List of mayors of Dover

Mayors of the town of Dover, Kent, England.

13th century

• 1258: James Lucas
• 1295: Thomas Edward Poynte
• 1299: John de Mari

14th century

• 1329: William Hurtyn
• 1342: John Monyn
• 1356: Peter Reade
• 1357–1358: Richard atte Halle
• 1359: Peter Beade
• 1360–1364: ?
• 1365: William de Denne
• 1366–1367: Nicholas atte Hall
• 1368–1339: Thomas Spisor
• 1370: Simon Monyn
• September 1371 – 1372: John Halle
• 1373–1374: John Halle
• 1375–1376: John Moony
• 1376–1378: John Gerold
• 1378–1380: John Strete
• 1380–1382: John Halle
• 1382–1384: John Gyles
• 1388–1389: John Halle
• 1389–1391: John Gyles
• 1391–1392: John Halle
• 1392–1393: John Gyles
• 1393–1394: John Halle
• 1399–1400: John Gyles

15th century

• 1401–1402: John Gyles
• 1402–1403: Peter Rede
• 1403–1404: John Monyn
• 1404–1406: John Strete
• 1406–1408: Thomas Gyles
• 1408–1411: John Strete
• 1411–1412: John Enebroke and John Luestroke
• 1413–1414: Thomas Gyles
• 1414–1415: Thomas Gyles and Walter Stratton
• 1415–1417: John Garton
• 1417–1419: Walter Stratton
• 1419–1421: Thomas atte Crowche
• 1421–1422: Walter Stratton
• 1422–1423: Thomas Arnold
• 1423–1424: Walter Stratton
• 1424–1425: Thomas Arnold
• 1425–1426: John Braban
• 1426–1427: Walter Stratton
• 1427–1428: John Braban
• 1428–1429: Walter Stratton
• 1429–1430: William Brewys
• 1430–1431: Thomas Arnold
• 1431–1433: Walter Stratton
• 1433–1435: John Braban
• 1435–1436: John Braban and William Brewys
• 1436–1440: William Brewys
• 1439–1440: Walter Stratton
• 1440–1441: William Brewys
• 1441–1443: John Warde
• 1443–1444: William Brewys
• 1444–1445: Ralph Toke
• 1445–1449: Ralph Toke and Thomas Gore
• 1449–1450: Thomas Gore
• 1450–1451: Thomas Gore and Richard Grigge
• 1451–1453: Richard Grigge
• 1453–1456: Thomas Doyley
• 1456–1458: Thomas Gore
• 1458–1460: Nicholas Burton
• 1460–1461: Richard Palmer
• 1461–1462: Thomas Gore and Richard Palmer
• 1462–1463: Thomas Gore
• 1463–1464: Richard Palmer
• 1464–1465: Thomas Pety
• 1465–1466: Thomas Gore
• 1466–1467: Thomas Gore and Richard Palmer
• 1467–1468: Richard Palmer
• 1468–1470: Thomas Hexstall
• 1470–1471: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Toke
• 1471–1472: Richard Palmer and Thomas Hexstall
• 1472–1474: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Toke
• 1474–1475: Thomas Hexstall
• 1475–1476: Richard Pleysington
• 1476–1477: Robert Vyncent
• 1477–1478: Thomas Hexstall and Robert Vyncent
• 1478–1479: Thomas Toke and Thomas Hexstall
• 1479–1480: Richard Palmer
• 1480–1481: Thomas Fouche
• 1481–1482: Thomas Hexstall and Thomas Fouche
• 1482–1485: John Byngham
• 1485–1486: Robert Vyncent
• 1486–1487: John Templeman
• 1487–1488: John Byngham
• 1488–1489: - Unknown
• 1489–1490: Robert Vyncent
• 1490–1491: Edward Hexstall
• 1491–1492: Robert Vyncent
• 1492–1493: Henry Balgy
• 1493–1494: William Warren
• 1494–1496: Edward Hexstall
• 1496–1497: Richard Fyneaux
• 1497–1499: John Byngham
• 1499–1501: William Stone

16th century

• 1501–1502: John Pocock
• 1502–1504: Richard Fyneaux
• 1504–1505: Oliver Lythgo
• 1505–1506: Robert Nethersole
• 1506–1507: Edward Hexstall
• 1507–1508: Richard Fyneaux
• 1508–1509: Robert Nethersole
• 1509–1510: Richard Monin
• 1510–1511: Nicholas Templeman
• 1511–1512: John Broke
• 1512–1513: Robert Nethersole
• 1513–1514: Nicholas Aldy
• 1514–1515: Richard Fyneaux
• 1515–1516: Thomas Vaughan
• 1516–1517: Nicholas Aldy and John Gregorie
• 1517–1518: Nicholas Aldy
• 1518–1519: Robert Weltden
• 1519–1520: Thomas Vaughan
• 1520–1521: John Elam
• 1521–1522: John Elam and Robert Stelman
• 1522–1523: Robert Stelman
• 1523–1524: Robert Dyer
• 1524–1525: John Broke
• 1525–1526: John Warren
• 1526–1527: Richard Crouch
• 1527–1528: Thomas Vaughan
• 1528–1529: Robert Fluce and Rouse Buskins
• 1529–1530: Robert Fluce
• 1530–1532: Robert Nethersole
• 1532–1533: Thomas Vaughan and Thomas Foxley
• 1533–1535: Edward May
• 1535–1536: John Payntor
• 1536–1537: John Warren
• 1537–1538: Ralph Buffkin
• 1538–1539: Edward May
• 1539–1540: John Bowles
• 1540–1541: John Warren and John Bowles
• 1541–1542: Thomas Foxley
• 1542–1543: Thomas Foxley and Robert Justice
• 1543–1544: John Elam
• 1544–1545: William Fisher
• 1545–1546: Thomas Colly
• 1546–1547: Richard Fyneaux and Thomas Colly
• 1547–1548: Richard Fyneaux, Hugo Brackett and Thomas Mauncell
• 1548–1549: Hugo Brackett and Thomas Warren
• 1549–1550: Thomas Mauncell and Thomas Warren
• 1550–1551: Thomas Portway, MP of Dover, 1553
• 1551–1552: Robert Justice, Thomas Portway and Robert Justin
• 1552–1554: Thomas Fynnett
• 1554–1555: Richard Elam and William Hannington
• 1555–1556: Adrian Whitt and Richard Elary
• 1556–1557: Adrian Whitt
• 1557–1558: Thomas Warren
• 1558–1559: Thomas Colly
• 1559–1560: Thomas Pepper
• 1560–1561: Richard Gibbs
• 1561–1562: William Hannington
• 1562–1563: John Robins
• 1563–1564: Thomas Pepper and John Robins
• 1564–1565: William Burden
• 1565–1566: Thomas Pepper
• 1566–1567: Thomas Watson
• 1567–1568: Thomas Pepper
• 1568–1569: John Edwards
• 1569–1570: Richard Elam
• 1570–1571: Thomas Burnell
• 1571–1574: Thomas Andrews
• 1574–1575: Thomas Andrews and Thomas Warren
• 1575–1576: John Robins
• 1576–1577: John Lucas
• 1577–1579: Robert Fynnett
• 1579–1580: Thomas Allyn
• 1580–1582: John Garrett
• 1582–1583: Thomas Andrews and Thomas Warren
• 1583–1584: Thomas Andrews and William Willis
• 1584–1585: Thomas Watson
• 1585–1586: William Willis
• 1586–1588: Thomas Brodgatte
• 1588–1589: John Tench
• 1589–1590: Henry Leonard
• 1590–1591: Jeffery Glydd
• 1591–1592: Humphrey Meade
• 1592–1593: Thomas Elwood
• 1593–1594: Robert Burnett
• 1594–1595: John Skaythe
• 1595–1597: George Bynge
• 1597–1598: William Leonard
• 1598–1599: Jeremy Garrett
• 1599–1600: Edward Kempe

17th century

• 1600–1601: John Bachelor
• 1601–1602: John Bradgate
• 1602–1603: Richard Siseley
• 1603–1604: William Nethersole
• 1604–1606: George Bynge
• 1606–1607: John Tooke
• 1607–1608: Henry Steede
• 1608–1609: Robert Garrett
• 1609–1610: Robert Austin
• 1610–1612: William Leonard
• 1612–1613: Edward Kempe (died whilst in office) and William Warde
• 1613–1614: William Warde
• 1614–1615: Robert Garrett
• 1615–1616: John Waade
• 1616–1617: Thomas Foord
• 1617–1618: Nicholas Eaton
• 1618–1620: William Ward
• 1621: Robert Garrett
• 1622: Henry Steed
• 1623–1624: John Waad
• 1625: Thomas Foord

18th century

19th century

• 1800: Thomas Bateman Lane
• 1801: George Stringer
• 1802: William Knocker
• 1803: Jonathan Osborn
• 1804: Robert Walker
• 1805: Phineas Kennett
• 1808: Robert Hunt
• 1807: William King
• 1808: Edward Thompson
• 1809: Thomas Mantell
• 1810: George Dell
• 1811: Edward Thompson
• 1812: Sir Thomas Mantell
• 1813: James Walker
• 1814: Henshaw Latham
• 1815: George Stringer
• 1816: Jonathan Osbom
• 1817: William Knocker
• 1818: Robert Walker
• 1819: Sir Thomas Mantell
• 1820: George Doll
• 1821: Heushaw Latham
• 1822: John Jeken
• 1823: Joseph Webb Pitcher
• 1824: Sir Thomas Mantell
• 1825: John Finnis
• 1826: George Stringer
• 1827: John Shipdem
• 1828: Matthew Kennett
• 1829: Henry Pringle Bruyeres
• 1830: Henshaw Latham
• 1831: John Coleman
• 1832: William Knocker
• 1833: Joseph Webb Pilcher
• 1834: William Cooke
• 1835: John Shipdem
• 1836: Edward Pett Thompson/William Cooke
• 1837–1838: Michael Elwin
• 1839: William Cocke
• 1840-1: Edward Poole
• 1842-5: William Clarke
• 1846: William Cocke
• 1863–1864: Captain Jeffery Wheelock Noble, R.N.
• 1867: Joseph George Churchward, postal merchant between France, England and Belgium
• 1872: Edward Ruttley Mowll, wine and spirits merchant
• 1873–1874: Frederick Samuel Pierce, ship owner
• 1875: Percy Simpson Court
• 1876: George Fielding
• 1877: Percy Simpson Court
• 1878: Alexander Bottle
• 1879–1880: Richard Dickeson
• 1881: John Lade Bradley
• 1882: Richard Dickeson
• 1883: Rowland Rees
• 1884: Thomas Viney Brown
• 1885: William John Adcock
• 1886–1888: William Henry Crundall

• 1889: Edward Lukey
• 1890: William John Adcock
• 1891–1884: William Henry Crundall
• 1895: Matthew Pepper
• 1896: Henry Minter Baker
• 1897–1899: William Henry Crundall

20th century

• 1900–1901: Sir William Henry Crundall
• 1901–1902: Henry Martyn Mowll, solicitor
• 1902–1903: Frederick George Wright (Conservative)
• 1903–1904: Arthur Thomas Walmisley
• 1904–1905: Sir William Henry Crundall
• 1905–1906: William Wood Burkett
• 1906–1907: George Francis Raggett
• 1907–1910: Walter L Emden
• 1910–1911: Sir William Henry Crundall
• 1911–1913: William Bromley
• 1913–1919: Edwin W. T. Farley
• 1939–1945: James Robinson Cairns
• 1960–1961: Dorothy Bushell

21st century

Source: Dover Town Council

• 2000: Gordon Cowan
• 2001–2002: Diane G Smallwood
• 2003: George P Allt
• 2004: Robert R Markham
• 2005: Kenneth Tranter
• 2006: Janet F Tranter
• 2007: Robert R Markham
• 2008: Diane G Smallwood
• 2009: Sue Jones
• 2010: Sue Jones
• 2011: Veronica Philpott
• 2012: Anne Smith
• 2013: Veronica Philpott
• 2014: Pamela Brivio
• 2015: Chris Precious
• 2016–2017: Neil Rix
• 2018: Sue Jones
• 2019–2023: Gordon Cowan
• 2023–2024: Sue Jones
• 2024: Edward Biggs

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