Dartmouth received borough status in 1341 with the right to elect a mayor. In 1974 the town became part of South Hams District. There is still a Town Council and a mayor, but with reduced powers.
The following have been mayors of Dartmouth, Devon, England:
14th century 1374–75: John Hawley, MP for Dartmouth, 1390, 1393, 1394 and 1402 1376–77: John Hawley 1378–79: John Hawley 1382–83: John Hawley 1385–86: John Hawley 1387–89: John Hawley 1390–91: John Hawley 1392–95: John Hawley 1397–99: John Hawley 1400–01: John Hawley
16th Century 1547–48: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553 1551-52: Gilbert Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553 1554–55: Nicholas Roupe, MP for Dartmouth 1553 1593: Nicholas Hayman, MP for Dartmouth 1586 and 1593 1597–98: Thomas Holland, MP for Dartmouth, 1593, 1604 and 1614
17th century 1602: Nicholas Hayman c.1620: Andrew Voysey, MP for Dartmouth, 1640
[William Plumleigh] Recvr. Dartmouth 1610–11,2 mayor 1617–18, 1625–6, 1632–3, 1641-24 members of the Plumleigh family of Dartmouth served as Mayor of Dartmouth in the 16th & 17th centuries (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.595, pedigree of Plumleigh)
20th century
1900-01 Thomas Wilton 1901-02 William Philip Ditcham 1902-03 John William Medway (Liberal) 1903-06 Richard Burford Seale 1906-10 John Brown 1910-11 Edward Ethelbert Lort Phillips 1911-14 Charles Peek 1914-18 Thomas Wilton 1918-19 Sir Thomas Wilton 1919-21 Charles Peek 1921-22 Algernon Joseph Yorke 1922-23 Sir Alfred G. Bourne 1923-29 Dr Henry J. Campbell 1929-32 James Harry Smith 1932-33 George Henry Marshall 1933-36 Ernest Albert Travers 1936-37 William Thomas Pillar 1937-38 George Henry Marshall 1938-45 William George Row 1945-46 Herbert George Middleton 1946-47 Frank Scardifield 1947-50 Bertie Lavers 1950-51 James Clifford S.R. Stoneman 1951-53 Albert Montague William Chapman 1953-54 Harold John Adams 1954-56 Dorothy Holwill, 1st woman mayor 1956-57 Bertie Lavers 1957-58 Norman Hewson 1958-60 Harold Charles Lloyd 1960-61 James William Lee Palin 1961-62 Richard Martin Hoare 1962-63 Dorothy Holwill 1963-65 Eric S. Rimmer 1965-66 Margaret V.M. Keane 1966-67 Harold G. White 1967-68 Robert Middleton 1968-69 Eric J. Cook 1969-70 Albert J. Mashford 1970-71 Eric J. Cook 1971-73 Frank C. Mullett 1973-74Irene Ethel Frances Scawn 1974-75 Albert J. Mashford 1975-76 Brenda Bradley Breakwell 1976-77 Brian Alfred Goss 1977-78 Richard Martin Hoare 1978-80 Dennis Arthur Woods 1980-81 Irene Ethel Frances Scawn 1981-83 Donald William Rablin Webb 1983-85 Beryl Mary Calder 1985-86 Leslie William Savage 1986-89 Donald William Rablin Webb 1989-90 Bryan Martin Measures 1990-93 Brian J. Edgington 1993-95 Jack Cutter 1995-97 Margaret A Roberts 1997-99 Paul J. Darby 1999-2000 Melvyn Stone
21st century 2000–05: Richard Rendle 2005–06: Peter Norton 2006–07: Iris Pritchard 2007–08: Iris Pritchard 2008–09: Debbie Morris 2010–11: Richard Rendle 2011–13: Paul Allen 2014–15: Rob M Lyon 2016–17: Rob M Lyon 2017–18: Richard Cooke 2018–19: Rob M Lyon 2019-20: Graham Webb 2020-21: Graham Webb 2021-22: Graham Webb 2022-23: David Wells 2023-24: David Wells 2024-25: David Wells 2025-26: Andrea Cates
References
External links List of Mayors