This is a list of some notable mayors and all the later lord mayors of the city of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.
Plymouth had elected a mayor annually since 1439. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent dated 6 May 1935.[1] The dignity was granted as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of George V.[2] When the city became a non-metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.[3]
| Year(s) | Name |
|---|---|
| 1439-40 | William Kethriche |
| 1440-41 | Walter Clovelly |
| 1441-42 | William Pollard |
| 1442-43 | John Schepeley |
| 1443-45 | William Nycott |
| 1445-46 | John Schepeley |
| 1446-47 | John Facye |
| 1447-48 | John Carwynyk |
| 1448-49 | John Facye |
| 1449-50 | John Paige |
| 1450-52 | Stephen Chepeman |
| 1453-55 | Vincent Petelysden |
| 1455-56 | John Dernford |
| 1456-57 | Vincent Petelysden |
| 1457-58 | John Carwynyk |
| 1458-59 | Thomas Tregle |
| 1459-60 | William Yogge |
| 1460-61 | John Pollard |
| 1461-62 | William Yogge |
| 1462-63 | John Page |
| 1463-66 | John Rowland |
| 1466-67 | Richard Bovy |
| 1467-68 | William Yogge |
| 1468-69 | John Page |
| 1469-70 | John Rowland |
| 1470-71 | William Yogge |
| 1471-72 | William Page |
| 1472-73 | Richard Bovy |
| 1473-74 | Nicholas Heynscott |
| 1474-75 | William Page |
| 1475-77 | Nicholas Heynscott |
| 1477-78 | John Pollard |
| 1478-79 | Nicholas Heynscott |
| 1479-80 | William Rodgers |
| 1480-81 | Thomas Tregarthen |
| 1481-82 | Thomas Tresawell |
| 1482-83 | Nicholas Heynscott |
| 1483-84 | Thomas Greyson |
| 1484-85 | Pers Carswell |
| 1485-86 | Thomas Tresawell |
| 1486-87 | Thomas Greyson |
| 1487-88 | Nicholas Heynscott |
| 1488-89 | Peryn Earle |
| 1489-90 | Thomas Greyson |
| 1490-91 | Nicholas Heynscott |
| 1491-92 | John Paynter |
| 1492-94 | William Thykpeny |
| 1494-95 | Thomas Bygporte |
| 1495-96 | Thomas Nycoll |
| 1496-97 | William Rogers |
| 1497-98 | Thomas Tresawell |
| 1498-99 | John Paynter |
| 1499-1500 | John Ilcombe |
| 1528–29 | James Horsewell |
| 1532–33 | William Hawkins |
| 1535–36 | James Horsewell |
| 1538–39 | William Hawkins |
| 1542–43 | James Horsewell |
| 1548–49 | Richard Hooper |
| 1564–65 | Nicholas Slanning |
| 1581–82 | Sir Francis Drake |
| 1595–96 | James Bagg |
| 1601 | William Parker |
| 1603–04 | Sir Richard Hawkins |
| 1608–09 | Thomas Sherwill |
| 1617–18 | Thomas Sherwill |
| 1619 | Thomas Fones (d.1638)[5] |
| 1626–27 | Thomas Sherwill |
| 1631–32 | John Waddon Jnr |
| 1633–34 | Robert Trelawney Jnr |
| 1642–43 | Philip Francis |
| 1662–63 | William Jennens |
| 1686–87 | John Trelawny |
| 1694–95 | James Yonge |
| 1722–23 | Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet |
| 1728-29 | John Rogers |
| 1741–42 (part) | Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet |
| 1743-44 | John Rogers |
| 1773-74 | Sir F L Rogers |
| 1800–01 | Philip Langmead |
| 1829–30 | William F Wise, Capt R N |
| 1838 | Henry Richard Glynn |
| 1887–90 | Henry John Waring |
| 1901–02 | Joseph Arthur Bellamy |
| 1902–03 | H. Hurrell[6] |
| 1913–16 | Thomas Baker |
| 1917-19 | Joseph Pearce Brown [7] |
| 1926–27 | James John Hamlyn Moses |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Hubert M Medland |
| 1936 | Walter R Littleton |
| 1937 | Solomon Stephens |
| 1938 | George S Scoble |
| 1939–1944 | The Rt Hon Viscount Astor |
| 1944 | Henry George Mason |
| 1945 | The Rt Hon Isaac Foot |
| 1946 | W Harry Taylor |
| 1947–1949 | Heber James Perry |
| 1949 | Francis George Leatherby |
| 1950 | Jacquetta Marshall |
| 1951 | Randolph H Baker |
| 1952 | Henry E Wright |
| 1953 | Sir James Clifford Tozer |
| 1954 | E W Perry |
| 1955 | Edwin Broad |
| 1956 | William James Oats |
| 1957 | Leslie Francis Paul |
| 1958 | George John Wingett |
| 1959 | Percy N Washbourn |
| 1960 | Frederick John Stott |
| 1961 | Arthur Goldberg |
| 1962 | Henry George Mason |
| 1963 | Harold M Pattinson |
| 1964 | Thomas H Watkins |
| 1965 | Percival D Pascho |
| 1966 | Thomas H L Stanbury |
| 1967 | Frank Chapman |
| 1968 | Ivor Clarence Lowe |
| 1969 | George E H Creber |
| 1970 | Eric Donald Nuttal |
| 1971 | Dorothy F Innes |
| 1972 | Jack Lester Luce |
| 1973 | John Clifford Porter |
| 1974 (part) | George E H Creber |
| 1974 | Frederick W Johnson |
| 1975 | William I Thompson |
| 1976 | Arthur R S Floyd |
| 1977 | Robert R Thornton |
| 1978 | William Evan Evans |
| 1979 | Graham Joseph Jinks |
| 1980 | Ronald George King |
| 1981 | Ralph Vernon Morrell |
| 1982 | Reginald C J Scott |
| 1983 | Derek Mitchell |
| 1984 | Peter Whitfeld |
| 1985 | John Leslie Mills |
| 1986 | William H C Glanville |
| 1987 | Anthony H Parish |
| 1988 | Gordon A Draper |
| 1989 | Dennis H Dicker |
| 1990 | John Finnigan |
| 1991 | Catherine E Easton |
| 1992 | Ronald Simmonds |
| 1993 | John Bird Richards |
| 1994 | Walter Thomas Ainsworth |
| 1995 | Peter Nelson Wood |
| 1996 | Sylvia Yvonne Bellamy |
| 1997 | Joan Iris Stopporton |
| 1998 | Eileen Ruby Evans |
| 1999 | Thomas E J Savery |
| 2000 | Dennis John Camp |
| 2001 | David Frank Viney |
| 2002 | Ian Peter Gordon |
| 2003 | David John Stark |
| 2004 | Bernard Claude Miller |
| 2005 | Patrick John Nicholson |
| 2006 | Michael Charles John Fletcher |
| 2007 | David John James |
| 2008 | Brian Vincent |
| 2009 | Kenneth James Foster |
| 2010 | Mary Elizabeth Aspinall |
| 2011 | Peter Brookshaw |
| 2012 | Michael Wright |
| 2013 | Vivien Anne Pengelly |
| 2014 | Michael Robert Fox[8] |
| 2015 | Dr John Mahony[9] |
| 2016 | Pauline Murphy |
| 2017 | Wendy Foster[10] |
| 2018 | Sam Davey[11] |
| 2019 | Richard Ball |
| 2020 | Chris Mavin |
| 2021 | Terri Beer |
| 2022 | Sue Dann |
| 2023 | Mark Shayer |