Former Mayors of Shrewsbury 1638 to present
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Year of Office |
Mayor Name |
Occupation |
Notable Events of the Period |
Wikipedia entry for year |
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1638 |
Gentleman |
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1639 |
Robert Betton |
Gentleman |
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1640 |
Hugh Harris (died 1641) |
Gentleman |
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Thomas Wingfield (elected to complete year) |
Gentleman |
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1641 |
Richard Gibbons |
Gentleman |
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1642 |
John Studley |
Gentleman |
Outbreak of English civil war |
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1643 |
Robert Betton, Jnr. |
Gentleman |
First Mercury Barometer constructed by Evangelista Torricelli |
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1644 |
Charles Benyon |
Gentleman |
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1645 |
Thomas Niccols |
Gentleman |
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1646 |
Thomas Knight |
Gentleman |
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1647 |
Richard Llewellin |
Gentleman |
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1648 |
Owen George |
Gentleman |
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1649 |
Thomas Hayes |
Gentleman |
Charles I executed |
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1650 |
John Prowde |
Gentleman |
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1651 |
Charles Benyon |
Gentleman |
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1652 |
Richard Cheshire |
Draper |
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1653 |
Jonathan Rowley |
Draper |
Oliver Cromwell installed as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland |
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1654 |
John Cooke |
Dyer |
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1655 |
Adam Webb |
Draper |
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1656 |
John Lowe |
Draper |
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1657 |
Thomas Hunt |
M.P. for Shrewsbury in 1645 |
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1658 |
John Betton |
Gentleman |
Oliver Cromwell dies Population of Shrewsbury around 6,000 |
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1659 |
John Walthall |
Draper |
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1660 |
Andrew Vivers |
Shoemaker |
Charles II restored to the throne |
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1661 |
Richard Bagot (displaced) |
Draper |
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Robert Foster (elected to complete year) |
Bookseller |
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1662 |
Sir Richard Prynce, Knt. |
Gentleman |
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1663 |
Jonathan Langley |
Gentleman |
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1664 |
Edward Kynaston |
Gentleman |
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1665 |
Francis Burton |
Gentleman |
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1666 |
Richard Burton |
Gentleman |
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1667 |
John Harding |
Attorney |
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1668 |
Samuel Lloyd |
Draper |
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1669 |
Richard Taylor |
Attorney |
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1670 |
Thomas Cotton |
Draper |
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1671 |
Roger Griffiths |
Gentleman |
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1672 |
Samuel Jevon |
Draper |
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1673 |
Rowland Middleton |
Mercer |
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1674 |
William Thyme |
Gentleman |
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1675 |
John Severne |
Draper |
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1676 |
George Hosier |
Gentleman |
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1677 |
Robert Forster |
Gentleman |
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1678 |
Edward Phillips |
Draper |
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1679 |
Arthur Hincks |
Gentleman |
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1680 |
John Harwood |
Grocer |
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1681 |
George Llewellin |
Gentleman |
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1682 |
Edward Gosnell |
Gentleman |
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1683 |
Collins Woolrick |
Apothecary |
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1684 |
John Wood (died) |
Attorney |
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Robert Wood (elected to complete year) |
Apothecary |
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1685 |
Sir Francis Edwardes, Bart. |
M.P. for Shrewsbury |
Charles II dies, James II ascends the throne |
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1686 |
Thomas Bawdewin |
Barrister-at-Law |
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1687 |
Richard Sales |
Draper |
Sir Isaac Newton publishes his three laws of motion and law of gravity |
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1688 |
Richard Muckleston (Elected and removed from office) |
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James II deposed |
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Roger Griffiths (Elected and removed from office) |
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Collins Woolrick (Elected and removed from office) |
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John Hill (elected to complete year) |
Gentleman |
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1689 |
Jonathan Scott |
Gentleman |
William III and Mary II crowned co-monarchs |
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1690 |
Samuel Thomas |
Mercer |
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1691 |
Charles Kynaston |
Gentleman |
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1692 |
John Hollier (It appears doubtful whether the office of Mayor was actually accepted and served.) |
Mercer |
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1693 |
Arthur Tonge |
Attorney |
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1694 |
Samuel Adderton |
Draper |
Mary II dies |
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1695 |
Simon Hanmer |
Mercer |
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1696 |
John Kynaston |
Sheriff of Shropshire in 1690 - later represented the Borough in Parliament |
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1697 |
Robert Sheppard |
Mercer |
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1698 |
Andrew Johnson |
Dyer |
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1699 |
Moses Reynolds (died in office) |
Attorney |
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Richard Presland (elected to complete year) |
Draper |
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John Kynaston |
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1701 |
Robert Phillips |
Draper |
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1702 |
Rowland Bright (died in office) |
Glover |
William III dies, Anne ascends the throne |
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Thomas Harwood (elected to complete year) |
Apothecary |
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1703 |
William Bowdler |
Tanner |
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1704 |
William Leighton |
Mercer |
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1705 |
Thomas Bowdler |
Draper |
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1706 |
John Twiss |
Clothier |
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1707 |
John Felton (died in office) |
Brazier |
Great Britain is formed by the Acts of Union |
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William Smith (elected to complete year) |
Apothecary |
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1708 |
Samuel Cook |
Draper |
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1709 |
William Clemson |
Barber |
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1710 |
Walter Pateshull |
Draper |
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1711 |
William Turner |
Draper |
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1712 |
Jonathan Scott |
Draper |
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1713 |
Edward Jones |
Draper |
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1714 |
James Blakeway |
Ironmonger |
Queen Anne dies, George I ascends the throne |
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1715 |
Thomas Phillips |
Mercer |
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1716 |
Joseph Muckleston |
Attorney |
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1717 |
William Kynaston |
Grocer |
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1718 |
Sir Charles Lloyd, Bart. |
Gentleman |
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1719 |
Henry Jenks |
Gentleman |
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1720 |
Thomas Morhall |
Attorney |
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1721 |
Michael Brickdale |
Plateworker |
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1722 |
Edward Gregory |
Furrier |
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1723 |
Matthew Travers |
Grocer |
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1724 |
Thomas Lindop |
Maltster |
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1725 |
Samuel Elisha |
Attorney |
Robert Clive born near Market Drayton |
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1726 |
John Adams |
Ironmonger |
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1727 |
Joseph Jones |
Attorney |
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1728 |
John Fownes |
Barrister-at-Law |
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1729 |
Godolphin Edwards |
Gentleman |
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1730 |
Richard Wollaston |
Mercer |
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1731 |
Abraham Davies |
Tinplateworker |
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1732 |
Richard Lloyd |
Draper |
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1733 |
John Lacon |
Clerk of the Peace |
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1734 |
John Rogers |
Bookseller |
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1735 |
Sir Richard Corbett, Bart. |
Gentleman |
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1736 |
Charles Bolas |
Attorney |
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1737 |
Robert More |
Gentleman |
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1738 |
Edward Corbett |
Gentleman |
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1739 |
Brockwell Griffiths |
Gentleman |
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1740 |
Edward Twiss |
Woolstapler |
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1741 |
Trafford Barnston |
Gentleman |
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1742 |
William Turner, Jnr. |
Draper |
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1743 |
Edward Elisha |
Attorney |
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1744 |
Francis Turner Blithe |
Gentleman |
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1745 |
John Langley |
Attorney |
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1746 |
Isaac Pritchard |
Mercer |
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1747 |
James Downes |
Barrister-at-Law |
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1748 |
William Atkis |
Gentleman |
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1749 |
Thomas Fownes |
Gentleman |
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1750 |
John Adams, Jnr. |
Gentleman |
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1751 |
William Oswell |
Maltster |
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1752 |
William Wynne |
Grocer |
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1753 |
Richard Jones |
Gentleman |
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1754 |
John Cotton |
Bookseller |
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1755 |
Edward Blakeway |
Draper |
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1756 |
Balwyn Leighton |
Gentleman |
Start of the Seven Years' War |
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1757 |
John Oliver |
Attorney |
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1758 |
John Bennett |
Goldsmith |
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1759 |
John Ashby |
Attorney |
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1760 |
John Rocke |
Gentleman |
George II dies, George III ascends the throne |
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1761 |
Henry Adams |
Gentleman |
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1762 |
Robert, Lord Clive (of India) |
Gentleman |
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1763 |
Pryce Owen |
Physician |
Seven Years' War ends |
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1764 |
Richard Vaughan |
Draper |
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1765 |
Charles Bolas |
Gentleman |
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1766 |
John Kinchant |
Gentleman |
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1767 |
Thomas Wingfield |
Gentleman |
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1768 |
Edward Vaughan |
Gentleman |
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1769 |
William Oswell |
Draper |
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1770 |
William Smith |
Gentleman |
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1771 |
Edward Atkis |
Gentleman |
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1772 |
John Vaughan |
Gentleman |
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1773 |
James Winnall |
Apothecary |
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1774 |
Thomas Loxdale |
Gentleman |
Robert Clive dies in London |
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1775 |
William Owen |
Captain in the Navy |
Start of the American War of Independence |
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1776 |
Robert Corbett |
Gentleman |
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1777 |
Charles Leighton |
Gentleman & M.P. |
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1778 |
Noel Hill |
Gentleman |
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1779 |
Edward Cludde |
Gentleman |
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1780 |
Joshua Blakeway |
Draper |
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1781 |
Robert Pemberton |
Attorney |
William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus |
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1782 |
John Flint |
Gentleman |
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1783 |
John Oliver |
Gentleman |
The Treaty of Paris recognises the independence of the United States |
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1784 |
Samuel Harley |
Watchmaker & Goldsmith |
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1785 |
James Holt |
Apothecary |
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1786 |
Richard Rocke |
Gentleman |
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1787 |
Thomas Kynnersley |
Gentleman |
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1788 |
William Oakeley |
Gentleman |
Old St. Chad's Church in Shrewsbury collapses |
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1789 |
Bold Oliver |
Gentleman |
Start of the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille |
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1790 |
John Bishop |
Mercer |
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1791 |
Thomas Eyton |
Gentleman |
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1792 |
Rev. John Rocke |
Rector |
St. Chad's Church is rebuilt overlooking the Quarry Park in Shrewsbury |
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1793 |
Rev. Edward Blakeway |
Minister of St. Mary's |
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1794 |
Thomas Pemberton |
Captain in the 50th Regiment of Foot |
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1795 |
William Cludde |
Lt. Col. of the South Shropshire Yeomanry |
St. George's Bridge over the River Severn in Shrewsbury is demolished and replaced by the Welsh Bridge |
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1796 |
Henry Bevan |
Burgess of Shrewsbury & Major in East India Company |
Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination |
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1797 |
Joseph Loxdale |
Steward of the Corporation and Deputy Recorder |
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1798 |
Nathaniel Betton |
Tanner |
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1799 |
Joseph Carless |
Druggist |
Napoleon Bonaparte becomes ruler of France. Start of the Napoleonic Wars |
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Richard Bratton |
Grocer |
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1801 |
Edward Stanier |
Mercer |
Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland merged under the Act of Union to become United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Population of Shrewsbury and Atcham: 31,280 |
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1802 |
Edward Burton |
Major in the Shropshire Militia |
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1803 |
Baldwin Leighton |
General in Army |
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1804 |
Philip Michael Williams |
Had been Officer in Shropshire Militia |
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1805 |
William Wilson |
Mercer |
Admiral Lord Nelson defeats Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar |
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1806 |
William Pressick |
Barrister-at-Law |
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1807 |
Charles Bage |
Wine Merchant |
The Slave Trade Act abolishes the slave trade in the British empire |
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1808 |
Robert Pemberton |
Attorney |
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1809 |
Joseph Bromfield |
Architect |
Charles Darwin born at Mount House, Shrewsbury |
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1810 |
Thomas Lloyd |
Attorney |
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1811 |
Sir John Hill, Bart. |
Gentleman & represented Shrewsbury in 3 Parliaments |
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1812 |
John Lee |
Builder |
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1813 |
William Coupland |
Attorney |
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1814 |
Richard Phillips (died in office) |
Attorney |
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William Harley (elected to complete year) |
Watchmaker |
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1815 |
Samuel Tudor |
Upholsterer |
The Duke of Wellington defeats Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo to end the Napoleonic Wars |
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1816 |
Sir John Betton, Knt. |
Glazier and skilled in the art of glass staining |
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1817 |
Joshua Peele |
Wine Merchant |
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1818 |
William Egerton Jeffreys |
Attorney |
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1819 |
Rev. Hugh Owen |
Minister of St. Julians |
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1820 |
Edward Cullis |
Waterman |
George III dies, George IV ascends the throne |
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1821 |
Samuel Harley |
Grocer |
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1822 |
Rice Wynne |
Apothecary |
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1823 |
Jonathan Perry |
Upholsterer & Auctioneer |
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1824 |
Hon. & Rev. Richard Noel Hill |
Gentleman |
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1825 |
William Brayne |
Brazier & Tinplateworker |
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1826 |
Rev. Richard Corfield |
Rector of Pitchford 1812 and of Waters Upton 1822-65 and Prebendary of Lichfield |
Niciphore Niipce takes the first permanent photograph |
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1827 |
Thomas Du Gard, M.D. |
Physician |
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1828 |
William Cooper |
Attorney |
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1829 |
Robert Gray |
Mercer and Tailor |
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1830 |
Joseph Loxdale, Jnr. |
Attorney |
George IV dies, William IV ascends the throne |
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1831 |
Thomas Farmer Dukes |
Attorney |
Charles Darwin sets off to survey the coast of South America aboard HMS Beagle |
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1832 |
Thomas Tomlins |
Teacher of Music and Organist of St. Mary's |
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1833 |
John Wingfield |
Colonel in the Army |
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1834 |
Francis Knyvett Leighton (died in office) |
Captain in the South Shropshire Yeomanry |
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Richard Drinkwater (elected to complete year) |
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1835 |
Robert Burton (displaced as Mayor by William Hazeldine) |
Banker |
Samuel Morse develops Morse code |
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1835-36 |
William Hazeldine |
Ironmaster & Ironfounder |
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1836-37 |
Sir John Bickerton Williams, Knt. |
Attorney |
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1837-38 |
John Watton |
Printer & Proprietor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle |
William IV dies, Victoria ascends the throne |
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1838-39 |
Richard Ford |
Attorney |
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1839-40 |
William Wybergh How |
Attorney |
Shrewsbury Music Hall was built in 1840 |
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1840-41 |
John Loxdale |
Attorney |
Introduction of postage stamps |
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1841-42 |
Thomas Jeffreys Badger |
Attorney |
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1842-43 |
John Thomas Smithman Edwards |
Magistrate for the County of Salop |
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1843-44 |
Robert Burton |
Gentleman |
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1844-45 |
Thomas Groves |
Bricklayer |
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1845-46 |
John Legh |
Butcher |
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1846-47 |
Charles Lloyd |
Maltster & Innkeeper |
Planet Neptune discovered |
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1847-48 |
Robert Baugh Blakemore |
Retired Confectioner |
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1848-49 |
Joseph Birch |
Builder |
Shrewsbury's first railway line (to Chester) was opened |
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1849-50 |
Edward Hughes |
Wine Merchant |
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1850-51 |
John Bishton Minor |
Gentleman |
Population of Shrewsbury and Atcham: 43,818 |
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1851-52 |
Richard Taylor |
Maltster & Brewer |
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1852-53 |
William Butler Lloyd |
Gentleman |
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1853-54 |
William Butler Lloyd (Re-elected) |
Gentleman |
Start of the Crimean War |
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1854-55 |
John Hazeldine |
Gentleman |
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1855-56 |
William Harley Bayley |
Banker & Barrister-at-Law |
End of the Crimean War |
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1856-57 |
Thomas Maynard How |
Attorney & Banker |
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1857-58 |
John Loxdale |
Attorney |
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1858-59 |
William Burr |
Lead Merchant |
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1859-60 |
Thomas William Trouncer |
Brewer |
Charles Darwin publishes 'The Origin of Species' |
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1860-61 |
Thomas William Trouncer |
Brewer |
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1861-62 |
William James Clement |
Surgeon |
Louis Pasteur introduces the process of pasteurisation |
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1862-63 |
James Smith |
Gentleman |
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1863-64 |
John Gregory Brayne |
Tanner & Maltster |
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1864-65 |
Thomas Southam |
Brewer |
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1865-66 |
John Thomas Nightingale |
Gentleman |
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1866-67 |
James Bratton |
Surgeon |
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1867-68 |
Thomas Groves |
Architect & Builder |
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1868-69 |
Henry Fenton |
Surgeon |
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1869-70 |
Edward Parry |
Gentleman |
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1870-71 |
Thomas Southam |
Brewer |
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1871-72 |
John Loxdale |
Solicitor |
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1872-73 |
Samuel Poultney Smith |
Architect |
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1873-74 |
Joshua Pugh White |
Cabinet Maker |
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1874-75 |
William Gowen Cross |
Chemist |
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1875-76 |
Thomas Slaney Eyton |
Gentleman |
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call |
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1876-77 |
Robert Henry Lingen Burton |
Gentleman |
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1877-78 |
John Frail (died in office) |
Political Agent & Hairdresser |
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William Gowen Cross (elected to complete year) |
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1878-79 |
William Gowen Cross |
Chemist |
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1879-80 |
William Hall |
Auctioneer |
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1880-81 |
William Hall |
Auctioneer |
First Boer War fought between December 1880 and March 1881 |
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1881-82 |
Vice-Admiral Robert Jenkins, C.B. |
Gentleman |
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1882-83 |
George Eddowes |
Newspaper Proprietor |
Charles Darwin dies in Kent and is buried at Westminster Abbey |
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1883-84 |
Thomas Slaney Eyton |
Gentleman |
Krakatoa, a volcano in Indonesia, erupts killing 36,000 people |
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1884-85 |
Thomas Southam |
Brewer |
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1885-86 |
Thomas Southam |
Brewer |
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1886-87 |
George Butler Lloyd |
Gentleman |
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1887-88 |
Vincent Crump |
Confectioner |
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1888-89 |
Major General The Hon. William Henry Herbert |
Gentleman |
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1889-90 |
George Jones Holt |
Wine Merchant |
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1890-91 |
Edmund Cresswell Peele |
Solicitor |
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1891-92 |
George Evans |
Gentleman - Retired Businessman - probably plumber |
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1892-93 |
William Lyon Browne |
Gentleman |
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1893-94 |
William Gowen Cross |
Chemist |
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1894-95 |
William Maynard How |
Solicitor |
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1895-96 |
Edmund Cresswell Peele |
Solicitor |
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1896-97 |
Edward Corbett |
Army Officer |
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1897-98 |
Thomas Pidduck Deakin |
Hotel Proprietor |
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1898-99 |
Richard Scoltock Hughes |
Shoemaker |
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1899-00 |
Richard Scoltock Hughes |
Shoemaker |
Start of the Second Boer War |
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Samuel Meeson Morris |
Solicitor |
Victoria dies, Edward VII ascends the throne |
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1901-02 |
Herbert Robert Henry Southam |
Brewer |
Population of Shrewsbury and Atcham: 52,181 |
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1902-03 |
William Francis Watkins |
Tailor |
End of the Second Boer War |
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1903-04 |
Henry John Hearn |
Brewer |
First controlled powered flight by the Wright brothers |
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1904-05 |
Richard Edward Jones |
Maltster |
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1905-06 |
Thomas Corbett |
Gentleman |
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1906-07 |
Richard Scoltock Hughes |
Shoemaker |
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1907-08 |
Benjamin Blower |
Upholsterer |
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1908-09 |
Benjamin Blower |
Upholsterer |
The first mass produced car, the Model T Ford rolls off the production line |
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1909-10 |
Charles Ralph Borlase Wingfield |
Justice of the Peace for the County |
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1910-11 |
Charles Ralph Borlase Wingfield |
Justice of the Peace for the County |
Edward VII dies, George V ascends the throne |
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1911-12 |
Edward Cureton, M.D. |
Doctor |
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1912-13 |
Charles Ralph Borlase Wingfield |
Justice of the Peace for the County |
RMS Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage with the loss of 1,517 lives |
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1913-14 |
William Maynard How |
Solicitor |
Panama Canal opened |
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1914-15 |
Thomas Pidduck Deakin |
Hotel Proprietor |
Start of World War I |
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1915-16 |
Samuel Meakin Morris |
Solicitor |
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1916-17 |
Samuel Meakin Morris |
Solicitor |
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1917-18 |
Samuel Meakin Morris |
Solicitor |
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1918-19 |
Richard Edward Jones |
Maltster |
End of World War I |
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1919-20 |
Richard Edward Jones |
Maltster |
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1920-21 |
William Toye |
Merchant |
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1921-22 |
Thomas Pace |
Builder |
The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishes an Irish Free State |
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1922-23 |
Robert Bates Maddison |
Theatre and Hotel Proprietor |
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1923-24 |
Robert Bates Maddison |
Theatre and Hotel Proprietor |
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1924-25 |
Richard Devereux Bromley |
Corn Merchant |
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1925-26 |
Richard Devereux Bromley |
Corn Merchant |
John Logie Baird invents the television |
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1926-27 |
Francis Smout |
Printing Works Manager |
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1927-28 |
John Henry Perks |
Painter and Decorator |
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1928-29 |
Charles Samuel Woollam |
Newspaper Director |
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin |
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1929-30 |
William Gowen Cross |
Chemist |
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1930-31 |
William Maynard How |
Solicitor |
Planet Pluto discovered |
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1931-32 |
Richard Mansell |
Stationer |
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1932-33 |
Richard Mansell |
Stationer |
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1933-34 |
Mrs. Marian Wallace Cock |
Tanner |
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1934-35 |
Charles Beddard |
Pork Butcher |
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1935-36 |
Charles Beddard |
Pork Butcher |
George V dies, Edward VIII ascends the throne |
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1936-37 |
Francis Smout |
Printing Works Manager |
The uncrowned Edward VIII abdicates, George VI ascends the throne |
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1937-38 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
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1938-39 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
Ballpoint pen invented by Laszlo Biro |
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1939-40 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
Start of World War II |
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1940-41 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
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1941-42 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
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1942-43 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
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1943-44 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
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1944-45 |
Harry Steward |
Retail Provision Merchant |
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1945-46 |
Alfred Bennett |
Shoemaker |
Germany surrenders in May 1945, Japan surrenders in September 1945, marking the end of World War II |
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1946-47 |
Reginald Henry Urwick, M.D. |
Doctor |
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1947-48 |
Leonard James Tilling |
Retired Railwayman |
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1948-49 |
Leonard James Tilling |
Retired Railwayman |
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1949-50 |
Ernest James Thomas Perks |
Farmer |
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1950-51 |
Arthur Herbert Jones |
Builder |
Population of Shrewsbury and Atcham: 67,965 |
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1951-52 |
Arthur Herbert Jones |
Builder |
George VI dies, Elizabeth II ascends the throne |
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1952-53 |
Colonel John Milns West, C.B.E., T.D., D.L. |
Schoolmaster |
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1953-54 |
James Samuel McNamara |
Butcher |
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1954-55 |
Ellis Jones |
Retired Railway Inspector |
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1955-56 |
Llewellyn Tudor Owen |
Farmer and cattle dealer |
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1956-57 |
Mrs. Eleanor Mary Cock |
Tanners |
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1957-58 |
John Henry Tittensor Smout |
Company Director |
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1958-59 |
Mrs. Constance Emily Thickpenny |
Housewife |
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1959-60 |
Arnold Hughes Howl |
Branch Manager |
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1960-61 |
Benjamin Roger Huckfield |
Maintenance Worker |
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1961-62 |
Reginald John Hector Edwards |
Farmer |
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into space |
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1962-63 |
William Sydney Osbourne |
Railway Foreman |
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1963-64 |
Thomas Cecil Bowdler, J.P. |
Insurance Official |
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1964-65 |
Frank Ellis |
Railwayman |
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1965-66 |
Henry Rhodes Beckett |
R.A.F. (retired) |
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1966-67 |
Mrs. Ethel Marian Lancaster |
Housewife |
England win World Cup |
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1967-68 |
Joseph Dennis Pursell |
Estate Agent |
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1968-69 |
John Frederick Burgess |
Confectioner |
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1969-70 |
Mrs. Gwendoline Iona Dyas |
Housewife |
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the Moon |
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1970-71 |
Victor James Pierce |
Railwayman |
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1971-72 |
Mrs. Edith Mary Parsonage |
Housewife |
UK changes to decimal currency |
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1972-73 |
William Reginald George Farr |
Engineer |
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1973-74 |
Alfred Hector Edwards |
Farmer |
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Mayors of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough
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1974-75 |
Thomas Gregory Ryder, M.B.E. |
Superintendent, Rolls Royce Ltd. |
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1975-76 |
Miss Zillah Hughes |
Retired Headmistress |
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1976-77 |
Mrs. Winifred Rosa Jones |
Housewife |
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1977-78 |
William Marsh |
Gas Board Official |
Shrewsbury - Zutphen official twinning |
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1978-79 |
George Thomas Ihler Marston |
Company Director |
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1979-80 |
Bernard George Lingen, M.B.E. J.P. |
Retired Public Servant |
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1980-81 |
Mrs. Jean Mary Marsh |
Housewife |
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1981-82 |
Stanley George Parker |
Assistant Manager, M.E.B. |
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1982-83 |
Norman Wordsworth Hoyle |
Retired Engineer |
Falklands War fought between March and June 1982. 20 pence coin introduced |
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1983-84 |
George Eric Carder |
Company Director |
One Pound coin introduced |
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1984-85 |
Fred Jones, J.P. |
Retired Industrial Civil Servant |
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1985-86 |
Edward Thomas Bissell Butcher |
Schoolteacher |
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1986-87 |
Noel Richards, J.P. |
Motor Mechanic |
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1987-88 |
Derek Thomas Preece, J.P. |
Retired HGV Driver |
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1988-89 |
Vernon Thomas Bushell, J.P. |
Machine Tool Setter |
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1989-90 |
Vincent William Charles Evason |
Company Director |
The Berlin Wall is dismantled. Marathon becomes Snickers™ |
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1990-91 |
Beryl Jane Coward, J.P. |
Housewife |
Gulf War fought between August 1990 and February 1991 |
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1991-92 |
Charles Vickerton Forbes |
Retired Patternmaker |
Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web |
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1992-93 |
David Howell Pritchard Davies |
Farmer |
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1993-94 |
Leslie Norman Morris |
Farmer |
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1994-95 |
John William Leonard Pritchard |
Haulage Contractor |
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1995-96 |
George Spencer Adams |
Farmer |
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1996-97 |
Keith Brennand |
Retired Schoolteacher |
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1997-98 |
Peter Ernest Dunham |
Retired Factory Manager |
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1998-99 |
Judith Anne Williams |
Housewife |
Two Pound coin introduced |
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1999-00 |
Reginald Jones |
Retired Bus Driver |
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John Peter Jones |
Head Teacher (Special Education) |
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2001-02 |
Charles Forshaw |
Retired |
Population of Shrewsbury and Atcham: 95,896 |
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2002-03 |
George Henry Mills Ritchey |
Lt Col Retired |
Start of Iraq War |
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2003-04 |
Eileen Dorothy Sandford MBE |
Retired (Deceased May 2011) |
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2004-05 |
Miles Kenny |
Property Manager |
End of Iraq War (end of occupation) |
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2005-06 |
David Farmer |
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2006-07 |
Roger Evans |
Retired |
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2007-08 |
John Cooke |
Farmer |
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2008-09 |
Anne Chebsey |
Biomedical Scientist |
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| 2009-10 | Alan Townsend | Retired Teacher | 2009 | |
| 2010-11 |
Kathleen Owen |
2010 | ||
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2011-12 |
Tony Durnell | Shropshire & Shrewsbury Town Councillor | 2011 | |
| 2012-13 | Keith Roberts | Shropshire & Shrewsbury Town Councillor |
Olympics held in London Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee |
2012 |