Mayor_of_Sheffield

List of mayors of Sheffield

List of mayors of Sheffield

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The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield. Early mayors had significant powers and chaired both council meetings and the bench of magistrates.[1]

Not to be confused with Mayor of the Sheffield City Region.

William Jeffcock, first Mayor of Sheffield, portrait in Sheffield Town Hall

In 1855, the then-mayor was refused a good seat at the opening of the Paris Exhibition, as he did not have a chain of office. As a result, one was purchased the following year, and this has remained in use.[2]

In 1897, in the same year as the opening of Sheffield Town Hall, the mayor was given the right to style himself the "Lord Mayor". To mark this, the first Lord Mayor, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, gave the Sheffield Mace to the city to mark the royal authority invested in the post.[3]

The Lord Mayor has the use of the Lord Mayor's Parlour in Sheffield Town Hall, an official badge and the honorary presidency of several organisations. The Lord Mayor's Awards and the Lord Mayor's Charity Fund are local institutions organised in the name of the Lord Mayor.

Ann Eliza Longden was the first female Lord Mayor (1936–7).[4]

Notable former mayors include George Bassett, founder of a confectionery firm, and the steelmaker Mark Firth.

List of mayors of Sheffield

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Sir John Brown with the Chain of office, portrait in Sheffield Town Hall
Statue of Henry Fitzalan Howard, the last Mayor and first Lord Mayor of Sheffield, in the lobby of Sheffield Town Hall
The Lord Mayor's Parlour
Edward Tozer Mayor of Sheffield 1879
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List of lord mayors of Sheffield

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Notes

  1. Elected in place of the late Mayor.
  2. Lord Mayor from July to November 1897
  3. November 1947 to May 1949 due to change in election dates
  4. Elected in place of the late Lord Mayor
  5. May 2003 to June 2004 due to change in election date

References

  1. [1]
    "History of the Lord Mayor". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Lord Mayor's Chains & Badges". www.sheffield.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Lord Mayor's Chains & Badges". www.sheffield.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. [4]
    www.picturesheffield.com Mrs. Ann Eliza Longden, First woman Lord Mayor 1936 (picture)
  5. [5]
    "Mayor History".
  6. [6]
    "Mayor History".
  7. [7]
    "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36609. London. 11 November 1901. p. 7.
  8. [8]
    "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
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