Former Mayors

Former Mayors of Barrow-in-Furness

County Borough Mayors

• Sir James Ramsden, 1867-8, 1868-9, 1869-70, 1870-1, 1871-2
• Josiah Timmis Smith, Esq., 1872-3, 1873-4, 1874-5
• Henry William Schneider, Esq., 1875-6, 1876-7, 1877-8
• Edward Wadham, Esq., 1878-9, 1879-80, 1880-1
• William Gradwell, Esq., Nov. 1881 to Sept. 1882
• Edward Wadham, Esq., Sept. 1882 to Nov. 1882 (Elected for remainder of year owing to death of Mr Gradwell)
• John Fell, Esq., 1882-3, 1883-4, 1884-5
• Benjamin Townson, Esq., 1885-6, 1886-7
• William Park, Esq., 1887-8, 1888-9
• Augustus Horace Strongitharm, Esq., 1889-90, 1890-1, 1891-2
• James William Little, Esq., 1892-3, 1893-4
• John Fisher, Esq., 1894-5, 1895-6, 1896-7
• Benjamin Fish, Esq., 1897-98
• Leonard Parker Chapman, Esq., 1898-9, 1899-1900
• Henry Cook, Esq., 1900-1
• John Peter Smith, Esq., 1901-2
• James Fisher, Esq., 1902-3
• George Samuel Heath, Esq., 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6
• Theobald Fitzwalter Butler, Esq., 1906-7, 1907-8, 1908-9, 1909-10, 1910-11
• John Peter Smith, Esq., 1911-2
• Robert Bateson Dixon Bradshaw, Esq., 1912-3
• Alfred Barrow, Esq., (afterwards Sir Alfred Barrow, O.B.E., D.L.) 1913-4, 1915-6, 1916-7, 1917-8, 1918-9
• Lieut. Col. Walter Francis Ainslie Wadham, 1919-20
• George Basterfield, Esq., 1920-1
• Walker Fairbairn, Esq., 1921-2, 1922-3, 1923-4
• Charles Gleaston Ellison, Esq., 1924-5, 1925-6, 1926-7, 1927-8
• John Whinnerah, Esq., 1928-9, 1929-30
• Robert Tyson Dockeray, Esq., 1930-2, 1931-2
• Tom Morton, Esq., 1932-3, 1933-4
• Bram Longstaffe, Esq., 1934-5, 1935-6
• George Basterfield, Esq., 1936-7
• Williams Atkinson Pickthall, Esq., 1937-8
• John Foster Massicks, Esq., 1938-9
• William Walter Poyntz, Esq., 1939-40
• Richard Anthony Brunskill, Esq., 1940-1
• John Thomas Gibbon, Esq., 1941-2
• John Miller, Esq., 1942-3
• George Douglas Hastwell, Esq., 1943-4
• Mrs Jane Elizabeth Ward, 1944-5
• Arthur Jones, Esq., 1945-6
• James Brazinton, Esq., O.B.E., 9^th to 14^th November, 1946
• Arthur Jones, Esq., Dec. 1946 to Nov. 1947 (Elected for remainder of year owing to death of James Brazinton, Esq., O.B.E.
• Mrs Elizabeth Smyth, Nov. 1947 to May 1949
• Francis Joseph Longstaffe, Esq., 1949-50
• Mrs Priscilla Winn, 1950-1
• George Douglas Hastwell, Esq., O.B.E., 1951-2
• Richard Anthony Brunskill, Esq., O.B.E., 1952-3
• Arthur Leslie Hearsey, Esq., 1953-4
• Thomas Albert Tyson, Esq., 1954-5
• Harold Turner, Esq., 1955-6
• David Douglas Williams, Esq., 1956-7
• Mrs Maria Theresa Freel, 1957-8
• Marshall Bolt, Esq., 1958-9
• Mrs Agnes Mary Tait, 1959-60
• John Miller, Esq., 1960-1
• Thomas McNulty, Esq., 1961-2
• Isaac William Swallow, Esq., 1962-3
• Hugh Bannister, Esq., 1963-4
• George Reginald Atkinson, Esq., 1964-5
• Thomas Albert Tyson, Esq., 1965-6
• Wilfred Murray Gabbatt, Esq., 1966-7
• Cedric Willoughby Ward, Esq., 1967-8
• George Edward Hartshorn, Esq., 1968-9
• John Lawrence Jackson, Esq., 1969-70
• William Lawrence Allen, Esq., 1970-1
• Ernest Marston, Esq., 1971-2
• Edwin Woodburn, Esq., 1972-3
• George Thomas Elborough, Esq., 1973-4

Borough Mayors

• Frederick Christie, Esq., 1974-5
• Mrs Ann Leah Shuttleworth, 1975-6
• George Edward Smith, Esq., 1976-7
• John Brown, Esq., 1977-8
• John William Joughin, Esq., 1978-9
• Harold Browne, Esq., 1979-80
• Joseph Vickers Hamilton, Esq., 1980-1
• Isaac Benn, Esq., 1981-2
• Colin Richard Rainford, Esq., 1982-3
• Frederick John Gallagher, Esq., 1983-4
• Henry Kenneth Gahan, Esq., 1984-5
• Mrs Irene Lucas, 1985-6
• Mrs Bernice Mounsey, 1986-7
• John Edward Smith, Esq., 1987-8
• John Edward Dick, Esq., 1988-9
• Stephen MacDonald Smart, Esq., 1989-90
• James Forbes Park, Esq., 1990-1
• Mrs Rosemarie Hamezeian, 1991-2
• Mrs Joyce Dorothy Fleet, B.E.M., 1992-3
• Mrs Denise Hazel Edwards, 1993-4
• Mrs Elizabeth Willacy, 1994-5
• Mrs Florence Proudfoot, 1995-6
• Stephen James Derbyshire, Esq., 1996-7
• Mrs Margaret Lesley Martindale, 1997-8
• Mrs Mary Teresa Irwin, 1998-9
• Mrs Jean Waiting, 1999-2000
• John Robert Richardson, Esq., 2000-01
• Mrs Pamela Joyce Mary Smith, 2001-02
• David Pidduck, Esq., 2002-03
• Desmond Barlow, Esq., 2003-04
• Kenneth Frederick Burton, Esq., 2004-05
• Mrs. Michelle Roberts, 2005-06
• William Crosthwaite Esq, 2006-07 (from May to Oct '06)
• Kenneth Williams Esq, 2006 -08 (from Oct '06)
• David Roberts, Esq., 2008-2009
• Mrs. Dorothy Dawes, 2009-2010
• Rory McClure, 2010-2011
• John Murphy, 2011-2012
• Wendy Maddox, 2012-2013
• Colin Thomson, 2013-2014
• Marie Derbyshire, 2014-2015
• Ann Thomson, 2015-2016
• Anita Husband, 2016-2017
• Tony Callister, 2017-2018
• William McEwan, 2018-2019
• Kevin Hamilton 2019-2020
• Kevin Hamilton 2020-2021
• Helen Wall 2021-2022