Hythe Bailiffs & Mayors
- Iris Pearce
- Sep 15, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 31
Introduction
The Hythe Bailiffs held office from 1331 to 1574, with John Bridgman serving as the last Bailiff and becoming the first Mayor in 1575. A list of dates and mayors has been recorded from 1575 to the present day.
Why Hythe had Bailiffs and Jurats
The below document contains a comprehensive listing of Mayors & Bailiffs from the 14th Century to today.
The grid blow shows all available photographs of past mayors. Hover the cursor over an image to reveal the name and year(s). Each image can be enlarged by clicking on it. Where there is further information available, clicking on an image will link to a pdf document. Clicking on the first image will open a slide show where you can navigate all enlarged images.
Philip Sandilands 1852, 1853, 1854 
Thomas Judge 1886 Benjamin Horton 1888, 1890-91, 1896 
Henry Strahan 1899, 1900, 1901 Henry Thomas Cobay 1887- 1896 took over as mayor when B Horton Died, 1897.png 
John Scott: 1892-94, 1906-1907 
Albert Day 1898 
John James Jeal: 1902-1903 
Thomas Amos: 1904 Cllr E Laurence Sturdy,LLM 1974-75-76 James Ashdown: 1905 
John Bennett Tunbridge: 1908 
Frederick William Butler: 1909, 1910, 1926, 1930, 1936 
Richard Price J.P: 1895, 1912, 1924-1925 
Charles Dynely Twopeny Mayor 1919, 1920, 1921 
Edward Osborne J.P: 1922-1923 
William Richard Cobay: 1914-1918 Captain George Few J.P: 1931-1932, 1939-1944 Thomas Arthur Taylor JP: 1933 Harry Sharp Esq: 1937 Edward Uden J.P: 1945-1946 H.A. Fisher.Esq: 1950-1951 Lilian E Farmer J.P: 1952-53 R.C. Driver. Esq: 1954 Sanford C.T. Esq: 1955-1956, 1970-71 Col.F.F.C. Cooke. M.C: 1957-1958 R.S.Newman Esq, J.P: 1959-60, 1960-61, 1966-67 G.P. Walter J.P: 1961 Cllr. Rear Admiral D.D Hall-Thompson, JP: 1962-3 William John Bailey : 1964-65 Mrs N.M. Fisher: 1967-69 Cllr C.J. Capon 1972-73.jpg Cllr. W.E. Pine: 1978-79, 1979-80 John Charles Hosgood: Mayor and speaker 1980-1981 Mayor 1981-1983 Cllr Trice R.C.E : 1983-84, 1984-85 W.H.G. Bench: 1985-1986, 1986-1987 Major A Bailey TD Mayor:1988-89 John Charles Pearson: 1991-1992, 1997 B.R.V. Woods 1989-1991.jpg Arthur William Kensett 1993-1994.jpg Mrs E.M. Bailey:1995-97 speaker 1995 John Schoner: 1998-2000 Malcolm J Dearden: Mayor and speaker 2001-2002 Major Dennis Bradley BEM: 2002-2003 Alan Ewart-James: 2007-2009 Wendy Diane Harris: 2004-2006 Stanley William Hayward: 2003-2004 Penny Graham: 2024-2025 Mrs Keren Therese Belcourt: 2009-2011 Neil Matthews: 2006-7 David L.G. Owen: 2011-2013 Alan William Smith 2013-14 Michael John A. Lyons Mayor: 2015-2017 Speaker 2015-2016 Paul Andrew Peacock: 2017-2019 Douglas I.V. Wade: 2019-20 Jim Martin: Mayor and Speaker 2022-2023 Cllr Anita Jones: 2023-2024
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