GENUKI: Neath - Mayors and other officials

Borough of NEATH

Provosts, portreeves, mayors et al

Contributed by Dai Bevan (Dec 2008)

Sources;
The History of Neath Abbey, (W. Birch) 1902
The History of the Vale of Neath, (D. R. Phillips) 1925
The Municipal Centenary Handbook 1835-1935 (notes by G. A. Taylor) - and corporation records.

List of Provosts and Portreeves (C 1100-1835)
List of Mayors 1835-1972
Recipients of the Freedom of the Borough.

List of Provosts and Portreeves (C 1100-1835)

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1200 Alfred.
1296 Peter de Straddelaye.
1298 Walter Kacheurens.
1300 William Peres.
1329 Elias Trons.
1331 John Crugan.
1332 David Appedoun.
1521 Ieuan Lloyd.
1648 David Price.
1665 David Leyshon.
1666 David Price.
1667-9 David Leyshon.
1680 Thomas Hopkin.
1681 Howel Leyshon.
1682 Thomas Hopkin.
1683 Thomas Hopkin.
1684 Thomas Hopkin.
1685 John Llewellyn.
1688 Thomas Basset.
1692 Henry Howell.
1693 Thomas Hopkin.
1697 Thomas Cralph.
1699 Jacob Davies.
1702 Benjamin Price.
1706 John Davies.
1707 John Davies.
1708 Leyson Hopkin
1709 Richard Thomas.
1713 Leyson Hopkin.
1717 Leyson Hopkin.
1719 Richard Thomas.
1720 Richard Thomas.
1725 John Llewellyn.
1726 Richard Thomas.
1727 Richard Thomas.
1731 John Hopkin.
1732 John Hopkin.
1733 John Llewllyn.
1734 Richard Thomas.
1736 Richard Thomas.
1737 William Gabb.
1738 William Gabb.
1740 William Gabb.
1743 David Watkins.
1747 R. Weaver.
1748 R. Weaver.
1749 William Gabb.
1750 Joseph Bosworth.
1753 William Howell.
1758 William Howell.
1759 William Howell.
1760 William Howell.

1761 William Spicket.
1762 William Spicket.
1763 Herbert Mackworth.
1764 William Cross.
1765 William Cross.
1766 David Hopkins.
1767 David Hopkins.
1768 Henry Griffiths.
1769 Henry Griffiths.
1770 Thomas Hopkins.
1771 Thomas Hopkins.
1772 Llewellyn Price.
1773 Richard Weaver.
1774 William Cross.
1775 William Cross.
1776 William Cross.
1777 Thomas David.
1778 Thomas David.
1779 Thomas Lewis.
1780 Thomas Lewis.
1781 Thomas Hopkins.
1782 Thomas Hopkins.
1783 William Cross.
1784 William Cross.
1785 Thomas David.
1786 Thomas Hopkin.
1787 Thomas Hopkin.
1788 Thomas Hopkin.
1789 Evan Powell.
1790 Evan Powell.
1791 Evan Robson.
1792 John Mills.
1793 Edward Robson.
1795 Thomas Edwards.
1796 Daniel Benbow.
1797 Richard Pendrill.
1798 Richard Pendrill.
1799 Thomas Edwards.
1800 Rees Rees.
1801 Thomas Leyson.
1802 William Gronow.
1803 Alexander Cuthertson.

1803 Thomas Edwards.
1804 Richard Pendrill.
1805 John King.
1806 Benjamin Howell.
1807 John Morgan.
1808 William Gronow.
1809 Daniel Benbow.
1810 James Coke.
1811 Rees Rees.
1812 Thomas Edwards.
1813 Benjamin Howell.
1814 Henry John Grant.
1815 Thomas Edwards.
1816 Benjamin Howell.
1817 John Morgan.
1818 James Coke.
1819 James Coke.
1820 James Coke.
1821 David Morgan.
1822 David Morgan.
1823 David Morgan.
1824 Henry John Grant.
1825 Benjamin Howell.
1826 David Powell
1827 George Dods
1828 Henry John Grant
1829 Henry John Grant
1830 Charles Warde
1831 Benjamin Howell
1832 David Morgan
1833 David Morgan
1834 David Powell
1835 David Powell

List of Mayors 1835-1972

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1836 Henry John Grant.

1836 Thomas Dumayne Place.

1837 John Rowland.

1838 Charles Warde.

1839 John Rowland (vice).

1839 Charles Warde (resigned).

1839 John Rowland.

1840 Robert Place Leyson.

1841 Thomas Dumayne Place.

1842 Howel Gwyn.

1843 Robert Place Leyshon.

1844 Howel Gwyn.

1845 D. H. Morgan.

1846 Sankey Carder.

1847 Henry Thomas.

1848 Robert Place Leyshon.

1849 Sankey Gardner (vice).

1849 Robert Place Leyshon(dec'd Aug).

1849 Sankey Gardner.

1850 Alexander Cuthbertson.

1862 Evan Evans.

1863 William Morgan.

1864 Pendrill Charles.

1865 John Henry Rowland.

1866 Sankey Gardner.

1867 William John Player.

1868 Thomas Andrew.

1869 Howel Chuthbertson.

1870 Henry Lake.

1871 John Henry Rowland.

1872 David Bevan.

1873 David Bevan.

1874 James Kempthorne.

1875 James Kempthorne.

1876 Rowland Thomas.

1877 Richard Bartlett.

1878 Pendrill Charles.

1879 John Henry Rowland.

1880 John Henry Rowland.

1881 David Davies.

1882 Rowland Thomas.

1883 Rowland Thomas.

1884 David Davies.

1885 Thomas Phillips.

1886 John Henry Rowland.

1887 John Rees.

1888 John Bevan Davies.

1889 John Arnold.

1890 William Burrows.

1891 James Davies Llewellyn.

1892 Evan Evans-Bevan.

1894 Hopkin Morgan.

1895 Hopkin Jones.

1896 Arthur Russell Thomas.

1897 Abraham George.

1898 James Glass.

1899 Pendrill Charles,

1900 Lewis Cobden Thomas.

1901 Pendrill Charles.

1902 Evan Evans-Bevan.

1903 Evan Evans-Bevan.

1904 Evan Evans-Bevan.

1905 Walter E. Rees.

1906 Ed. Sincock Phillips.

1907 John Walter Thomas.

1908 Sir Griffiths Thomas Kt.

1909 David Davies.

1910 David Llewellyn Davies.

1911 Hopkin Morgan.

1912 Daniel Harry.

1913 William Burrows Trick.

1914 Matthew Arnold.

1915 Thomas Jones.

1916 Pendrill Charles.

1917 Hopkin Morgan.

1918 John Rees.

1919 John Rowland Jones.

1920 John Davies.

1921 Hopkin Morgan

1922 Mathias Groves Roberts.

1923 Joseph Cook Rees.

1924 Richard Jenkins.

1925 David Chas. Davies.

1926 William John Hill.

1927 William Kindon Owen.

1928 John Davies.

1929 George Gethin.

1930 William John Challacombe.

1931 Benjamin R. Bowen.

1932 Joseph Branch.

1933 Ernest J. Hopes.

1934 Thomas Cole.

1935-36 George Davies.

1936-37 Jno. Benjamin Williams.

1937-38 Cecil R. Hedge.

1938-39 Edward Chas. Hutchinson.

1939-40 David Chas. Griffiths..

1940-41 William Jnu. Morgan.

1941-42 John Shea.

1942.43 John Emlyn Emmanuel.

1943-44 James Hitchings.

1944-45 Thomas Hughes.

1945-46 Fredk. W. Loader.

1946-47 Philip Howells.

1947-49 Eleazor Thomas. (Extension due
to Mayoral appointment
being changed from November to May).

1949-50 S. Leonard Burton.

1950-51 Rowland Perrott.

1951-52 Benjamin Morris.

1952-53 W. Reginald Francis.

1953-54 John Walter Jones.

1954-55 William T. Phillips.

1955-56 Gilbert Rosser.

1956-57 Richard Smith.

1957-58 Percy A. Bishop.

1958-59 Francis S. Evans.

1959-60 G. Howard Davies.

1960-61 William S. Watkins.

1962-63 T. Ernest Molland.

1963-64 Jas. Aneurin Rees.

1964-65 Hilda G. Howells.

1965-66 Idris G. Tallamy.

1966-67 Mary Ann Moule

1967-68 Meuric L. Thomas.

1968-69 R. Lloyd Davies.

1969-70 Leslie Morris.

1970-71 Walter R. Hopes.

1971-72 Gerald Hemmings.

1972-73 W. Roy Hopes.

1973-74 George H. Eaton.

1974-75 J.E. Emmanuel.

1975-76 M. R. Jeffreys.

1976-77 L. C. Adams.

1977-78 M. Thomas J.P

1979-80 A. D. Powell.

1980-81 W. J. Brown.

1981-82 W. H. Cotton.

1983-84 R. G. Day.

1984-85 R. Bennett J.P.

1985-86 C. James.

1986-87 Mrs I. Hobbs.

1987-88 H. Thomas.

Recipients of the Freedom of the Borough.

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Henry Pendrill Charles. 1900
Sir Samuel Thomas Evans K.C.M.P. (Solicitor General). 1908.
The Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George (Prime Minister). 1918.
Evan Evans-Bevan. 1923.
Hopkin Morgan. 1923.
Ernest James Rollings. 1932.
The Rt. Hon. Hugh Dalton (Chancellor of the Exchequer). 1946.
David Martyn Evans Bevan. 1949.
Alfred Edwin Ivor Curtiss. 1954.
Neath Rugby Football club. 1971.
John Emlyn Emannuel 1979
Walter Redvers Hopes 1984
Ivor K. Thorne 1986

Additional data below (from Charles Henrywood)

Griffiths, George (1989) Council Chief Executive
Penny, Stuart (1996) Council Chief Executive
18th April 1993, the Royal Regiment of Wales was awarded the Freedom.

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(Last updated 16 Dec 2008 - Gareth Hicks)

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