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.

1800 : Thomas Bateman Lane
1801 : George Stringer
1802 : William Knocker
1803 : Jonathan Osborne
1804 : Robert Walker
1805 : Phineas Kennett
1806 : Robert Hunt
1807 : William King
1808 : Edward Thompson
1809 : Sir Thomas Mantell
1810 : George Dell
1811 : Edward Thompson
1812 : Sir Thomas Mantell
1813 : James Walker
1814 : Henshaw Latham
1815 : George Stringer
1816 : Jonathan Osborne
1817 : William Knocker
1818 : Robert Walker
1819 : Sir Thomas Mantell
1820 : George Dell
1821 : Henshaw Latham
1822 : John Jeken
1823 : Joseph Webb Pilcher
1824 : Sir Thomas Mantell
1825 : John Finnis
1826 : George Stringer
1827 : John Shipdem
1828 : Matthew Kennett
1829 : Henry Pringle Bruyers
1830 : Henshaw Latham
1831 : John Coleman
1832 : William Knocker
1833 : Joseph Webb Pilcher
1834 : William Cocke
1835 : John Shipdem
1836 : William Cocke & Edward Pett Thompson
1837 : Michael Elwin
1838 : Edward Pett Thompson
1839 : William Cocke
1840 : Edward Poole
1841 : Edward Poole
1842 : William Clarke
1843 : William Clarke
1844 : William Clarke
1845 : William Clarke
1846 : William Cocke
1847 : William Cocke
1848 : Anthony Freeman Payn
1849 : Steriker Finnis
1850 : Steriker Finnis
1851 : Thomas Birch
1852 : Charles Lamb
1853 : James Poulter
1854 : William Henry Payn
1855 : James Worsfold
1856 : Thomas Birch
1857 : Thomas Birch & Edward Ferrant (Ferrand) Astley
1858 : Edward Ferrant (Ferrand) Astley
1859 : James Cuthbert Ottaway (Ottoway)
1860 : John Birmingham
1861 : John Birmingham
1862 : James Worsfold
1863 : Jeffery Wheeloch Noble
1864 : Jeffery Wheeloch Noble & William Rigden Mummery
1865 : William Rigden Mummery
1866 : William Rigden Mummery
1867 : Joseph George Churchward
1868 : John Birmingham
1869 : John Birmingham
1870 : Edward Knocker
1871 : Sir Richard Dickeson
1872 : Edward Rutley Mowll
1873 : Frederick Samuel Peirce
1874 : Frederick Samuel Peirce
1875 : Percy Simpson Court
1876 : George Fielding
1877 : Percy Simpson Court
1878 : Alexander Bottle
1879 : Sir Richard Dickeson
1880 : Sir Richard Dickeson
1881 : John Lade Bradley
1882 : Sir Richard Dickeson
1883 : Rowland Rees
1884 : Thomas Viney Brown
1885 : William John Adcock
1886 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1887 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1888 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1889 : Edward Lukey
1890 : William John Adcock & Sir William Henry Crundall
1891 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1892 : Sir William Henry Crundall & William John Adcock
1893 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1894 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1895 : Matthew Pepper
1896 : Henry Minter Baker
1897 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1898 : Sir William Henry Crundall
1899 : Sir William Henry Crundall

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