In 1978 Basingstoke and Deane became a borough and had a Mayor for the
whole of the borough
Term
Mayor
1989/90
Margaret Weston
1988/89
Harold George Dyer Allerston
1987/88
Kenneth William David Morgan
1986/87
Jack Edwin Evans
1985/86
Patrick James Horrigan
1984/85
Richard Brian Gaiger
1983/84
Geoffrey Alan Rodges
1982/83
John Eddie
1981/82
Roger Vernon Charles Morris
1980/81
Charles Hilton Byart
1979/80
Robert Alfred O’Bee
1978/79
Harold Jackson
Reorganisation of local government – Basingstoke became a district with a
Chairman of the whole district and a Town Mayor from 1974
Term
Mayor
1977/78
Dudley Arthur Keep – Chairman
Frank William Welton – Town Mayor
1976/77
Mrs Betty Holmes – Chairman
Daniel McAllister – Town Mayor
1975/76
Joseph William Ludgate – Chairman
Christopher Joseph Connor – Town Mayor
2nd Term
1974/75
Joseph William Ludgate – Chairman
Adam Stevens Brown – Town Mayor
1st Term
1973/74
John Oliver Bellasis – Chairman
Alan Ronald Turner – Mayor
1972/73
Joseph William Ludgate
1st Term
1971/72
John Eddie
1st Term
1970/71
Roger Vernon Charles Morris
1st Term
1969/70
Dudley Arthur Keep
1st Term
1968/69
James Francis Balding
1967/68
Wilfred Hailstone
1966/67
Harold Redstall
2nd Term
Term
Mayor
1965/66
Donald Jones Weale
1964/65
Thomas Baptist
1963/64
James Walter Downs
1962/63
John Beadman Peat
1961/62
Reginald Charles Foulser
1960/61
Frederick Charles Townsend
1959/60
Harold Jackson
1958/59
Walter Evans
1957/58
Harry Alfred Watts
1956/57
Miss Nellie Kate Lawford
1955/56
Jack Welling
1954/55
Charles Paice
1953/54
Lionel John Stroud
1952/53
Lionel John Stroud
1951/52
Sidney Charles Rigby Dale
1950/51
Herbert John Gifford
1949/50
Cyril Wood
1948/49
William Henry Mussellwhite
3rd Term
1947/48
William Henry Mussellwhite
2nd Term
1946/47
Charles James Jeffreys
1945/46
Alfred Kirk
1944/45
Percy John Wiggins
1943/44
Percy John Wiggins
1942/43
Henry Thornton
1941/42
William Doswell
1940/41
William Doswell
1939/40
William Doswell
1938/39
William George Dear
1937/38
Mrs Edith Alice Weston
1st female Mayor
1936/37
William Henry Mussellwhite
1st Term
1935/36
Walter William Webber
1934/35
Harry Goodall
1933/34
Russell Henry Howard
1932/33
Edward Sydney Wilson Dale
1931/32
William Gordon Hubbard
1930/31
William Edward Ward
1st Term
Term
Mayor
1929/30
Joseph William Dallimore
1928/29
Frank Stratford
1927/28
Thomas Cuthbert Chesterfield
1926/27
Charles Bowman
1925/26
Charles Bowman
1924/25
George Trevelyan Pheby JP
1923/24
George William Willis
1922/23
John William Mussellwhite
1921/22
William Henry Tigwell
1920/21
William Henry Tigwell JP
1919/20
Harry Julian JP
1918/19
Thomas Bishop Allnutt
1917/18
Thomas Bishop Allnutt
1916/17
Thomas Bishop Allnutt
1915/16
Thomas Bishop Allnutt JP
1914/15
William Cannon
4th Term
1913/14
William Cannon
3rd Term
1912/13
Francis Bertram Solemn
1911/12
George Clarke
1910/11
Frederick Arthur Prance BA
1909/10
Francis Hillary JP
1908/09
William Cannon
2nd Term
1907/08
William Cannon
1st Term
1906/07
Herbert Maton Kingdon
3rd Term
1905/06
Richard Sterry Wallis
2nd Term
1904/05
William Buckland
1903/04
Richard Sterry Wallis
1902/03
Walter Wadmore
1901/02
John May
1900/01
Henry Jackson
1899/1900
Thomas Maton Kingdon
2nd term
1898/99
Henry Matthew Julian
2nd Term
1897/98
Henry Matthew Julian
1st Term
1896/97
John May
5th Term
1895/96
Joseph Tigwell
1894/95
William Powell
1st Term
6th term
Term
Mayor
1893/94
John May
1892/93
C Franklin Simmons
1891/92
Thomas John Edney
1890/91
Walter Wadmore
1889/90
Edward Adams
1888/89
John Burgess Soper
1887/88
Thomas Maton Kingdon
1st Term
1886/87
John May
3rd Term
1885/86
John May
2nd Term
1884/85
Arthur Wallis
4th Term
1883/84
John May
1st Term
1882/83
Frederick James Temple
1881/82
John Wathen Lodwidge
1880/81
William Henry Blatch
1879/80
Henry Allen
1878/79
James Poulter
1877/78
Henry Allen
1876/77
Richard Knight
1875/76
Henry Portsmouth
1874/75
William Pistell
2nd Term
1873/74
Arthur Wallis
3rd Term
1872/73
Arthur Wallis
2nd Term
1871/72
William Glover
Presented list of Mayors*
1870/71
Robert Skeat Hulbert
5th Term
1869/70
Samuel Chandler
1868/69
William Forder Smith
1867/68
William Pistell
1st Term
1866/67
Arthur Wallis
1st Term
1865/66
Robert Archer Davis
1864/65
Edward White
1863/64
Richard Wallis
1862/63
Charles Webb
1861/62
Frederick Blunden
1860/61
William Seymour
1859/60
George Gibbs
1858/59
Robert Skeat Hulbert
4th Term
2nd Term
1st Term
4th Term
Term
Mayor
1857/58
William Challis
1856/57
Robert Skeat Hulbert
3rd Term
1855/56
Henry Downs
2nd Term
1854/55
Henry Downs
1st Term
1853/54
Robert Cottle
5th Term
1852/53
Charles Simmons
5th Term
1851/52
Charles Simmons
4th Term
1850/51
Robert Skeat Hulbert
2nd Term
1849/50
Robert Cottle
4th Term
1848/49
George William Leigh
1847/48
Charles Simmons
3rd Term
1846/47
Robert Cottle
3rd Term
1845/46
Robert Cottle
2nd Term
1844/45
Charles Simmons
2nd Term
1843/44
Robert Skeat Hulbert
1st Term
1842/43
James Holding
1841/42
Edward Covey
1840/41
Charles Simmons
1839/40
Charles May
1838/39
Robert Cottle
1837/38
Charles Lyford
1836/37
Thomas May
11th Term
1835/36
John Simmons
3rd Term
1834/35
Thomas May
10th Term
1833/34
James Warne
3rd Term
1832/33
Thomas May
9th Term
1831/32
John Simmons
2nd Term
1830/31
William Anthony Lewis
1829/30
Thomas May
8th Term
1828/29
Charles Hawthorne
4th Term
1827/28
John Simmons
1st Term
1826/27
Thomas May
7th Term
1825/26
James Warne
2nd Term
1824/25
Robert Hulbert
6th Term
1823/24
Thomas May
6th Term
1822/23
Charles Hawthorne
3rd Term
1st Term
1st Term
Term
Mayor
1821/22
James Warne
1st Term
1820/21
Thomas May
5th Term
1819/20
Robert Hulbert
5th Term
1818/19
Charles Hawthorne
2nd Term
1817/18
Charles May
2nd Term
1816/17
David Graham
7th Term
1815/16
Robert Hulbert
4th Term
1814/15
Thomas May
4th Term
1813/14
Charles Hawthorne
1st Term
1812/13
David Graham
6th Term
1811/12
Charles May
1st Term
1810/11
Thomas Robins
6th Term
1809/10
Robert Hulbert
3rd Term
1808/09
Timothy Mullens
1807/08
David Graham
5th Term
1806/07
Thomas Robins
5th Term
1805/06
Thomas May
3rd Term
1804/05
Robert Hulbert
2nd Term
1803/04
Rev John Ilsley
3rd Term
1802/02
Thomas May
2nd Term
1801/02
David Graham
4th Term
1800/01
Thomas Robins
4th Term
1799/1800
Rev John Ilsley
2nd Term
1798/99
Robert Hulbert
1st Term
1797/98
Rev John Ilsley
1st Term
1796/97
Thomas May
1st Term
1795/96
David Graham
3rd Term
1794/95
Thomas Robins
3rd Term
1793/94
John Ring
5th Term
1792/93
John de la Touche
1791/92
David Graham
2nd Term
1790/91
Thomas Robins
2nd Term
1789/90
John Ring
4th Term
1788/89
Rev John Evans
1787/88
David Graham
1st Term
1786/87
Charles Vine
4th Term
Term
Mayor
1785/86
Thomas Robins
1st Term
1784/85
John Ring
3rd Term
1783/84
William Ring
3rd Term
1782/83
Charles Vine
3rd Term
1781/82
William Brambly
2nd Term
1780/81
John Ring
2nd Term
1779/80
William Ring
2nd Term
1778/79
Richard Skeat
Not on list**
1778/79
Charles Vine
2nd Term**
1777/78
John Covey
4th Term
1776/77
James Cooper
3rd Term
1775/76
William Brambly
1st Term
1774/75
John Ring
1st Term
1773/74
William Ring
1st Term
1772/73
Charles Vine
1st Term
1771/72
John Covey
3rd Term
1770/71
Edward Lane
3rd Term
1769/70
William Downes
2nd Term
1768/69
Giles Lyford
4th Term
1767/68
John Covey
2nd Term
1766/67
Edward Lane
2nd Term
1765/66
William Downes
1st Term
1764/65
James Cooper
2nd Term
1763/64
Samuel Anderson
4th Term
1762/63
Robert Ricketts
2nd Term
1761/62
Giles Lyford
3rd Term
1760/61
John Covey
1st Term
1759/60
Edward Lane
1st Term
1758/59
James Cooper
1st Term
1757/58
John Brasier
1757/58
Henry Grace
Died in office – not on list
1756/57
Samuel Anderson
Not on list
1756/57
Samuel Ford
3rd Term (died in office)
1755/56
Samuel Anderson
3rd Term
1754/55
Samuel Shipton
3rd Term
1753/54
Robert Ricketts
1st Term
Term
Mayor
1752/53
Giles Lyford
2nd Term
1751/52
Phillip Garrard
2nd Term
1750/51
Samuel Ford
2nd Term
1749/50
Samuel Anderson
2nd Term
1748/49
Samuel Shipton
2nd Term
1747/48
Giles Lyford
1st Term
1746/47
Henry Warner
3rd Term
1745/46
Henry Woodroffe
3rd Term
1744/45
William Craft
2nd Term
1743/44
Philip Garrard
1st Term
1742/43
Samuel Ford
1st Term
1741/42
Samuel Anderson
1st Term
1740/41
Samuel Shipton
1st Term
1739/40
John Abbott
1739/40
Henry Prince
2nd Term
(replaced Henry Prince - not on list)
died in Office – 3rd Term
1738/39
John Abbott
1st Term
1737/38
Joseph Olliffe
2nd Term
1736/37
Henry Warner
2nd Term
1735/36
Charles Woodroffe
2nd Term
1734/35
Henry Woodroffe
2nd Term
1733/34
William Craft
1st Term
1732/33
William Hawkins
3rd Term
1731/32
Henry Prince
2nd Term
1730/31
Robert Blunden
2nd Term
1729/30
Joseph Olliffe
1st Term
1728/29
Henry Warner
1st Term
1727/28
Charles Woodroffe
1st Term
1726/27
Henry Woodroffe
1st Term
1725/26
William Hawkins
2nd Term
1724/25
Robert Barfoot
2nd Term
1723/24
Thomas Widmore
2nd Term
1722/23
William Warner
3rd Term
1721/22
Henry Prince
1st Term
1720/21
Robert Blunden
1st Term
1719/20
Edward Jeyes
2nd Term
Term
Mayor
1718/19
Henry Collier
3rd Term
1717/18
William Hawkins
1st Term
1716/17
Robert Barfoot
1st Term
1715/16
Thomas Widmore
1st Term
1714/15
George Prince
2nd Term
1713/14
John Davies
1712/13
William Warner
1711/12
Charles May
1710/11
Edward Jeyes
1709/10
William Russell
1708/09
Henry Collier
1707/08
Edmund Butler
1706/07
Walter Barfoote
1705/06
Robert Blunden
1704/05
Richard Coleman
1703/04
George Prince
1st Term
1702/03
William Warner
1st Term
1701/02
George Prince
3rd Term
1700/01
William Blunden
3rd Term
1699/1700
Richard Woodroffe
4th Term
1698/99
Henry Collier
1st Term
1697/98
Walter Barfoote
2nd Term
1696/97
William Coleman
4th Term
1695/96
Henry Barfoote
3rd Term
1694/95
Richard Coleman
1st Term
1693/94
George Prince
2nd Term
1692/93
Joseph Moreing
1691/92
William Blunden
2nd Term
1690/91
Richard Woodroffe
3rd Term
1689/90
Walter Barfoote
1st Term
1688/89
William Coleman
3rd Term
1687/88
Henry Barfoote
Replaced Hugh White – 2nd Term
1687/88
Hugh White
Died in office not on list) – 4th Term
1686/87
John Coleman
2nd Term
1685/86
William Lambe
1684/85
George Prince
2nd Term
1st Term
2nd Term
3rd Term
1st Term
Term
Mayor
1683/84
William Blunden
1682/83
William Coleman
1682/83
Richard Hanington
1st Term
Replaced Richard Hanington not on
list* 2nd term
2nd term (died in office)
1681/82
Henry Barfoote
1st Term
1680/81
William Coleman
1st Term
1679/80
Francis Moore
2nd Term
1678/79
Thomas Dinham
3rd Term
1677/78
Hugh White
3rd Term
1676/77
Richard Woodroffe
2nd Term
1675/76
William Hawkins
2nd Term
1674/75
John Coleman
1st Term
1673/74
Richard Hanington
1st Term
1672/73
John Davis
2nd Term
1671/72
Francis Moore
1st Term
1670/71
Thomas Dinham
2nd Term
1669/70
George Edwards
1668/69
Richard Woodroffe
1667/68
Richard Butler
1666/67
Hugh White
2nd Term
1665/66
Richard Woodroffe
2nd Term
1664/65
John Davis
1st Term
1663/64
John Coleman
3rd Term
1662/63
Thomas Dinham
1st Term
1661/62
Richard Brackley
3rd Term
1660/61
Edmund Pitman
2nd Term
1659/60
Hugh White
1st Term
1658/59
William Hawkins
1ST Term
1657/58
Richard Brackley
2nd Term
1656/57
Thomas Hall
2nd Term
1655/56
John Coleman
2nd Term
1654/55
Richard Woodroffe
1st Term
1653/54
Edmund Pitman
1st Term
1652/53
John Coleman
1st Term
1651/52
Robert Stocker
2nd Term
1650/51
James Wyther
1st Term
Term
Mayor
1649/50
John Aylwin
1648/49
Andrew Butler
1647/48
William Hearne
1646/47
Thomas Hall
1645/46
Robert Stocker
1644/45
Thomas South
1643/44
Richard Brackley
1st Term
1642/43
John Aylwin
1st Term
1641/42
George Baynard
2nd Term
1st Term
* List referred to is that which was presented in 1871/72 by the Mayor, William Glover, of an illuminated
and engrossed scroll showing the list of Mayors. This has been kept up to date to the present time.
** Political division in Corporation resulting in two Mayors being elected. It is thought that Skeat allowed
Vine to become Mayor, as it was Vine who called the next election meeting. Skeat left Basingstoke
soon after.