Past Mayors from 1700 - 1799
The tradition of having a Mayor of Preston dates back to the Middle Ages when the city's first Charter (a document bestowing certain rights on a town) was granted by Henry II in 1179.
Preston's first recorded Mayor was called Aubrey, son of Robert, who took up his position in 1327. Although there is little other information about him, it is thought that he was a wealthy businessman of his time and was chosen to be Mayor by a select few wealthy associates, the majority of local people had no say in the matter.
Nowadays, the Mayor has to be a Preston city councillor, meaning that local people have voted for them to represent their communities.
Mayors from 1700 - 1799
Below is a table of past Mayors ranging from 1700 - 1799. You will find the most up to date list of Mayors on the background to the Mayor of Preston page.
* Denotes Guild Mayor
Name | Year |
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John Grimshaw | 1799 |
Edward Robert Travis (Travers) | 1798 |
John Fallowfield | 1797 |
James Moore | 1796 |
Henry Walshman | 1795 |
James Pedder | 1794 |
Robinson Shuttleworth | 1793 |
William Prichard (Pritchard) | 1792 |
Thomas Greaves | 1791 |
Edward Pedder | 1790 |
William Green | 1789 |
John Grimshaw | 1788 |
Thomas Cowburn | 1787 |
Richard Atherton | 1786 |
Bartholomew Davis | 1785 |
Ralph Watson (Rd. Watson) | 1784 |
William Green | 1783 |
John Grimshaw | 1782 |
Richard Atherton | * 1781-82 |
Bartholomew Davis | 1780 |
Thomas Pedder | 1779 |
Ralph Watson | 1778 |
James Cowburn | 1777 |
Edward Pedder | 1776 |
Thomas Grimshaw (J. Grimshaw) | 1775 |
Bartholomew Davis | 1774 |
Richard Atherton | 1773 |
Ralph Watson | 1772 |
James Cowburn | 1771 |
Edward Pedder (Thomas Walmsley) | 1770 |
Richard Assheton | 1769 |
Thomas Grimshaw | 1768 |
Robert Moss | 1767 |
Joseph Myers | 1766 |
William Prichard (Pritchard) | 1765 |
Richard Assheton | 1764 |
Edward Pedder | 1763 |
Thomas Jackson | 1762 |
Robert Parker | * 1761-62 |
Lawrence Rawstorne | 1760 |
William Prichard (Pritchard) | 1759 |
James Bolton | 1758 |
Robert Hesketh (Roger Hesketh) | 1757 |
Richard Pedder | 1756 |
Richard Shepherd | 1755 |
Thomas Starkie (J. Starkie) | 1754 |
William Prichard | 1753 |
Robert Parker | 1752 |
James Bolton | 1751 |
Lawrence Rawsthorne | 1750 |
Thomas Astley | 1749 |
Richard Pedder | 1748 |
Richard Shepherd | 1747 |
Thomas Starkie | 1746 |
James Derbyshire | 1745 |
William Harrison | 1744 |
William Prichard | 1743 |
John Walshman | 1742 |
Henry Farington | * 1741-42 |
Lawrence Rawsthorne (Rawstorne) | 1740 |
John Ravald | 1739 |
William Atherton | 1738 |
Edmund Assheton | 1737 |
Henry Farington | 1736 |
Richard Addison (Nicholas Eddison) | 1735 |
John Myers | 1734 |
John Clayton | 1733 |
William Atherton | 1732 |
Sir Edward Stanley, bart. | 1731 |
Lawrence Wall | 1730 |
Edmund Ashton (Assheton) | 1729 |
Joseph Curtis | 1728 |
Richard Addison | 1727 |
John Myers | 1726 |
Thomas Garlicke | 1725 |
John Clayton | 1724 |
John Thornton | 1723 |
Lawrence Wall | 1722 |
Edmund Assheton | * 1721-22 |
William Graddwell | 1720 |
George Lamplugh | 1719 |
Richard Casson | 1718 |
Joseph Curtis | 1717 |
Robert Chaddocks | 1716 |
William Lemon | 1715 |
Lawrence Wall | 1714 |
Edmund Assheton | 1713 |
Ralph Assheton | 1712 |
William Graddwell (Gladwell) | 1711 |
George Lamplugh | 1710 |
John Loxham | 1709 |
George Addison | 1708 |
Roger Sudell | 1707 |
John Chorley | 1706 |
Thomas Winckley | 1705 |
John Atherton | 1704 |
William Lemon | 1703 |
Geoffrey Rishton | 1702 |
Josias Gregson | * 1701-02 |
George Addison | 1700 |