List of mayors of Ipswich Borough, Suffolk


Ipswich was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John.
Prior to 1835, the officers of Ipswich Corporation, at various times, consisted of:
  • Two bailiffs
  • 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
  • A water bailiff
  • A treasurer
  • Clavigers
  • Sergeants-at-mace

Municipal Borough of Ipswich

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created the Municipal Borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a mayor was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty councillors.
The mayors were as follows: William Vick published an album, The Mayors of Ipswich from 1835 to 1890 in 1890.
DateNameImagePartyNotesRefs
1836Benjamin BrameIpswich Yellow Party/Whig
1836-37Frederick Francis SeekampWhig
1837-38Peter Bartholomew LongPhysician
1838-39George Green SampsonPhysician
1839-40John May
1840-41Peter Bartholomew Long
2nd term
1841-1842John Chevallier CobboldConservative
1842-1843George JosselynConservative
1843-1844William MayConservative

County Borough of Ipswich

Following the enactment of the Local Government Act 1888 the County Borough of Ipswich was created with the rest of Suffolk being divided into the administrative counties of East and West Suffolk. The County Borough of Ipswich had the following mayors:
  • 1889-1890 Nathaniel Catchpole
  • 1890-1891 Frederick Turner
  • 1891-1892 Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
  • 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
  • 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 Frank John Mason
  • 1942-1943 Owen Dudley Phillips
  • 1943-1944 Charles West English
  • 1944-1945 Sidney Charles Grimwade
  • 1945-1946 Frederick Henry Warner
  • 1946-1947 Mary Whitmore
  • 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 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 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 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 Ruby Ann Skerritt
  • 1974-1975 Arthur J Lambert
  • 1975-1976 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 Ann Smith
  • 1982-1983 Beryl James
  • 1983-1984 Douglas Grimwood
  • 1984-1985 Peter K Gardiner
  • 1985-1986 Eric Grant
  • 1986-1987 Gillian Auton*
  • 1987-1988 Derek Warsop
  • 1988-1989 William A Quinton
  • 1989-1990 Sheila Baguley
  • 1990-1991 Jack West
  • 1991-1992 Kenneth Wilson
  • 1992-1993 Joan Cubbin
  • 1993-1994 Margaret Alderton
  • 1994-1995 Ian Roderick Grimwood
  • 1995-1996 Albert W Grant
  • 1996-1997 Philip H L Smart
  • 1997-1998 Jeannette E Macartney
  • 1998-1999 George Hamilton Clarke
  • 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
  • 2025-2026 Stefan Long