This is a list of some notable
mayors
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities ...
and all the later
lord mayors of the city of
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth ...
in the United Kingdom.
Plymouth had elected a mayor annually since 1439. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by
letters patent
Letters patent ( la, litterae patentes) ( always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, titl ...
dated 6 May 1935.
The dignity was granted as part of the
silver jubilee celebrations of
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
Born duri ...
.
[J V Beckett, ''City Status in the British Isles, 1830-2002'', Aldershot, 2005] When the city became a non-metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.
Mayors of Plymouth
Source: https://new.plymouth.gov.uk/list-past-lord-mayors
Lord Mayors of Plymouth
References
{{Lists of mayors in the United Kingdom
Plymouth, Lord Mayors of the City of
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History of Plymouth, Devon