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The earliest recorded mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1205_1348/index.html |title=Mayors of Oxford in early medieval times 1205–1348 |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |date=9 August 2009 |work=Mayors of Oxford |publisher=Stephanie Jenkins |accessdate=3 August 2012}}

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On 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor.{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1962_today/index.html |title=Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford 1962–today |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |date=7 May 2011 |work=Mayors of Oxford |publisher=Stephanie Jenkins |accessdate=3 August 2012}} Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs (1974–75 and 1981–82).

List of notable mayors

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!Year

!Name

!Notes

1392/1393Thomas Somerset{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/somerset-thomas|title=SOMERSET, Thomas, of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1379, 1388
1395/1396John Shawe{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/shawe-john-i-1407|title=SHAWE, John I (d.1407), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1388
1400/01John Merston{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/merston-john-1416|title=MERSTON, John (d.c.1416), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1393, 1404 and 1414
1401/1402Edmund Kenyan{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/kenyan-edmund-1414|title=KENYAN, Edmund (d.1414), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 9 times between 1379 and 1394
1403/1404John Merston
1412John Merston
1420/1423William Brampton{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/brampton-william-ii-1440|title=BRAMPTON, William II (d.1440), of Burford and Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1416, 1419, 1421 and 1425
1424/1425William Offord{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/offord-william-14323|title=OFFORD, William (d.1432/3), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1420, 1421, 1422 and 1426
1425/1426William Brampton
1426/1427William Offord
1430/1432William Brampton
1436/1437William Brampton
1438/1439William Brampton
1527/1529William Fleming{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/fleming-william-1475-1540|title=FLEMING, William (c.1475–1540), of Oxford.|publisher=The History of Parliament}}MP for Oxford, 1529 and ?1536
1556/1557William Tylcock{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/tylcock-%28tyllock-trillcock%29-william-15034-78|title=TYLCOCK (TYLLOCK, TRILLCOCK), William (1503/4-78), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1554
1557/1558Thomas Williams{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/williams-thomas-i-1518-7990|title=WILLIAMS, Thomas I (by 1518-79/90), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1553
1560/1561William Tylcock
1563/1564Roger Taylor{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/taylor-roger-1578|title=TAYLOR, Roger (d.1578), of Oxford.|publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org}}MP for Oxford, 1559
1565/1566Thomas Williams
1568/1569William Tylcock
1569/1570Roger Taylor
1574/1575Roger Taylor
1575/1576William Tylcock
1576/1577Thomas Williams
1587/1588Thomas RowePlague mayor, alderman and coroner
1593/1594Thomas RowePlague mayor, alderman and coroner
1636John NixonMP for Oxford, 1646
1646/1648John Nixon
1654John Nixon
1698John KnibbClockmaker
1710John Knibb
1813

|Joseph Lock (1760-1844)

{{Cite news |date=20 Jan 1844 |title=Died |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000073/18440120/013/0003?browse=False |access-date=6 April 2025 |work=Oxford Journal |pages=3}}

|Banker and goldsmith

1829

|Joseph Lock, Kt. (1760-1844)

|Banker and goldsmith

1836 (Jan–Oct)William Henry ButlerWine merchant
1851/1852William WardCoal merchant
1859/1860Thomas RandallMagistrate, Hatter of Randall & Nichols{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1836_1962/randall_thomas_1859.html#:~:text=Mayor%20of%20Oxford%201859%2F60,baptism%20(7%20September%201805)target=”_blank”|title=Thomas Randall, Mayor of Oxford.}}
1861/1862William Ward
1865/1866John CavellDraper of Elliston & Cavell Ltd
1874/1875Joseph RoundCoal merchant
1875/1876Jason Saunders{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1836_1962/saunders_jason_1875.html-1875/76|title=SAUNDERS, Jason I (d.1911), of Oxford.|publisher=oxfordhistory.org}}
1877/1888John Cavell
1879/1880 (part)John Cavell
1891/1892Frederick William AnsellMusic Seller (shop proprietor)
1900/1901George Claridge DruceBotanist
1901/1902Walter GrayAlderman
1902/1903John H. Salter{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election of Mayors |date=11 November 1902 |page=12 |issue=36922}}Alderman, Liberal
1907/1908Frederick William AnsellMusic Seller (shop proprietor) & Alderman
1909Arthur Salter, 1st Baron SalterAcademic. MP for Oxford University, 1937 and Ormskirk, 1951
1933/1934Lily Sophia TawneyFirst woman
1938/1939Henry Tregelles Gillett{{cite web|last1=Jenkins|first1=Stephanie|title=Oxford History: Mayors & Lord Mayors|url=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1836_1962/gillett_henry_1938.html|website=oxfordhistory.org.uk/|accessdate=18 November 2014}}Doctor and prominent Quaker
1959/1960Frederick Mason BrewerResearch chemist at the University of Oxford

List of Lord Mayors

By modern convention, Oxford City Council elects the longest-serving councillor (not having served already) as Lord Mayor. The term of the office is for one year and can only be held once.{{cite web | url=https://www.oxford.gov.uk/civic-office/lord-mayor-oxford | title=Lord Mayor of Oxford }}

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!Year

!Name

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1962/1963Evan Owen RobertsFirst Lord Mayor
1963/1964Alec Percival Parker
1964/1965John Leonard Norman BakerUniversity Councillor
1965/1966Florence Kathleen LowerFirst woman Lord Mayor
1966/1967William Foster MacNeece FosterAir Vice-Marshal
1967/1968Francis (Frank) Vincent Pickstock
1968/1969Peter Spencer Spokes
1969/1970Percy Dudley Bromley
1970/1971Michael MaclaganUniversity Councillor
1971/1972Thomas James Meadows
1972/1973Arthur Bernard Connors
1973/1974Frederick George Ingram
1974/1975Olive Frances Gibbs
1975/1976William George Robert Fagg
1976/1977Ann Hazel SpokesLater Ann Spokes Symonds
1977/1978Dora Minnie Carr
1978/1979William Eaton Simpson
1979/1980John Arundell Hamilton
1980/1981Gordon Woodward
1981/1982Henry Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo
died in office December 1981 and replaced by
Olive Frances Gibbs
1982/1983Anthony William Williamson
1983/1984Janet Gillespie Todd
1984/1985Frank Arnold Garside
1985/1986Roger Alan Dudman
1986/1987John George William Parker
1987/1988Elizabeth Florence Mary StandingfordIn place of her husband Bert
who died on 19 May 1987
when Lord Mayor Elect
1988/1989Nellie Dorothy WhorleyLater Nellie Comfort
1989/1990Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley
1990/1991Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton
1991/1992Alan David Pope
1992/1993Barbara May Gatehouse
1993/1994John Gordon Power
1994/1995William Walker Buckingham
1995/1996Joseph Charles Blewitt
1996/1997Beryl Ivy Keen
1997/1998William John Baker
1998/1999Carol Roberts
1999/2000Valerie Smith
2000/2001Maureen Christian
2001/2002Peter Moss
2002/2003Gillian Ann Sanders
2003/2004Patrick Stannard
2004/2005Bryan Keen
2005/2006Robert John Price
2006/2007Jim Campbell
2007/2008John Tanner
2008/2009Susanna Pressel
2009/2010Mary Clarkson
2010/2011John Goddard
2011/2012Elise Benjamin
2012/2013Alan Armitage resigned 4 March 2012 and
replaced 13 March 2013 by Mohammed Abbasi
2013/2014Dee Sinclair
2014/2015Mohammed Abbasi{{cite web|url = http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10985755.Councillor_will_be_Lord_Mayor_twice/|title= Councillor will be Lord Mayor twice|work= Oxford Mail|date= 5 February 2014|accessdate = 6 August 2014}}
2015/2016Rae Humberstone{{cite web|url=http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decCD/Lord_Mayor_of_Oxford_occw.htm|title=Lord Mayor of Oxford| publisher= Oxford City Council|accessdate= 14 December 2015}}
2016/2017Mohammed Altaf-Khan{{cite web|url=https://www.oxford.gov.uk/info/20002/your_council/333/lord_mayor_of_oxford|title=Lord Mayor of Oxford|publisher= Oxford City Council|accessdate= 16 March 2017}}
2017/2018Jean Fooks{{cite web|url=https://www.oxford.gov.uk/info/20002/your_council/333/lord_mayor_of_oxford|title=Lord Mayor, Deputy Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Oxford|publisher= Oxford City Council|accessdate= 4 May 2017}}
2018/2019Colin Cook{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Tom |title=Oxford welcomes new Lord Mayor Colin Cook with traditional ceremony |url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16227655.Oxford_has_welcomed_its_new_Lord_Mayor/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=15 May 2018 |accessdate=2 July 2018 }}
2019/2020Craig Simmons
2020/2022Mark Lygo
2022/2023James Fry
2023/2024Lubna Arshad{{cite web|url=https://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article/2437/oxford_welcomes_new_lord_mayor_councillor_lubna_arshad|title=Oxford welcomes new Lord Mayor, Councillor Lubna Arshad|publisher= Oxford City Council|accessdate= 18 May 2023}}
2024/2025Mike Rowley{{cite web |title=Councillor Mike Rowley set to become Lord Mayor of Oxford |url=https://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article/1449/councillor-mike-rowley-set-to-become-lord-mayor-of-oxford |website=Oxford City Council |access-date=15 July 2024 |date=19 March 2024}}First openly gay Lord Mayor.{{cite web |title=Councillor Mike Rowley to become first openly gay Lord Mayor |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24194714.councillor-mike-rowley-become-first-openly-gay-lord-mayor/ |website=Oxford Mail |access-date=15 July 2024 |date=20 March 2024}}

References

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{{Lists of Lord Mayors in the United Kingdom}}

{{Lists of mayors in the United Kingdom}}

External links

  • [https://oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1836_1962/ansell_frederick_1891_1907.html/ Frederick Ansell, twice mayor]
  • [http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1836_1962/index.html Mayors (Complete list) 1836-1962, links to all dates, with biographies]

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