The position of Lord Mayor of Chester was created on 10 March 1992 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Chester, England by Letters Patent as part of celebrations of 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester. The Lord Mayoralty was given to Chester in recognition of its historical and economic importance. In 2009 the role of Lord Mayor of Chester was combined with that of Chairman of

Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority of Cheshire West and Chester. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services ...

, but the two roles were separated again in 2015. The full title of the Mayor is ‘The Right Worshipful, the Lord Mayor of the City of Chester’.

Notable Mayors

Memorial to Peter Broster in Chester Cathedral

*1484-85: Sir John Savage (Knight of the Garter) *1512–14: Sir Piers Dutton (

High Sheriff of Cheshire This is a list of Sheriffs (and after 1 April 1974, High Sheriffs) of Cheshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

, 1542) *1540: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1558: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1560: William Aldersey (MP for Chester, 1547) *1563: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1570: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1572: John Hankey (Sheriff, 1557. Alderman, 1567) *1581: Richard Bavand (MP for Chester, 1584) *1600: Richard Bavand (MP for Chester, 1584) *1602: Hugh Glasier (MP for Chester, 1601) *1611: John Ratcliffe (MP for Chester, 1621) *1622: Thomas Smith (MP for Chester, 1640-1644) *1628: John Ratcliffe (MP for Chester, 1621) *1642: William Ince (MP for Chester, 1660) *1681: George Mainwaring *1684: Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bt (MP for Chester, 1679–1700) (

, 1688) *1691:

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington (13 January 1652 – 2 January 1694) was a Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the Revolution of 1688, Mayor of Chester and author. Life Booth was a son of George Booth, ...

(MP for Cheshire, 1678–85) *1692–96: Roger Whitley (MP for Chester, 1681) *1715:

Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (26 June 1689 – 12 July 1732) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1732. He was the brother of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of W ...

(MP for Chester, 1715-33) *1737; Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, MP for

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1716-1741; *1738:

Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (7 May 1695 – 1 August 1755) of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1755. He was an ancestor of the present Dukes of Westminster. Grosvenor was ...

(MP for Chester, 1733-55) *1902-03: Dr. John Roberts, Liberal

List of Lord Mayors

References

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