Dartmouth received borough status in 1341 with the right to elect a mayor. In 1974 the town became part of South Hams District. There is still a Town Council and a mayor, but with reduced powers. The following have been mayors of Dartmouth,

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14th century

*1374–75: John Hawley, MP for Dartmouth, 1390, 1393, 1394 and 1402 *1376–77: John Hawley *1378–79: John Hawley *1382–83: John Hawley *1385–86: John Hawley *1387–89: John Hawley *1390–91: John Hawley *1392–95: John Hawley *1397–99: John Hawley *1400–01: John Hawley

16th Century

*1547-48: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553 *1551-52: Gilbert Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553 *1554=55: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553 *1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593 *1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614

17th century

*1602: Nicholas Hayman *c.1620: Andrew Voysey, MP for Dartmouth, 1640 illiam PlumleighRecvr. Dartmouth 1610–11,2 mayor 1617–18, 1625–6, 1632–3, 1641-2

20th century

*1900-01 Thomas Wilton *1901-02 William Philip Ditcham *1902-03 John William Medway (Liberal) *1903-06 Richard Burford Seale *1906-10 John Brown *1910-11 Edward Ethelbert Lort Phillips *1911-14 Charles Peek *1914-18 Thomas Wilton *1918-19 Sir Thomas Wilton *1919-21 Charles Peek *1921-22 Algernon Joseph Yorke *1922-23 Sir Alfred G. Bourne *1923-29 Dr Henry J. Campbell *1929-32 James Harry Smith *1932-33 George Henry Marshall *1933-36 Ernest Albert Travers *1936-37 William Thomas Pillar *1937-38 George Henry Marshall *1938-45 William George Row *1945-46 Herbert George Middleton *1946-47 Frank Scardifield *1947-50 Bertie Lavers *1950-51 James Clifford S.R. Stoneman *1951-53 Albert Montague William Chapman *1953-54 Harold John Adams *1954-56 Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor *1956-57 Bertie Lavers *1957-58 Norman Hewson *1958-60 Harold Charles Lloyd *1960-61 James William Lee Palin *1961-62 Richard Martin Hoare *1962-63 Dorothy Holwill *1963-65 Eric S. Rimmer *1965-66 Margaret V.M. Keane *1966-67 Harold G. White *1967-68 Robert Middleton *1968-69 Eric J. Cook *1969-70 Albert J. Mashford *1970-71 Eric J. Cook *1971-73 Frank C. Mullett *1973-74Irene Ethel Frances Scawn *1974-75 Albert J. Mashford *1975-76 Brenda Bradley Breakwell *1976-77 Brian Alfred Goss *1977-78 Richard Martin Hoare *1978-80 Dennis Arthur Woods *1980-81 Irene Ethel Frances Scawn *1981-83 Donald William Rablin Webb *1983-85 Beryl Mary Calder *1985-86 Leslie William Savage *1986-89 Donald William Rablin Webb *1989-90 Bryan Martin Measures *1990-93 Brian J. Edgington *1993-95 Jack Cutter *1995-97 Margaret A Roberts *1997-99 Paul J. Darby *1999-2000 Melvyn Stone

21st century

*2000–05: Richard Rendle *2005–06: Peter Norton *2006–07: Iris Pritchard *2007–08: Iris Pritchard *2008–09: Debbie Morris *2010–11: Richard Rendle *2011–13: Paul Allen *2014–15: Rob M Lyon *2016–17: Rob M Lyon *2017–18: Richard Cooke *2018–19: Rob M Lyon

References

{{Lists of Mayors in the United Kingdom

External links

List of Mayors
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