The following list of the Mayors of Dover has been compiled from several sources. Some entries, especially during the earlier years, may show more than one Mayor. This is due to conflicting research, or a mayor leaving the job whilst still in office.

If you know any additional details about any of the names mentioned on here, or indeed any Mayors who are not currently in our database, then please get in touch.

1700 : Edward Wivell
1701 : John Hollingbery
1702 : John Hollingbery
1703 : John Hollingbery
1704 : John Hollingbery
1705 : Peatley Sturgess
1706 : Peatley Sturgess
1707 : Edward Wivell
1708 : Edward Wivell
1709 : Edward Wivell
1710 : Richard Bax
1711 : Robert Jacob
1712 : Thomas Broadley
1713 : James Flinder
1714 : John Knott
1715 : Samuel Walton
1716 : John Cannon
1717 : James Flinder
1718 : John Hollingbery
1719 : Henry Blindstone
1720 : James Flinder
1721 : John Hollingbery & John Knott
1722 : Henry Blindstone
1723 : John Perkins
1724 : Matthew Kennett
1725 : Charles Smith
1726 : James Lambe
1727 : John Perkins
1728 : Thomas Broadley
1729 : Charles Smith & Henry Blindstone
1730 : Goddard Gay
1731 : Thomas Underdown
1732 : Hilton E Russell
1733 : Thomas Underdown
1734 : Thomas Wicks
1735 : John Matson
1736 : Peter Monin
1737 : James Gunman
1738 : John Dalgliesh (Dalgleish)
1739 : Goddard Gay
1740 : Richard Hollingbery
1741 : Robert Wellard
1742 : Nathaniel Smith
1743 : Vincent Underdown
1744 : Cuthbert Hogdson
1745 : Vincent Underdown
1746 : John Dalgliesh (Dalgleish)
1747 : Robert Walker
1748 : Richard Rouse (Rowse)
1749 : Thomas Bean
1750 : Henry Jelly
1751 : Christopher Gunman
1752 : John Broadley
1753 : Nathaniel Smith
1754 : Henry Jelly
1755 : Michael Russell
1756 : John Bazely
1757 : Alexander Wellard
1758 : Thomas Richards
1759 : Richard Rouse (Rowse)
1760 : Christopher Gunman
1761 : John Bazely
1762 : Michael Russell
1763 : James Hammond
1764 : Robert Wellard
1765 : Hughes Minet
1766 : David Sutton
1767 : John Latham
1768 : Thomas Broadley
1769 : John Coleman
1770 : Thomas Bateman Lane
1771 : Edmund Barham
1772 : Sampson Farbrace
1773 : Christopher Gunman
1774 : Henry Jelly
1775 : James Hammond
1776 : James Gunman
1777 : Matthew Kennett
1778 : Phineas Stringer
1779 : John Latham
1780 : Thomas Bateman Lane
1781 : Henry Jelly
1782 : Phineas Stringer
1783 : James Hammond
1784 : James Gunman
1785 : Thomas Bateman Lane
1786 : Thomas Boyton
1787 : Robert Thompson
1788 : John Latham
1789 : James Gunman
1790 : Henry Jelly
1791 : Matthew Kennett
1792 : Robert Westfield
1793 : William King
1794 : Thomas Bateman Lane
1795 : Sir Thomas Mantell
1796 : Robert Finnis
1797 : William Knocker
1798 : William King
1799 : Sir Thomas Mantell

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