffe * 1958-1959 George William Pipe * 1959-1960 Richard James Lewis * 1960-1961 Percy John Fowler * 1961-1962 Mrs Charlotte Green * 1962-1963 Arthur Vernon Bishop * 1963-1964 John McClennan Stewart * 1964-1965 Edward Charles Grimwade * 1965-1966 Victor Robert Redvers Francis * 1966-1967 Mrs Marjory Keeble * 1967-1968 Arthur J Lambert * 1968-1969 Owen Sturly Nunn / Mrs Marjorie J Nesby * 1969-1970 Samuel William Teagar Godward * 1970-1971 Wallace Mortimer Morfey * 1971-1972 Cyril George Skinner * 1972-1973 Walter Horace Mulley * 1973-1974 Mrs Ruby Ann Skerritt * 1974-1975 Arthur J Lambert * 1975-1976 Mrs Beryl James * 1976-1977 Hugh R Davis * 1977-1978 David Myer * 1978-1979 Alan Seabrooke * 1979-1980 Eric Grant * 1980-1981 Sydney Mason * 1981-1982 Mrs Ann Smith * 1982-1983 Mrs Beryl James * 1983-1984 Douglas Grimwood * 1984-1985 Peter K Gardiner * 1985-1986 Eric Grant * 1986-1987 Mrs Gillian Auton* * 1987-1988 Derek Warsop * 1988-1989 William A Quinton * 1989-1990 Ms Sheila Baguley * 1990-1991 Jack West * 1991-1992 Kenneth Wilson * 1992-1993 Mrs Joan Cubbin * 1993-1994 Mrs Margaret Alderton * 1994-1995 Ian Roderick Grimwood * 1995-1996 Albert W Grant * 1996-1997 Philip H L Smart * 1997-1998 Mrs Jeannette E Macartney * 1998-1999 George Hamilton Clarke MBE * 1999-2000 John Charles Mowles * 2000-2001 Don Edwards * 2001-2002 Maureen Carrington-Brown * 2002-2003 Richard Risebrow * 2003-2004 Penelope Kathryn Breakwell * 2004-2005 Roger Edwin Fern * 2005-2006 William George Wright * 2006-2007 Henry George Davies * 2007-2008 Inga Elisabeth Lockington * 2008-2009 David Hale * 2009-2010 David Goldsmith * 2010-2011 Jane Chambers * 2011-2012 John Le Grys * 2012-2013 Mary Blake * 2013-2014 Hamil Clarke * 2014-2015 Bill Quinton * 2015-2016 Glen Chisholm * 2016-2017 Roger Fern * 2017-2018 Sarah Barber * 2018-2019 Jane Riley * 2019-2021 Jan Parry** * 2021 Jane Riley*** * 2021-2022 Elizabeth Hughes * 2022-2023 John Cook * 2023-2024 Lynne Mortimer * 2024-2025 Elango Elavalakan

Notes

* Mother of Jan Parry, later mayor 2019-2021 **Jan Parry was elected Mayor at the annual council meeting in May 2019. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic she agreed to carry on for a further municipal year. However, she stepped down from the council at the end of January 2021 for family reasons. She was the first mayor who was also the daughter of a former mayor. ** Former Mayor Jane Riley was elected Mayor in February 2021 on an interim basis, and was succeeded by Elizabeth Hughes at annual council meeting in May 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayors of Ipswich Borough, Suffolk Ipswich Borough Council * Ipswich Borough