The Town of Basingstoke first had a Mayor in 1641
In 1974 Basingstoke became a District Council and had a Chairman of the whole district and Basingstoke had a Town Mayor
In 1978 Basingstoke and Deane became a borough and had a Mayor for the whole of the borough
Below is a list of Mayors/Chairman from current day through to 1641
2011/12 David Leeks
2010/11 Keith Chapman
2009/10 Brian Gurden
2008/09 George Hood
2007/8 Warwick Lovegrove
2006/7 Tony Jones
2005/6 Paula Baker
2004/5 Gweneth Richardson
2003/4 Gerald Traynor
2002/3 Rita Burgess
2001/2 Rose Gladys Wellman
2000/1 Marilyn Tucker
1999/2000 Lynden Jones
1998/99 Derick Mirfin
1997/98 Roger Vernon Charles Morris – 3rd term
1996/97 Laurence Thomas Garland
1995/96 John William Greenwood
1994/95 John Leonard Shears
1993/94 Keith James Brant
1992/93 Keith George Chapman
1991/92 Robert Alfred O’Bee – 2nd term
1990/91 Christopher Beresford Evans
1989/90 Mrs Margaret Weston
1988/89 Harold George Dyer Allerston
1987/88 Kenneth William David Morgan
1986/87 Jack Edwin Evans
1985/86 Patrick James Horrigan
1984/85 Richard Brian Gaiger
1983/84 Geoffrey Alan Rodges
1982/83 John Eddie – 2nd term
1981/82 Roger Vernon Charles Morris – 2nd term
1980/81 Charles Hilton Byart
1979/80 Robert Alfred O’Bee – lst term
1978/79 Harold Jackson – 2nd term
In 1978 Basingstoke and Deane was granted borough status and reverted to Mayor of the whole district
1977/78 Dudley Arthur Keep – Chairman – 2nd term
Frank William Welton – Town Mayor
1976/77 Mrs Betty Holmes – Chairman
Daniel McAllister – Town Mayor
1975/76 Joseph William Ludgate – Chairman – 2nd term
Christopher Joseph Connor – Town Mayor
1974/75 Joseph William Ludgate – Chairman – 1st term
Adam Stevens Brown – Town Mayor
1973/74 John Oliver Bellasis – Chairman
Reorganisation of local government – Basingstoke became a district with a Chairman of the whole district and a Town Mayor from 1974
1973/74 Alan Ronald Turner
1972/73 Joseph William Ludgate – lst term
1971/72 John Eddie – lst term
1970/71 Roger Vernon Charles Morris – lst term
1969/70 Dudley Arthur Keep – lst term
1968/69 James Francis Balding
1967/68 Wilfred Hailstone
1966/67 Harold Redstall
1965/66 Donald Jones Weale
1964/65 Thomas Baptist
1963/64 James Walter Downs
1962/63 John Beadman Peat
1961/62 Reginald Charles Foulser
1960/61 Frederick Charles Townsend
1959/60 Harold Jackson – lst term
1958/59 Walter Evans
1957/58 Harry Alfred Watts
1956/57 Miss Nellie Kate Lawford
1955/56 Jack Welling
1954/55 Charles Paice
1953/54 Lionel John Stroud
1952/53 Lionel John Stroud
1951/52 Sidney Charles Rigby Dale
1950/51 Herbert John Gifford
1949/50 Cyril Wood
1948/49 William Henry Mussellwhite – 3rd term
1947/48 William Henry Mussellwhite – 2nd term
1946/47 Charles James Jeffreys
1945/46 Alfred Kirk
1944/45 Percy John Wiggins
1943/44 Percy John Wiggins
1942/43 Henry Thornton
1941/42 William Doswell
1940/41 William Doswell
1939/40 William Doswell
1938/39 William George Dear
1937/38 Mrs Edith Alice Weston – lst female Mayor
1936/37 William Henry Mussellwhite – lst term
1935/36 Walter William Webber
1934/35 Harry Goodall
1933/34 Russell Henry Howard
1932/33 Edward Sydney Wilson Dale
1931/32 William Gordon Hubbard
1930/31 William Edward Ward
1929/30 Joseph William Dallimore
1928/29 Frank Stratford
1927/28 Thomas Cuthbert Chesterfield
1926/27 Charles Bowman
1925/26 Charles Bowman
1924/25 George Trevelyan Pheby JP
1923/24 George William Willis
1922/23 John William Mussellwhite
1921/22 William Henry Tigwell
1920/21 William Henry Tigwell JP
1919/20 Harry Julian JP
1918/19 Thomas Bishop Allnutt
1917/18 Thomas Bishop Allnutt
1916/17 Thomas Bishop Allnutt
1915/16 Thomas Bishop Allnutt JP
1914/15 William Cannon – 4th term
1913/14 William Cannon – 3rd term
1912/13 Francis Bertram Solemn
1911/12 George Clarke
1910/11 Frederick Arthur Prance BA
1909/10 Francis Hillary JP
1908/09 William Cannon – 2nd term
1907/08 William Cannon – lst term
1906/07 Herbert Maton Kingdon – 3rd term
1905/06 Richard Sterry Wallis – 2nd term
1904/05 William Buckland
1903/04 Richard Sterry Wallis – lst term
1902/03 Walter Wadmore
1901/02 John May – 6th term
1900/01 Henry Jackson
1899/1900 Thomas Maton Kingdon – 2nd term
1898/99 Henry Matthew Julian – 2nd term
1897/98 Henry Matthew Julian – lst term
1896/97 John May – 5th term
1895/96 Joseph Tigwell
1894/95 William Powell
1893/94 John May – 4th term
1892/93 C Franklin Simmons
1891/92 Thomas John Edney
1890/91 Walter Wadmore
1889/90 Edward Adams
1888/89 John Burgess Soper
1887/88 Thomas Maton Kingdon – lst term
1886/87 John May – 3rd term
1885/86 John May – 2nd term
1884/85 Arthur Wallis – 4th term
1883/84 John May –lst term
1882/83 Frederick James Temple
1881/82 John Wathen Lodwidge
1880/81 William Henry Blatch
1879/80 Henry Allen – 2nd term
1878/79 James Poulter
1877/78 Henry Allen – lst term
1876/77 Richard Knight
1875/76 Henry Portsmouth
1874/75 William Pistell – 2nd term
1873/74 Arthur Wallis – 3rd term
1872/73 Arthur Wallis - 2nd term
1871/72 William Glover – presented list of Mayors*
1870/71 Robert Skeat Hulbert – 5th term
1869/70 Samuel Chandler
1868/69 William Forder Smith
1867/68 William Pistell – lst term
1866/67 Arthur Wallis – lst term
1865/66 Robert Archer Davis
1864/65 Edward White
1863/64 Richard Wallis
1862/63 Charles Webb
1861/62 Frederick Blunden
1860/61 William Seymour
1859/60 George Gibbs
1858/59 Robert Skeat Hulbert – 4th term
1857/58 William Challis
1856/57 Robert Skeat Hulbert – 3rd term
1855/56 Henry Downs – 2nd term
1854/55 Henry Downs – lst term
1853/54 Robert Cottle – 5th term
1852/53 Charles Simmons – 5th term
1851/52 Charles Simmons – 4th term
1850/51 Robert Skeat Hulbert – 2nd term
1849/50 Robert Cottle – 4th term
1848/49 George William Leigh
1847/48 Charles Simmons – 3rd term
1846/47 Robert Cottle – 3rd term
1845/46 Robert Cottle – 2nd term
1844/45 Charles Simmons – 2nd term
1843/44 Robert Skeat Hulbert – lst term
1842/43 James Holding
1841/42 Edward Covey
1840/41 Charles Simmons – lst term
1839/40 Charles May
1838/39 Robert Cottle – lst term
1837/38 Charles Lyford
1836/37 Thomas May – 11th term
1835/36 John Simmons – 3rd term
1834/35 Thomas May – 10th term
1833/34 James Warne – 3rd term
1832/33 Thomas May – 9th term
1831/32 John Simmons – 2nd term
1830/31 William Anthony Lewis
1829/30 Thomas May – 8th term
1828/29 Charles Hawthorne – 4th term
1827/28 John Simmons – 1st term
1826/27 Thomas May – 7th term
1825/26 James Warne – 2nd term
1824/25 Robert Hulbert – 6th term
1823/24 Thomas May – 6th term
1822/23 Charles Hawthorne – 3rd term
1821/22 James Warne – 1st term
1820/21 Thomas May – 5th term
1819/20 Robert Hulbert – 5th term
1818/19 Charles Hawthorne – 2nd term
1817/18 Charles May – 2nd term
1816/17 David Graham – 7th term
1815/16 Robert Hulbert – 4th term
1814/15 Thomas May – 4th term
1813/14 Charles Hawthorne – lst term
1812/13 David Graham – 6th term
1811/12 Charles May – lst term
1810/11 Thomas Robins – 6th term
1809/10 Robert Hulbert – 3rd term
1808/09 Timothy Mullens
1807/08 David Graham – 5th term
1806/07 Thomas Robins – 5th term
1805/06 Thomas May – 3rd term
1804/05 Robert Hulbert – 2nd term
1803/04 Rev John Ilsley – 3rd term
1802/02 Thomas May – 2nd term
1801/02 David Graham – 4th term
1800/01 Thomas Robins – 4th term
1799/1800 Rev John Ilsley – 2nd term
1798/99 Robert Hulbert – lst term
1797/98 Rev John Ilsley – lst term
1796/97 Thomas May – lst term
1795/96 David Graham – 3rd term
1794/95 Thomas Robins – 3rd term
1793/94 John Ring – 5th term
1792/93 John de la Touche
1791/92 David Graham – 2nd term
1790/91 Thomas Robins – 2nd term
1789/90 John Ring – 4th term
1788/89 Rev John Evans
1787/88 David Graham – lst term
1786/87 Charles Vine – 4th term
1785/86 Thomas Robins – lst term
1784/85 John Ring – 3rd term
1783/84 William Ring – 3rd term
1782/83 Charles Vine – 3rd term
1781/82 William Brambly – 2nd term
1780/81 John Ring – 2nd term
1779/80 William Ring – 2nd term
1778/79 Richard Skeat (not on list)**
1778/79 Charles Vine – 2nd term**
1777/78 John Covey – 4th term
1776/77 James Cooper – 3rd term
1775/76 William Brambly – lst term
1774/75 John Ring – lst term
1773/74 William Ring – lst term
1772/73 Charles Vine – lst term
1771/72 John Covey – 3rd term
1770/71 Edward Lane – 3rd term
1769/70 William Downes – 2nd term
1768/69 Giles Lyford – 4th term
1767/68 John Covey – 2nd term
1766/67 Edward Lane – 2nd term
1765/66 William Downes – lst term
1764/65 James Cooper – 2nd term
1763/64 Samuel Anderson – 4th term
1762/63 Robert Ricketts – 2nd term
1761/62 Giles Lyford – 3rd term
1760/61 John Covey – lst term
1759/60 Edward Lane – lst term
1758/59 James Cooper – lst term
1757/58 John Brasier
1757/58 Henry Grace (died in Office – not on list
1756/57 Samuel Anderson (not on list)
1756/57 Samuel Ford – 3rd term (died in office)
1755/56 Samuel Anderson – 3rd term
1754/55 Samuel Shipton – 3rd term
1753/54 Robert Ricketts – lst term
1752/53 Giles Lyford – 2nd term
1751/52 Phillip Garrard – 2nd term
1750/51 Samuel Ford – 2nd term
1749/50 Samuel Anderson – 2nd term
1748/49 Samuel Shipton – 2nd term
1747/48 Giles Lyford – lst term
1746/47 Henry Warner – 3rd term
1745/46 Henry Woodroffe – 3rd term
1744/45 William Craft – 2nd term
1743/44 Philip Garrard – lst term
1742/43 Samuel Ford – lst term
1741/42 Samuel Anderson – lst term
1740/41 Samuel Shipton – lst term
1739/40 John Abbott – 2nd term (replaced Henry Prince) (not on list)
1739/40 Henry Prince (died in Office – 3rd term
1738/39 John Abbott – lst term
1737/38 Joseph Olliffe - 2nd term
1736/37 Henry Warner- 2nd term
1735/36 Charles Woodroffe – 2nd term
1734/35 Henry Woodroffe – 2nd term
1733/34 William Craft – lst term
1732/33 William Hawkins – 3rd term
1731/32 Henry Prince – 2nd term
1730/31 Robert Blunden – 2nd term
1729/30 Joseph Olliffe – lst term
1728/29 Henry Warner – lst term
1727/28 Charles Woodroffe – lst term
1726/27 Henry Woodroffe – lst term
1725/26 William Hawkins – 2nd term
1724/25 Robert Barfoot – 2nd term
1723/24 Thomas Widmore – 2nd term
1722/23 William Warner – 3rd term
1721/22 Henry Prince – 1st term
1720/21 Robert Blunden – lst term
1719/20 Edward Jeyes – 2nd term
1718/19 Henry Collier – 3rd term
1717/18 William Hawkins – lst term
1716/17 Robert Barfoot – lst term
1715/16 Thomas Widmore – lst term
1714/15 George Prince – 2nd term
1713/14 John Davies
1712/13 William Warner – 2nd term
1711/12 Charles May
1710/11 Edward Jeyes – lst term
1709/10 William Russell
1708/09 Henry Collier – 2nd term
1707/08 Edmund Butler
1706/07 Walter Barfoote – 3rd term
1705/06 Robert Blunden
1704/05 Richard Coleman – 32nd term
1703/04 George Prince – lst term
1702/03 William Warner – lst term
1701/02 George Prince – 3rd term
1700/01 William Blunden – 3rd term
1699/1700 Richard Woodroffe – 4th term
1698/99 Henry Collier – lst term
1697/98 Walter Barfoote – 2nd term
1696/97 William Coleman – 4th term
1695/96 Henry Barfoote – 3rd term
1694/95 Richard Coleman – lst term
1693/94 George Prince – 2nd term
1692/93 Joseph Moreing
1691/92 William Blunden – 2nd term
1690/91 Richard Woodroffe – 3rd term
1689/90 Walter Barfoote - lst term
1688/89 William Coleman 3rd term
1687/88 Henry Barfoote (replaced Hugh White) – 2nd term
1687/88 Hugh White (died in office) (not on list) – 4th term
1686/87 John Coleman – 2nd term
1685/86 William Lambe
1684/85 George Prince – lst term
1683/84 William Blunden – lst term
1682/83 William Coleman – (replaced Richard Hanington) (not on list*) 2nd term
1682/83 Richard Hanington – 2nd term (died in office)
1681/82 Henry Barfoote – lst term
1680/81 William Coleman – lst term
1679/80 Francis Moore – 2nd term
1678/79 Thomas Dinham – 3rd term
1677/78 Hugh White – 3rd term
1676/77 Richard Woodroffe – 2nd term
1675/76 William Hawkins – 2nd term
1674/75 John Coleman – lst term
1673/74 Richard Hanington – lst term
1672/73 John Davis – 2nd term
1671/72 Francis Moore – lst term
1670/71 Thomas Dinham – 2nd term
1669/70 George Edwards
1668/69 Richard Woodroffe – lst term
1667/68 Richard Butler
1666/67 Hugh White – 2nd term
1665/66 Richard Woodroffe – 2nd term
1664/65 John Davis – lst term
1663/64 John Coleman – 3rd term
1662/63 Thomas Dinham – lst term
1661/62 Richard Brackley – 3rd term
1660/61 Edmund Pitman – 2nd term
1659/60 Hugh White – lst term
1658/59 William Hawkins – lst term
1657/58 Richard Brackley – 2nd term
1656/57 Thomas Hall – 2nd term
1655/56 John Coleman – 2nd term
1654/55 Richard Woodroffe – lst term
1653/54 Edmund Pitman – lst term
1652/53 John Coleman – lst term
1651/52 Robert Stocker – 2nd term
1650/51 James Wyther
1649/50 John Aylwin – 2nd term
1648/49 Andrew Butler
1647/48 William Greene
1646/47 Thomas Hall – lst term
1645/46 Robert Stocker – lst term
1644/45 Thomas South
1643/44 Richard Brackley – lst term
1642/43 John Aylwin – lst term
1641/42 George Baynard
* List referred to is that which was presented in 1871/72 by the Mayor, William Glover, of an illuminated and engrossed scroll showing the list of Mayors. This has been kept up to date to the present time.
** Political division in Corporation resulting in two Mayors being elected. It is thought that Skeat allowed Vine to become Mayor, as it was Vine who called the next election meeting. Skeat left Basingstoke soon after. +-
