Oswestry Mayors Since 1674
The first Mayor of Oswestry was Richard Pope, who was named as such in the Oswestry charter granted 13 January 1674. Thereafter, in accordance with the charter, the Mayor was elected annually on the Friday after Michaelmas (29 September). Under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 the date of election was changed to 9 November from 1836. Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the date of election was again changed, and since 1949 the annual election has been held in May. Emily Gertrude Rogers, who was elected Mayor in November 1947, continued in office until the election under the new system in May 1949.
1674 – 1835
Some biographical details are given in The Records of the Corporation of Oswestry edited by Mr Stanley Leighton, with an Account of the Mayors, Stewards, Recorders and Town Clerks by Mr. Askew Roberts (reprinted from Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society, 1879-1883).
1674 to 1700
1674 Richard Pope
1674-75 Sir John Trevor
1675-76 Richard Edwards
1676-77 Richard Lloyd
1677-78 John Blodwell
1678 John Lloyd (died in office)
1678-79 Edward Owen
1679-80 Richard Price
1680-81 John Glover
168182 Peter Griffithes
1682-83 Humphrey Foulkes
1683-84 William Price
1684-85 Hugh Jones
1685-86 Philip Ellis
1686-87 Sir Robert Owen
1687-88 Roger Edwards
1688-89 Morgan Powell
1689-90 Thomas Jones
1690-91 Thomas Powell
169192 Thomas Pritchard
1692-93 John Muckleston
1693-94 John Price
1694-95 David Lloyd
1695-96 Richard Jones
1696-97 Sir Robert Owen
1697-98 John Skye
1698-99 Nathaniel Edwards
1699-1700 Peter Jones
1700 to 1800
1700-01 Francis Tomkies
1701-02 William Jones
1702-03 Humphrey Davenport
1703-04 Roger Green
1704-05 Thomas Powell
1705-06 Robert Lloyd
1706-07 John Davies
1707-08 Edward Lloyd
1708-09 Thomas Tomkies
1709-10 Thomas Kynaston
1710-11 John Price
1711-12 Richard Jones
1712-13 John Skye
1713-14 Roger Green
1714-15 John Davies
1715-16 Thomas Warter
1716-17 George Edwards
1717-18 Robert Lloyd
1718-19 Owen Hughes
1719-20 Thomas Edwards
1720-21 John Evans
1721-22 Richard Payne
1722-23 Richard Maurice
1723-24 Nathaniel Price
1724-25 Peter Povall
1725-26 John Kyffin
1726-27 Richard Thomas
1727-28 Edward Lloyd
1728-29 Hon. Watkin Williams Wynn
1729-30 Charles Lloyd
1730-31 William Owen
1731-32 John Huxley
1732-33 John Mytton
1733-34 Nathaniel Kynaston
1734-35 Richard Powell
1735-36 Robert Williams
1736-37 Robert Barkley
1737-38 Thomas Jones
1738-39 John Burgess
1739-40 Corbet Kynaston (died in office)
1740 Thomas Tomkies
1740-41 William Pryce
1741-42 John Jones
1742-43 John Hughes
1743-44 John Mort
1744-45 Peter Williams
1745-46 David Maurice
1746-47 Robert Lloyd
1747-48 Richard Williams
1748-49 Vincent Phipps
1749-50 Nathaniel Jones
1750-51 John Griffiths
1751-52 John Williams
1752-53 John Griffith
1753-54 Edward Price
1754-55 Thomas Jones
1755-56 John Jones
1756-57 Thomas Rathbone
1757-58 Edward Evans
1758-59 John Bassnett
1759-60 Nathaniel Price
1760-61 Edward Evans
1761-62 Robert Lloyd
1762-63 Richard Price
1763-64 John Edwards
1764-65 Richard Jones
1765-66 John Gregory
1800 to 1900
1800-01 Sir Watkin Williams Wynn
1801-02 Richard Croxon
1802-03 Lawton Parry
1803-04 Richard Jebb
1804-05 Thomas Skye
1805-06 Rev. Dr. James Donne
1806-07 Robert Cartwright
1807-08 Thomas Longueville Jones
1808-09 William Lloyd
1809-10 Robert Roberts
1810-11 John Sheppard (died in office)
1811 Thomas Hilditch
1811-12 Edward Edmunds
1812-13 John Croxon
1813-14 Rev. Charles Arthur Albany Lloyd
1814-15 Hon. Thomas Kenyon
1815-16 Thomas Morris
1816-17 Samuel Leach
1817-18 Rev. George Newton Kynaston Lloyd
1818-19 Thomas Netherton Parker
1819-20 Henry Williams Wynn
1820-21 Joseph Venables Lovett
1821-22 John Bonner
1822-23 Henry Pinson Tozer Aubrey
1823-24 William Ormsby Gore
1824-25 John Mytton
1825-26 John Jones
1826-27 Rev. Turner Edwards
1827-28 Roger Mercer Cockerell
1828-29 Robert Morrall
1829-30 Peploe Cartwright
1830-31 Thomas Lovett
1831-32 Sir Watkin Williams Wynn
1832-33 Thomas Longueville Longueville
1833-34 John Jones
1834-35 James Edwards
1836 John Croxon (elected 1 Jan. 1836)
1836-37 Francis Campbell
1837-38 Charles Thomas Jones
1838-39 George Dorsett Owen
1839-40 Griffith Evans
1840-41 Thomas Penson
1841-42 John Hayward
1842-43 William Williams
1843-44 William Williams
1844-45 William Price
1845-46 Thomas Rogers
1846-47 John Miles Hales
1847-48 Thomas Hill
1848-49 John Jones
1849-50 Edward Morris
1850-51 Edward Morris
1851-52 Thomas Minshall
1852-53 William Hodges
1853-54 Thomas Edwards
1854-55 George Harvey Williams
1855-56 George Harvey Williams
1856-57 James Thomas Jones
1857-58 James Thomas Jones
1858-59 James Thomas Jones
1859-60 John Phillips
1860-61 William Hayward
1861-62 David Lloyd
1862-63 Edward Wynne Thomas
1863-64 Thomas Savin
1864-65 George Owen
1865-66 George Owen
1866-67 Jackson Salter
1867-68 George James Saunders
1868-69 John Thomas
1869-70 Edward Shaw
1870-71 John Morris
1871-72 Charles George Bayley
1872-73 John Jones
1873-74 Charles Whitley Owen
1874-75 Thomas Pryce Parry
1875-76 Thomas Pryce Parry
1876-77 William Henry Spaull
1877-78 John Thomas
1878-79 John Thomas
1879-80 John Morris
1880-81 Thomas Minshall
1881-82 William Henry Gascoigne Weaver
1882-83 William Henry Gascoigne Weaver
1883-84 Thomas Whitfield
1884-85 William Fletcher Rogers
1885-86 Robert Lloyd
1886-87 William Henry Lacon
1887-88 William Henry Lacon
1888-89 John Thomas
1889-90 Alfred Wynne Corrie
1890-91 Alfred Wynne Corrie
1891-92 Alfred Wynne Corrie
1892-93 Alfred Wynne Corrie
1893-94 Edward Bremner Smith
1894-95 George Perks
1895-96 Charles Edmondson Williams
1896-97 Thomas Edwards
1897-98 William Aylmer Lewis
1898-99 William Aylmer Lewis
1899-1900 Richard Hopley Mason
1900 to 2000
1900-01 Richard Daniel
1901-02 Joseph Parry Jones
1902-03 John Maclardy
1903-04 Thomas Poole
1904-05 William Martin
1905-06 Edward Bremner Smith
1906-07 William Henry Plimmer
1907-08 John Peete Sheather
1908-09 David Jones
1909-10 Robert de la Poer Beresford
1910-11 Robert de la Poer Beresford
1911-12 David Samuel
1912-13 Charles Edmondson Williams
1913-14 Charles Edmondson Williams
1914-15 Thomas James Bradshaw
1915-16 Richard Samuel Parry
1916-17 Richard Samuel Parry
1917-18 James Barlow
1918-19 William Morris
1919-20 William Perks
1920-21 John Herbert Hill
1921-22 William Felton
1922-23 James Edward Thomas
1923-24 George Philip Beckitt
1924-25 James Vincent Jones
1925-26 Thomas Whitfield
1926-27 Joseph Pasquill
1927-28 James Baird
1928-29 Evan Evans
1929-30 James Burgess
1930-31 James Ambrose Byrne
1931-32 Robert Leendart Davies
1932-33 John Hugh Profit
1933-34 John Hugh Profit
1934-35 Edward Birch Thomas
1935-36 Thomas Jones
1936-37 Thomas Jones
1937-38 Andrew Scriven
1938-39 Clement Bristow
1939-40 Clement Bristow
1940-41 Edward Moffatt Hundley
1941-42 Edward Moffatt Hundley
1942-43 William Griffith Jones
1943-44 Thomas William Pitt
1944-45 David Stone
1945-46 Leonard Douglas Edge Turner
1946-47 Herbert Ellis Pritchard
1947-49 Emily Gertrude Rogers (Term Nov. 1947- May 1949)
1949-50 Frederick Arthur Morley
1950-51 Samuel Gowrie Dalrymple Campbell
1951-52 Samuel Gowrie Dalrymple Campbell
1952-53 Thomas Milton Francis
1953-54 Thomas Milton Francis
1954-55 William James Roberts
1955-56 Stanley Harold Edwards
1956-57 George Henry Wilkes
1957-58 Leonard Douglas Edge Turner
1958-59 Richard Roberts
1959-60 Amelius Aubrey De Vere Beauclerk
1960-61 Walter Watkin
1961-62 Henry Wynne Nicholls
1962-63 Gwyn Alun Davies
1963-64 David James Howells
1964-65 Philomena Cecilia Mary Symon
1965-66 Charles Edwards
1966-67 Reginald David Jesse Jones
1967-68 Reginald David Jesse Jones
1968-69 Mona Ashworth Edwards
1969-70 Geraint Owen Pritchard
1970-71 Kathleen Gwendoline Roberts
1971-72 Kathleen Gwendoline Roberts
1972-73 John Cassin
1973-74 John Cassin
1974-75 John Eric Field
1975-76 John Eric Field
1976-77 Colin Thomas Bain
1977-78 Colin Thomas Bain
1978-79 William Owen Jones
1979-80 William Owen Jones
1980-81 John Cassin
1981-82 John Cassin
1982-83 Mathilda Kathleen Bain
1983-84 Betty Yvonne Gull
1984-85 John Eric Field
1985-86 Olivia Beatrice Cassin
1986-87 Colin Thomas Bain
1987-88 Lance Dennis
1988-89 John James Pritchard
1989-90 Bernice Joan Willis
1990-91 William Owen Jones
1991-92 George Edward Bickley Pritchard
1992-93 William David Ashby Wren
1993-94 Martin Bennett
1994-95 Frederick Donald Aldridge
1995-96 Betty Yvonne Gull
1996-97 Olivia Beatrice Cassin
1997-98 William Singleton Keable
1998-99 Lance Dennis
1999-2000 John Gareth Jones
2000 to 2022
2000-2001 Agnes Heather Bickerton
2001-2002 Jayne Gina Middleton
2002-2003 Mark Anthony Owen
2003-2004 Martin Bennett
2004-2005 Frederick Donald Aldridge
2005-2006 Betty Yvonne Gull
2006-2007 William Singleton Keable
2007-2008 Doris Barrow
2008-2009 John Gareth Jones
2009-2010 Margaret Chamberlain
2010-2011 Elaine Channon
2011-2012 Cynthia Hawksley
2012-2013 Martin Bennett
2013-2014 Chris Schofield
2014 – 2015 John Gareth Jones
2015 – 2016 Peter Cherrington
2016 – 2017 Paul Milner
2017-2018 Vince Hunt
2018-2019 Sandy Best
2019-2020 John Price
2020 – 2021 Duncan Kerr
2021 – 2022 Mark Jones