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66:. One of his first acts was to organize tea, cake, refreshments and entertainment for 4,000 local school children at his residence at the Priory, Dudley. Smith's tenure of the position was short, as on 9 November 1865 his successor, Charles Cochrane was selected by the council. Smith's two successors as municipal mayor were also selected as mayors of the Court Leet. A notable mayor from this period was the industrialist
55:, chosen in 1615. Oliver Dixon, mayor in 1690, came from a prominent local family that gave their name to the Dixons Green area of Dudley. Although the leading body governing the town changed in 1791, as the Town Commissioners came into being, the court leet continued to meet until the year after the incorporation of the borough in 1865. The mayor selected in 1860 was Charles Francis George Clark, author of
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of the Lords of Dudley. This was a manorial court that provided local governance to the borough of Dudley. The first named mayor is John A'Parke who was mayor in 1565. Records of the court leet before the middle of the 18th century are sparse so only a few names of the earliest mayors are known. One
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The present custom is to elect the mayor and deputy mayor in May of each year. The position of
Mayoress or Consort is appointed by the mayor and is usually the spouse of the mayor. The position of Mayor is partly ceremonial although the office holder also presides over meetings of the full council
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In 1949, there was a difficulty in selecting a mayor because: "the more experienced eligibles were unable to accept for health reasons, and the younger councillors had to decline because they had neither the time to spare from their work nor the means to supplement the expenses allowed for the
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In 1933 there were a total of 4 different mayors during the year, as the mayor chosen in the previous year, Joseph
Fulwood died at the very beginning of the year and his successor, Henry Joseph Golding, died in August of the same year. John Harry Molyneux was elected for the remainder of the
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was incorporated, the position was associated with the Court Leet of the Lords of Dudley, which governed the borough of Dudley from at least the middle of the 16th century and probably from the Middle Ages. The earliest known mayor, John A’Parke was selected in 1565.
90:, Sir George Bean, who served three terms as mayor: in 1908 and 1911-1912. After the Earl of Dudley had finished his two terms, the next mayor was the Netherton-born George Henry Dunn, who had started his working life, still a child, in a colliery.
33:. The post is partly ceremonial although the mayor does also preside over full meetings of the council and has the duty of holding decision makers to account. The mayor is elected by fellow councillors in May of each year. Before 1865, when the
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Both the mayor and deputy mayor have ceremonial robes. The mayor also has a badge and chain as does the mayoress or consort. Since the badges predate the creation of the
Metropolitan Borough in 1974, they carry the civic arms of the
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was created from the former County
Borough of Dudley and other neighbouring local authorities. The first mayor of the new Metropolitan Borough of Dudley was Mrs. Mary J.Pargeter.
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Since 1865 mayors have been chosen from an elected councillor. The first mayor of the new municipal borough, selected on 20 June 1865, was
Frederick Smith, Mineral Agent to the
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and has the duty of holding council decision makers to account. The mayor also raises money for nominated charities during the period of office.
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The first female Mayor of Dudley was Dr
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Mayor (at podium) and Deputy Mayor (left) during the proclamation ceremony of King
Charles’ III accession to the throne.
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1423:. Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. pp. 9, 13, 26, 30, 34, 86, 90, 96, 121, 125, 181.
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137:. The regalia also includes a mace and staff. The silver mace, the oldest item in the regalia, was presented by
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office". Eventually, John Harry
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Sources: Chandler and Hannah, History of the Mayor of Dudley, and St Thomas
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was the last mayor of the municipal borough, serving two terms from 1887. The
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Source: Dudley MBC, Atkins, Matthews and Robins and
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The Mayor's Parlour is situated in the Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
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Nominations for the Mayor's position were suspended for 2020 due to the
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In the earliest records, the Mayor of Dudley was an official of the
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Lists of civic mayors (excluding lord mayors) in the United Kingdom
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1648:"Mayor of Dudley, Cllr David Stanley, selects charities for 2019"
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municipal year until the selection of William Charles Williams.
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The Churchwardens' Book of St Thomas, Dudley, Worc 1618-1725
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Atkins, Hilary; Matthews, Diane; Robins, Samantha (1999).
1726:"New Mayor of Dudley is sworn in at full council meeting"
1700:"New Mayor of Dudley named as Councillor Sue Greenaway"
1498:. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
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1022:The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country
996:Glassmakers of Stourbridge and Dudley 1612-2002
93:In 1929, John Harry Molyneux, became the first
57:The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country
2412:Local government in the West Midlands (county)
1674:"Cllr Anne Millward Named New Mayor Of Dudley"
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736:Mayors of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
1038:"FIRST MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, DUDLEY"
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1307:– via The British Newspaper Archive.
1279:– via The British Newspaper Archive.
1251:– via The British Newspaper Archive.
1223:– via The British Newspaper Archive.
1140:– via The British Newspaper Archive.
1053:– via The British Newspaper Archive.
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488:Mayors of the Municipal Borough of Dudley
29:is an office held by a councillor of the
51:notable early mayor was the ironmaster,
1751:"Former headteacher named as new Mayor"
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570:William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
84:William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
1112:– via British Newspaper Archive.
831:Malcom Fredrick William Knowles (2004)
549:Mayors of the County Borough of Dudley
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1373:"Dudley's little book of big history"
725:Dr. Katherine Churchill Rogers (1971)
647:Harry Clifford Whitehouse (1941-1942)
584:George Frederick Thompson (1904-1905)
325:19th century Mayors of the Court Leet
204:18th century Mayors of the Court Leet
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2407:West Midlands (county)-related lists
2392:Lists of mayors of places in England
635:William Charles Williams (1933-1934)
1168:Dudley as it was and as it is today
1166:Chandler, G; Hannah, I. C. (1949).
981:Dudley as it was and as it is today
979:Chandler, G; Hannah, I. C. (1949).
957:Dudley as it was and as it is today
955:Chandler, G; Hannah, I. C. (1949).
774:Dr Katherine Churchill Rogers(1985)
611:Thomas William Tanfield (1922-1923)
605:Thomas Willetts Adshead (1918-1919)
641:Alexander Elliot Young (1937-1938)
638:Joseph Leonard Hillman (1935-1936)
608:Herbert William Hughes (1920-1921)
587:Frederick William Cook (1906-1907)
438:Henry Money Wainwright (1841-1842)
78:changed the status of Dudley to a
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1571:"What it's like to... Be a mayor"
1185:. The History Press. p. 66.
1071:"Dudley mayors through the years"
998:. Jason Ellis. pp. 285–298.
701:William H. Wallace Poulton (1963)
683:Joseph Lawrence Billingham (1957)
644:Bertie Thomas Harwood (1939-1940)
620:Francis James Ballard (1927-1928)
593:Joseph Alfred Hillman (1909-1910)
538:William Elwell Walker (1885-1886)
474:Charles Francis George Clark 1860
456:Edward Lowe Cresswell (1852-1853)
408:Joseph Cartwright Brettell (1830)
139:William, Viscount Dudley and Ward
1170:. London: Batsford. p. 193.
983:. London: Batsford. p. 192.
959:. London: Batsford. p. 139.
931:"History of the Mayor of Dudley"
671:Arthur Mathew Silcox (1952-1953)
668:George Sydney Marlow (1950-1951)
1025:. Birmingham: Buckler Brothers.
623:John Harry Molyneux (1929-1930)
429:Charles Fleetwood Hewitt (1838)
390:Joseph Green Bourne (1822-1823)
141:to the town of Dudley in 1798.
2402:Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
1620:Parkes, Thomas (20 May 2022).
1517:"Labour Councillors in Dudley"
1243:. 27 September 1933. p. 1
1155:. 29 December 1866. p. 8.
396:Edward Dodson Salisbury (1825)
110:Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
31:Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
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1672:Richards, Dan (20 May 2021).
1473:. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
1271:. 11 November 1933. p. 7
1183:Netherton People & Places
1132:. 10 November 1865. p. 4
1104:. 1 September 1865. p. 4
1097:"The Incorporation of Dudley"
765:David Ranceford-Hadley (1982)
686:Frederick George Lewis (1958)
599:Samuel Cook Lloyd (1913-1916)
575:George Henry Dunn (1897-1898)
557:William Squires Gorton (1889)
86:(1895–96) and the founder of
1471:Dudley the Twentieth Century
1069:Shaw, Dan (7 October 2010).
843:Antony Raymond Burston(2008)
692:Charles Norman Preedy (1960)
674:George Bertram Norton (1954)
656:Thomas Edward Bennett (1945)
653:Arthur Lionel Hillman (1944)
650:Thomas Edward Bennett (1943)
529:Henry Wainwright (1879-1880)
369:Thomas Oldham Chinner (1814)
208:Source: Chandler and Hannah
1724:Holder, Bev (18 May 2023).
1698:Holder, Bev (19 May 2022).
1646:Holder, Bev (20 May 2019).
1292:"Nobody wanted to be Mayor"
1215:. 31 August 1929. p. 5
798:Miss Mary Whitehouse (1993)
629:Henry Joseph Golding (1933)
596:Sir George Bean (1911-1912)
560:Henry Griffin Walker (1890)
480:Henry Money Wainwright 1862
417:William Bennitt (1833-1834)
387:Cornelius Cartwright (1821)
381:Francis Downing (1818-1819)
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1545:"Conservative Councillors"
834:Ian Marshall Kettle (2005)
804:Sheila Anne Portman (1995)
716:Fredrick J.Williams (1968)
704:W. George Griffiths (1964)
665:John Harry Molyneux (1949)
659:John Collcott Price (1946)
632:John Harry Molyneux (1933)
626:Joseph Fulwood (1931-1932)
578:Edward Granger (1899-1900)
453:Thomas Fereday (1849-1851)
426:Henry Dudley Bourne (1837)
414:Joseph Green Bourne (1832)
375:Benjamin Whitehouse (1816)
1299:. 6 April 1949. p. 2
1153:Aris's Birmingham Gazette
1045:. 21 June 1865. p. 4
876:David Stanley (2019-2020)
828:Rosemary Tomkinson (2003)
810:Mary Kathleen Hill (1997)
807:William Peter Cody (1996)
662:Reginald Little (1947–48)
526:William North (1877-1878)
520:Joseph Stokes (1874-1875)
169:Edward Robinson (1619–20)
76:Local Government Act 1888
1351:www.mayorofdudley.org.uk
1297:Birmingham Daily Gazette
1269:Staffordshire Advertiser
1236:"Alderman J.H. Molyneux"
1102:Birmingham Daily Gazette
517:William Wilkinson (1873)
483:Samuel Rudge (1863-1864)
462:Edward Fisher Smith 1855
444:James Fisher (1845-1846)
441:Edward Terry (1843-1844)
399:John Roberts (1826-1827)
384:Thomas Wainwright (1820)
366:Joseph Hollington (1813)
224:Benjamin Pickrell (1763)
135:County Borough of Dudley
2320:Lisburn and Castlereagh
2305:Derry City and Strabane
1019:Clarke, C.F.G. (1881).
762:Robert Griffiths (1981)
722:Joseph G. Rowley (1970)
707:Charles E Clarke (1965)
695:Harold Pritchard (1961)
617:William Bradford (1926)
614:James Smellie (1924–25)
581:John Hughes (1901-1903)
564:Gilbert Henry Claughton
535:David Howat (1883-1884)
532:Job Garratt (1881-1882)
499:William Harrison (1866)
471:Theophilus Finsley 1859
360:Alexander Gordon (1811)
345:Richard Phillips (1806)
311:Zachariah Parkes (1796)
221:John Bridgewater (1761)
1494:"Election of Mayors".
1419:Roper, John S (1980).
1181:Williams, Ned (2008).
846:Patricia Martin (2009)
825:Margaret Wilson (2002)
741:Mary J.Pargeter (1974)
677:William Wakeman (1955)
602:Thomas Chambers (1917)
590:Sir George Bean (1908)
523:George Thompson (1876)
496:Charles Cochrane(1865)
447:Elliott Hollies (1847)
411:Francis Downing (1831)
402:Walter Williams (1828)
393:Abiathar Hawkes (1824)
354:Benjamin Stokes (1809)
342:Charles Roberts (1805)
333:Benjamin Stokes (1802)
284:Benjamin Hughes (1783)
266:Charles Maxwell (1777)
233:Abiathar Hancox (1766)
212:Edward Hodgetts (1714)
190:Gilbert Jelians (1654)
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70:(1869–70). Noah's son
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1322:"The Mayor of Dudley"
1208:"Dudley's Next Mayor"
1130:Birmingham Daily Post
1043:Birmingham Daily Post
994:Ellis, Jason (2002).
885:Andrea Goddard (2023)
867:Mohammed Hanif (2016)
861:Margaret Aston (2014)
855:Melvyn Mottram (2012)
789:Cyril Woodhall (1990)
493:Frederick Smith(1865)
339:Josiah Twamley (1804)
320:Robert Wallace (1799)
302:Benjamin Vanes (1789)
278:Richard Parkes (1781)
272:Benjamin Price (1779)
257:Stephen Gorton (1774)
254:Joseph Johnson (1773)
227:Herbert Hancox (1764)
215:William Parkes (1732)
187:William Hancox (1653)
161:Humphrey Jukes (1584)
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1380:mayorofdudley.org.uk
1326:mayorofdudley.org.uk
935:mayorofdudley.org.uk
882:Sue Greenaway (2022)
879:Anne Millward (2021)
852:Michael Evans (2011)
840:David Stanley (2007)
837:John Woodall (2006)
819:George Davies (2000)
792:Geoff Tromans (1991)
780:John D.Davies (1987)
768:David M.Caunt (1983)
744:John T.Wilson (1975)
728:Edward Morris (1972)
698:Frank T. Webb (1962)
511:George Baggot (1871)
502:Job Taylor (1867–68)
477:Edward Grainger 1861
468:Elliott Hollier 1857
432:Joseph Payton (1839)
423:John Williams (1836)
378:Richard Moore (1817)
363:Thomas Styles (1812)
348:Thomas Stiles (1807)
305:William Royle (1790)
299:Joseph Hartil (1788)
287:Edward Hancox (1784)
275:George Denton (1780)
263:Joseph Bourne (1776)
251:Joseph Stokes (1772)
248:Benjamin Bate (1771)
245:William Finch (1770)
242:Phillips Penn (1769)
230:Thomas Dudley (1765)
165:Richard Foley (1615)
2295:Coleraine (to 2015)
2026:Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1678:Black Country Radio
1347:"Mayor's Charities"
1075:Black Country Bugle
888:Hilary Bills (2024)
864:Steve Waltho (2015)
849:Peter Miller (2010)
822:John Walters (2001)
801:John Simpson (1994)
777:F.J. Bradley (1986)
771:Lucy Hingley (1984)
731:Joseph Jones (1973)
680:Samuel Danks (1956)
514:Samuel Rudge (1872)
450:Edward Terry (1848)
435:Thomas Beach (1840)
420:John Roberts (1835)
405:James Bourne (1829)
372:Edward Guest (1815)
357:Thomas Homer (1810)
336:Joseph Royle (1803)
330:Harry Wilcox (1800)
308:Edward Geast (1795)
296:Richard Bunn (1787)
293:George Jones (1786)
269:John Caddick (1778)
260:Joseph Aston (1775)
236:Joseph Dixon (1767)
199:Oliver Dixon (1690)
193:Edmund Wells (1667)
178:Thomas Finch (1636)
158:John A'Parke (1565)
27:The Mayor of Dudley
2348:Ireland (pre-1922)
1994:Kingston upon Hull
1819:Abingdon-on-Thames
1626:Express & Star
1575:Express & Star
1445:"Mayors of Dudley"
1241:Gloucester Citizen
1151:"The Court Leet".
873:Alan Taylor (2018)
783:Celia Hough (1988)
759:Ron Pearson (1980)
753:S. Fairfold (1978)
747:Denis Harty (1976)
719:W.W. Henley (1969)
314:Joseph Moon (1797)
290:John Onions (1785)
281:John Hancox (1782)
239:Daniel Shaw (1768)
196:John Bowers (1670)
184:John Dunton (1650)
181:John Bagley (1637)
172:Thomas Lowe (1629)
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858:Alan Finch (2013)
813:Ken Finch (1998)
786:Sam Davies (1989)
756:Gwen Homer (1979)
750:Jim Taylor (1977)
689:John Marsh (1959)
459:Edward Terry 1854
351:John Green (1808)
317:John Terry (1798)
218:John Homer (1759)
175:John Smart (1631)
97:Mayor of Dudley.
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