The title Lord Mayor of Coventry was created on 3 June 1953 when the dignity was conferred on the city of

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...

, England by

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as part of the Coronation celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that Coventry had had a Mayor since it was granted its Charter of Incorporation by King Edward III in 1345. The Lord Mayor is the Chairman of the

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and has the casting vote. As Coventry's first citizen, they are the non-political, ceremonial head of the city.

Notable Mayors of Coventry

*1546-7: John Harford * 1583 Henry Breres (MP for

, 1586 and 1601) * 1587

Henry Sewall Henry Sewall (1544 – 1628) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. Sewall was the son of Sir William Sewall of Coventry and his wife Matilda Home. He became a linen ...

(MP for Coventry, 1621) * 1606

* 1609

Sampson Hopkins Sampson Hopkins (died 1622) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622. Hopkins was the son of Sir Richard Hopkins of Coventry. He was a draper of Coventry and a puritan. In 1605 he sheltered Prin ...

(MP for Coventry, 1614 and 1621) * 1631

William Jesson William Jesson (1580 – 1651) was an English dyer and politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. Jesson was the son of Richard Jesson of Coventry and his wife Elizabeth Hill. ...

(MP for Coventry, 1640) * 1633 Simon Norton (MP for Coventry, 1640) * 1634 John Barker (MP for Coventry, 1640) * 1655

Robert Beake Robert Beake (died 22 September 1708) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Beake was a Presbyterian alderman and draper of Cove ...

(MP for Coventry, 1654–1660) * 1834

George Eld George Eld (died 1624) was a London printer of the Jacobean era, who produced important works of English Renaissance drama and literature, including key texts by William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Middleton. Eld w ...

(antiquary and editor of the ''Coventry Standard'') * 1835 H. Cadwallader Adams * 1858

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* 1861–1862

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* 1889–1891 Alderman Charles John Hill * 1891–1894

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(founder of

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) * 1894–1903 Alderman Tomson (Liberal) * 1911–1912 William Fitzthomas Wyley (Colonel and Founder of Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists) * 1913–1914

Siegfried Bettmann Siegfried Bettmann (18 April 1863 - 23 September 1951) was a bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer and initiator of the Triumph Motorcycle Company. In 1914 he established the Annie Bettmann Foundation to help young people start businesses. Tr ...

(founder of Triumph Cycle company) * 1937

Alice Arnold Alice Arnold may refer to * Alice Arnold (broadcaster) (born 1962), British broadcaster and journalist * Alice Arnold (mayor) (1881–1955), British socialist, the first female mayor of Coventry * Alice Arnold Crawford Alice Arnold Crawford (, ...

– trade unionist; first female mayor * 1941

Alfred Robert Grindlay Alfred Robert 'Bob' Grindlay CBE, JP (1 February 1876 – 14 April 1965) was an English inventor, industrialist and official during the 19th and 20th centuries. He co-founded Grindlay Peerless, the motorcycle engineering company and was M ...

(industrialist, founder of Grindlay Peerless Cycle Company and Mayor during the

Coventry Blitz The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word ''Blitzkrieg'' meaning "lightning war" ) or Coventration of the city was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Seco ...

)

Lord Mayors of Coventry

Coventry's Lord Mayors have included:

References

* {{Lists of Lord Mayors in the United Kingdom Coventry, Lord Mayors of the City of Lord Mayors