The office of Mayor of Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

has existed since the foundation of Liverpool as a borough by the Royal Charter of King John

King John

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England , son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England...

 in 1207. This changed, however, some time after Liverpool was granted city status in 1880 when it was deemed necessary for the "second city of the Empire" to have a Lord Mayor. The city was granted a Lord Mayoralty on 3 August 1893 through letters patent making it the equal third oldest office of this kind in England along with Manchester.

For a substantial period of time the Lord Mayor of Liverpool used the prefix of "The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and other Commonwealth Realms, and occasionally elsewhere...

" as they did for the Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...

. Sir Albert Woods

Albert Woods

Sir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA was an English officer of arms. The Woods family has a firm tradition at the College of Arms. Albert Woods was the son of Sir William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms from 1838 until his death in 1842...

, Garter Principal King of Arms

Garter Principal King of Arms

The Garter Principal King of Arms is the senior King of Arms, and the senior Officer of Arms of the College of Arms. He is therefore the most powerful herald within the jurisdiction of the College – primarily England, Wales and Northern Ireland – and so arguably the most powerful in the world...

 was of the opinion that this honorific should be enabled, due to the importance of Liverpool as a city second only to London. When Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty

Alfred Scott-Gatty

Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, KCVO, KStJ, FSA was a long serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London and a successful composer.-Personal life:...

 succeeded as King of Arms, he expressed the view that his predecessor had made an error. This changed nothing, however, and the city continued to use the prefix up until a Parliamentary statement in 1927. From then on the Lord Mayor was styled "The Right Worshipful".

The most prominent Mayors being the Stanleys of Knowsley of which, Sir Thomas Stanley (son of the 3rd Earl) and the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 16th and 18th Earls of Derby have held this office since ancient times. The Molyneuxs of Sefton have also held this office on numerous occasions over the centuries: Sir Richard Molyneux, his grandson Sir Richard Molyneux Baronet, the 1st Viscount Molyneux and the 7th Earl of Sefton

Earl of Sefton

The title Earl of Sefton was created in the Peerage of Ireland in1771 for the 8th Viscount Molyneux. The Earls of Sefton held the subsidiary titles Viscount Molyneux, of Maryborough in the Queen's County , in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Sefton, of Croxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster...

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Mayors of the Borough of Liverpool (1207–1897)

• 1207–91 Unknown
• 1292 John De More
• 1293 John De More
• 1294–1308 Unknown
• 1309 John De More
• 1337 Roger De More
• 1338 Adam of Liverpool
• 1339 Roger De More
• 1340 Adam of Liverpool
• 1341 Roger De More
• 1342 Adam of Liverpool
• 1343 Roger De More
• 1344 Adam of Liverpool
• 1345 Roger De More
• 1346 Adam of Liverpool
• 1347 Roger De More
• 1348 Adam of Liverpool
• 1349 Roger De More
• 1350 Adam of Liverpool
• 1351 William, Son of Adam
• 1352 Unknown
• 1353 William De Grenof
• 1356 William, Son of Adam
• 1358 William, Son of Adam
• 1361 William, Son of Adam
• 1369 William, Son of Adam
• 1373 John de Hull
• 1375–77 Richard de Aynesargh
• 1379 William, Son of Adam de Liverpool
• 1382 Richard de Aynesargh
• 1382–88 Thomas de La More
• 1396–97 Thomas de La More
• 1401 Robert De Derby
• 1416 Henry De Moysok
• 1425 Thurston De Holcroft
• 1428 John De Fasakerly
• 1448 William Gaythirde
• 1454William Gaythirde
• 1462 Gilbert Mercer
• 1474 John Davinport
• 1476 John Crosse
• 1477–1539 Unknown
• 1540–41 Thomas Hughton
• 1541–42 Sir Richard Molyneux (Grandfather of the 1st Baronet)
• 1542–50 Unknown
• 1550–51 Ralph Sekerton
• 1551–52 Thomas More
• 1552–53 Ralph Balie
• 1553–54 Roger Walker
• 1554–55 Sir William Norres
• 1555–56 Thomas More
• 1556–57 John More
• 1557–58 Thomas More
• 1558–59 Robert Corbet
• 1559–60 Alexander Garret
• 1560–61 Ralph Sekerton
• 1561–62 Robert Corbet
• 1562–63 Alexander Garret
• 1563–64 Robert Corbet
• 1564–65 Alexander Garret
• 1565–66 John Crosse
• 1566–67 Robert Corbet
• 1567–68 William Secum
• 1568–69 Sir Thomas Stanley K.G. (son of the 3rd Earl)
• 1569–70 Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby
  Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby
  Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG was a prominent English nobleman who served as Lord High Steward during the trial of Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel....
  
   (then Lord Strange)
• 1570–71 Ralph Burscough
• 1571–72 Thomas Bavard
• 1572–73 John Crosse
• 1573–74 Robert Corbet
• 1574–75 John Mainwaring
• 1575–76 William Secum
• 1576–77 Thomas Bavard
• 1577–78 Sir Thomas Hesketh
• 1578–79 William More
• 1579–80 Edward Halsall
• 1580–81 Robert More
• 1581–82 John Crosse
• 1582–83 William Secum
• 1583–84 Ralph Burscough
• 1584–85 Thomas Bavard
• 1585–86 Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
  Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
  Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford. According to the will of Henry VIII, his mother was heiress presumptive of Elizabeth I of England from 1578 to her own death in 1596...
  
   (then Lord Strange)
• 1586–87 Edward Halsall
• 1587–88 William More
• 1588–89 Sir Richard Molyneux
  Sir Richard Molyneux
  Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet was a Member of Parliament for Lancashire and Liverpool and Mayor of Liverpool.Molyneux was the son of William Molyneux and his wife Bridget Caryll. His grandfather, Sir Richard Molyneux was MP for Liverpoole from 1562 to 1571. He was educated at University...
  
   Bt
• 1589–90 Thomas Whicksted
• 1590–91 John Bird
• 1591–92 Robert More
• 1592–93 Giles Brook
  Giles Brook
  Giles Brook was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611.Brook was member of a family that served Liverpool for many years. He was an alderman of Liverpool and was bailiff in 1584. He was Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1592. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament...
  
  
• 1593–94 Robert Berry
• 1594–95 John Bird
• 1595–96 Robert More
• 1596–97 William More
• 1597–98 Richard Hodgeson
• 1598–99 William Dixon
• 1599–1600 Robert More
• 1600–01 John Bird
• 1601–02 Giles Brooks
• 1602–03 Ralph Secum
• 1603–04 William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
  William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
  William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman. Stanley inherited a prominent social position that was both dangerous and unstable, as his mother was heir to Queen Elizabeth I under the Third Succession Act, a position that fell to his deceased brother's oldest daughter in 1596,...
  
  
• 1604–05 Edward Moore
• 1605–06 Edmund Rose
• 1606–07 William Banaster
• 1607–08 Robert Moore
• 1608–09 Ralph Secum
• 1609–10 Richard Rose
• 1610–11 Thomas Hockenhull
• 1611–12 Edward Moore
• 1612–13 Henry Stanley
• 1613–14 Peter Ulster Alias Darbie
• 1614–15 Richard Mellinge
• 1615–16 Sir Cuthbert Halsall
• 1616–17 Robert Moore
• 1617–18 Edmund Rose
• 1618–19 Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux
  Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux
  Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1628 when he was created a peer....
  
  
• 1619–20 Ralph Seacome
• 1620–21 Edward Moore
• 1621–22 Oliver Fairhurst
• 1622–23 John Walker
• 1623–24 John Williamson
• 1624–25 Richard Rose
• 1625–26 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
  James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
  James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby KG was a supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.Born at Knowsley, he is sometimes styled the Great Earl of Derby, eldest son of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth de Vere. During his father's life he was known as Lord Strange...
  
   K.G. (then Lord Strange)
• 1626–27 Edward Moore
• 1627–28 Ralph Seacome
• 1628–29 John Walker
• 1629–30 Robert Williamson
• 1630–31 John Williamson

• 1631–32 Ralph Sandiford
• 1632–33 John Walker
• 1633–34 John Moore
• 1634–35 Robert Williamson
• 1635–36 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1636–37 William Dwarihouse
• 1637–38 Thomas Eccleston
• 1638–39 John Williamson
• 1639–40 Thomas Stanley
• 1640–41 William Ireland
• 1641–42 John Walker
• 1642–43 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1643–44 James Williamson
• 1644–45 John Holcroft
  John Holcroft
  John Holcroft was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1645–46 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1646–47 Richard Tarleton
• 1647–48 Thomas Tarleton
• 1648–49 William Williamson
• 1649–50 Thomas Hodgeson
• 1650–51 James Williamson
• 1651–52 Thomas Williamson
• 1652–53 Ralph Massam
• 1653–54 Edward Williamson
• 1654–55 Robert Cornell
• 1655–56 Thomas Ayndoe
• 1656–57 Gilbert Formy
• 1657–58 John Holcroft
  John Holcroft
  John Holcroft was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1658–59 Richard Peicival
• 1659–60 James Williamson
• 1660–61 Alexander Greene
• 1661–62 Henry Corles
• 1662–63 The Hon. William Stanley
• 1663–64 Peter Lurting
• 1664–65 John Sturzaker
• 1665–66 Michael Tarleton
• 1666–67 Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
  Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
  Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby , an English nobleman, was the only son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille....
  
  
• 1667–68 Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers
  Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers
  Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers was an English peer.He was the first son of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers by his wife Catherine, daughter of William Parker, 13th Baron Morley. His father was closely involved in the English Civil War on the Royalist side from 1641...
  
  
• 1668–69 William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
  William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
  William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby , styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer.Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven...
  
   (then Lord Strange)
• 1669–70 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1670–71 Thomas Johnson
• 1671–72 Lawrence Brownlowe
• 1672–73 Silvester Richmond
• 1673–74 James Jerrom
• 1674–75 Sir Gilbert Ireland
• 1675 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1675–76 Thomas Chapman
• 1676–77 Robert Williamson
• 1677–78 William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
  William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
  William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby , styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer.Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven...
  
  
• 1678–79 John Chorley
• 1679–80 William Williamson
• 1680–81 Thomas Clayton
• 1681–82 Richard Windall
• 1682–83 Edward Tartleton
• 1683–84 Robert Seacome
• 1684–85 Sir Richard Atherton
• 1685–86 Oliver Lyme
• 1686–87 Peter Bold
• 1687–88 James Prescott
• 1688–89 Thomas Tyrer
• 1689–90 William Clayton
• 1690–91 Thomas Brookbancke
• 1691–92 Richard Houghton
• 1692–93 Joshua Fisher
• 1693–94 Jasper Maudit
• 1694–95 Alexander Norres
• 1695 Thomas Johnson Snr.
• 1695–96 Thomas Johnson Jnr.
• 1696–97 William Preeson
• 1697–98 James Benn
• 1698–99 Thomas Sweeting
• 1699–1700 Cuthbert Sharples
• 1700–01 Richard Norris
• 1701–02 Thomas Bickesteth
• 1702–03 John Cockshuttle
• 1703–04 John Clievland
• 1704–05 William Hurst
• 1705–06 William Webster
• 1706–07 Sylvester Moorcroft
• 1707–08 James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
  James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
  James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven...
  
  
• 1708–09 John Seacome
• 1709–10 John Earl
• 1710–11 George Tyrer
• 1711–12 James Townsend
• 1712–13 Edward Tarleton
• 1713–14 Thomas Coore
• 1714–15 Richard Gildart
• 1715–16 William Squire
• 1716–17 Foster Cunliffe
• 1717–18 Richard Kelsall
• 1718–19 Josia Poole
• 1719–20 Thomas Fillingham
• 1720–21 Henry Taylor
• 1721–22 Bryan Blundell
• 1722–23 Edward Ratchdale
• 1723–24 John Scarbrick
• 1724–25 John Goodwin
• 1725–26 William Marsden
• 1726–27 Thomas Bootle
• 1727 George Tyrer
• 1727–28 John Huges
• 1728–29 Bryan Blundell
• 1729–30 Foster Cunliffe
• 1730–31 George Tyrer
• 1731–32 Richard Gildart
• 1732–33 Thomas Brerton
• 1733–34 William Pole
• 1734–35 James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
  James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
  James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven...
  
  
• 1735–36 Foster Cunliffe
• 1736–37 George Tyrer
• 1737–38 George Norton
• 1738–39 Robert Armitage
• 1739–40 Thomas Steers
• 1740–41 Henry Trafford
• 1741 Peter Rainford
• 1741–42 William Carr
• 1742–43 Edward Trafford
• 1743–44 John Brookes
• 1744–45 Owen Pritchard
• 1745–46 James Blomfield
• 1746–47 Joseph Bird
• 1747–48 Thomas Shaw
• 1748–49 Joseph Clegg
• 1749–50 Joseph Davies
• 1750–51 James Gildart
• 1751–52 Edmund Rigby
• 1752–53 Henry Winstanley
• 1753–54 James Crosbie
• 1754–55 Charles Gore
• 1755–56 Spencer Steers
• 1756–57 Richard Hughes
• 1757–58 William Goodwin

• 1758–59 Robert Cunliffe
• 1759–60 Lawrence Spencer
• 1760–61 John Blackburne, the Younger
• 1761–62 John Williamson
• 1762–63 William Gregson
• 1763–64 George Campbell
• 1764–65 John Tarleton
• 1765–66 John Crosbie
• 1766–67 Thomas Johnson
• 1767–68 William Pownall
• 1768 Charles Goore
• 1768–69 Matthew Stron
• 1769–70 Ralph Earle
• 1770–71 John Sparling
• 1771–72 Thomas Wilson
• 1772–73 Thomas Golightly
• 1773–74 John Parr
• 1774–75 Peter Rigby
• 1775–76 James Clemens
• 1776–77 William Crobie
• 1777–78 Thomas Birch
• 1778–79 William Pole
• 1779–80 William Crobie, the Younger
• 1780–81 Richard Gerard
• 1781–82 George Case
• 1782–83 John Brown
• 1783–84 William Hesketh
• 1784–85 John Gregson
• 1785–86 Charles Pole
• 1786–87 James Gildart, the Younger
• 1787–88 Thomas Earle
• 1788–89 James Blackburne, the Younger
• 1789–90 Thomas Symth
• 1790–91 John Sparling
• 1791–92 Henry Blundell
• 1792–93 Clayton Tarleton
• 1793–94 Henry Blundell
• 1794–95 John Shaw
• 1795–96 Peter Baker
• 1976 Thomas Naylor
• 1796–97 George Dunbar
• 1797–98 Thomas Staniforth
• 1798–99 Thomas Leyland
• 1799–1800 Pudsey Dawson
• 1800–01 John Shaw
• 1801–02 Peter Whitfield Brancker
• 1802–03 Jonas Bold
• 1803–04 William Harper
• 1804 John Bridge Aspinall
• 1804–05 William Harper
• 1805–06 Henry Clay
• 1806–07 Thomas Molyneux
• 1807–08 Henry Blundell Hollinshead
• 1808–09 James Gerard
• 1809–10 John Clark
• 1810–11 James Drinkwater
• 1811–12 John Bourne
• 1812–13 Samuel Staniforth
• 1813–14 William Nicholson
• 1814–15 Thomas Leyland
• 1815–16 Sir William Barton
• 1816–17 John Wright
• 1817–18 Thomas Case
• 1818–19 Jonathan Blundell Hollinshead
• 1819–20 Sir John Tobin
• 1820–21 Thomas Leyland
• 1821–22 Richard Bullin
• 1822–23 William Molyneux
• 1823–24 Charles Lawrence
• 1824–25 Jonathan Blundell Hollinshead
• 1825–26 Peter Bourne
• 1826–27 Thomas Littledale
• 1827–28 Thomas Colley Porter
• 1828–29 Nicholas Robinson
• 1829–30 Sir George Drinkwater
• 1830–31 Sir Thomas Brancker
• 1831–32 Samuel Sandbach
• 1832–33 Charles Horsfall
  Charles Horsfall
  Charles Horsfall was Bailiff and then Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1832–1833.Horsfall was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and was the son of Joseph Horsfall and Anna Hodgson....
  
  
• 1833–34 John Wright
• 1834–35 James Aspinall
• 1835–36 William Wallace Currie, Esq.
• 1836–37 William Earle Jr., Esq.
• 1837–38 William Rathbone V
  William Rathbone V
  -Life:A member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool, he was the eldest son of William Rathbone IV and Hannah Mary . He was a Liverpool merchant in partnership with Richard Rathbone, his brother....
  
  
• 1838–39 Hugh Hornby
• 1839–40 Sir Joshua Walmsley
• 1840–41 Thomas Bolton
• 1841–42 John S. Leigh
• 1842–43 Robertson Gladstone
  Robertson Gladstone
  Robertson Gladstone was an English merchant and politician. He was the second son, and third child of Sir John Gladstone and the brother of William Ewart Gladstone who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times....
  
  
• 1843–44 Thomas Sands
• 1844–45 James Lawrence
• 1845–46 David Hodgson
• 1846–47 George Hall Lawrence
• 1847–48 Thomas Berry Horsfall
• 1848–49 John Bramley-Moore
• 1849–50 John Holmes
• 1850–51 Sir John Bent
• 1851–52 Thomas Littledale
• 1852–53 Samuel Holme
• 1853–54 John Buck Lloyd
• 1854–55 James Aspinall Tobin
• 1855–56 John Stewart
• 1856–57 Francis Shand
• 1857–58 James Holme
• 1858–59 William Preston
• 1859–60 Thomas Darnley Anderson
• 1860–61 Samuel Robert Graves
• 1861–62 Robert Hutchinson.
• 1862–63 Richard Cardwell Gardner
• 1863–64 Charles Mozley
• 1864–65 Edward Lawrence
• 1865–66 John Farnworth
• 1866–67 John Grant Morris
• 1867–68 Edward Whitley
• 1868–69 Thomas Dover
• 1869–70 Joseph Hubback
• 1870–71 Joseph Gibbons Livingston
• 1871–72 John Pearson.
• 1872–73 Edward Samuelson
• 1873–74 Sir Andrew Barclay Walker
  Andrew Barclay Walker
  Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Baronet was a brewer and Liverpool Councillor.He was born at Auchinflower, Ayrshire, He was educated at Ayr Academy and at the Liverpool Institute...
  
   Bt.
• 1874–75 Lieut. Col. Richard Fell Steble
• 1875–76 Peter Thompson, Esq. Died 13th May 1876
• 1876 Lieut. Col. Richard Fell Steble Died 22nd May 1876
• 1876–77 Sir Andrew Barclay Walker
  Andrew Barclay Walker
  Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Baronet was a brewer and Liverpool Councillor.He was born at Auchinflower, Ayrshire, He was educated at Ayr Academy and at the Liverpool Institute...
  
   Bt.
• 1877–78 Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet
  Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet
  Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Baronet PC MP was an English merchant, shipowner, and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1885 until his death, and in 1895 he was created a baronet....
  
  
• 1878–79 Sir Thomas Bland Royden, 1st Baronet
• 1879–80 Bernard Hall

Mayors of the City of Liverpool (1880–1892)

• 1879–80 Bernard Hall
• 1880–81 Sir William Bower Forwood
  William Bower Forwood
  Sir William Bower Forwood was an English merchant, shipowner and politician. He was a wealthy businessman and a local politician in Liverpool who raised money for the building of the Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and business:Forwood was born in Edge Hill,...
  
  
• 1881–82 John Hughes
• 1882–83 William Radcliffe
• 1883–84 Thomas Holder

• 1884–85 Sir David Radcliffe.
• 1885–86 Sir David Radcliffe
• 1886–87 Sir James Poole
• 1887–88 Thomas William Oakshott
• 1888–89 Edward Hatton Cookson

• 1889–90 Thomas Hughes.
• 1890–91 Joseph Bond Morgan.
• 1891–92 James de Bels Adam.
• 1892–93 Robert Durning Holt

Lord Mayors of Liverpool (1892 – present)

• 1893 Robert Durning Holt
• 1893–94 Sir William Benjamin Bowring Bt
• 1894–95 William Henry Watts
• 1895–96 Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
  Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
  Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, PC , known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and the sixth Governor General...
  
  , KG, GCB, GCVO, PC
• 1896–97 Thomas Hughes
• 1897–98 John Houlding
  John Houlding
  John Houlding was an English businessman, most notable for being Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and the founder of Liverpool Football Club.-Biography:Houlding was self-made businessman in the city of Liverpool...
  
  
• 1898–99 William Oulton
• 1899–1900 Louis Samuel Cohen
• 1900–01 Arthur Crossthwaite.
• 1901–02 Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet
• 1902–03 Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Watson Rutherford, 1st Baronet was a Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom.He served as mayor of Liverpool between 1902 and 10 January 1903 when he resigned, and was re-elected on 4 February 1903 for a second term He became Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby...
  
  
• 1903 Sir William Bower Forwood
  William Bower Forwood
  Sir William Bower Forwood was an English merchant, shipowner and politician. He was a wealthy businessman and a local politician in Liverpool who raised money for the building of the Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool Cathedral.-Early life and business:Forwood was born in Edge Hill,...
  
  
• 1903 Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Watson Rutherford, 1st Baronet was a Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom.He served as mayor of Liverpool between 1902 and 10 January 1903 when he resigned, and was re-elected on 4 February 1903 for a second term He became Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby...
  
   M.P.
• 1903-04 Sir Robert Alfred Hampson
• 1904–05 John Lea
• 1905–06 Joseph Ball
• 1906–07 John Japp
• 1907–08 Richard Catton, M.D.
• 1908–09 Harold Chaloner Dowdall
• 1909–10 William Humphrey Williams
• 1910–11 Samuel Mason Hutchinson
• 1911–12 Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
  Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
  Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP , known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to...
  
   C.B., G.C.V.O.
• 1912–13 Sir J. S. Harmood-Banner Bart M.P., D.L.
• 1913-14 Herbert Henry Rathbone
• 1914–15 John Edward Rayner
• 1915–16 Arthur Stanley Mather
• 1916–17 Sir Max Muspratt, 1st Baronet
  Sir Max Muspratt, 1st Baronet
  Sir Max Muspratt, 1st Baronet was a British chemist and a politician in the city of Liverpool, England.He was born at Seaforth Hall, Liverpool, the son of Edmund Knowles Muspratt and his wife Frances...
  
  
• 1917–18 Sir John Utting
• 1918–19 John Ritchie
• 1919–20 Burton William Eills
• 1920–21 Edward Russell Taylor
• 1921–22 Charles Henry Rutherford
• 1922–23 Frank Campbell Wilson
• 1923–24 Sir Arnold Rushton
• 1924–25 Thomas Dowd
• 1925–26 Sir Frederick Charles Bowring
• 1926–27 Sir Frederick Charles Bowring
• 1927–28 Margaret Beavan
• 1928–29 Henry Morley Miller

• 1929–30 Lawrence Durning Holt
• 1930–31 Edwin Thompson.
• 1931–32 James Conrad Cross
• 1932–33 Alfred Gates
• 1933–34 George Alfred Stron
• 1934–35 Frederick Thomas Richardson
• 1935–36 Robert John Hall
• 1936–37 William Denton
• 1937–38 Michael Cory Dixon
• 1938–39 Sir Sydney Jones
• 1939–40 Sir Sydney Jones
• 1940–41 Sir Sydney Jones
• 1941–42 Sir Sydney Jones
• 1942–43 Robert Duncan French
• 1943–44 Austin Harford
• 1944–45 The Rt. Hon. Hugh William Osbert Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton
  Hugh William Osbert Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton
  Hugh William Osbert Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton was the last of the Earls of Sefton. He was the eldest son of Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton...
  
  
• 1945–46 Luke Hogan, M.B.E.
• 1946–47 William Gainsborough Gregson.
• Nov.1947-May1949 Walter Thomas Lancashire
• 1949–50 Sir Joseph Jackson Cleary
  Joseph Jackson Cleary
  Sir Joseph Jackson Cleary, JP was a British Labour Party politician.-Early life:Joseph Cleary was born in the West Derby district of Liverpool 26 October 1902 . He was educated at Holy Trinity School, Anfield and at Skerry's College, Liverpool.- Career :Cleary was appointed a Liverpool Justice of...
  
  
• 1950–51 The Revd. Harry Dixon Longbottom
• 1951–52 Col. Vere Egerton Cotton C.B.E., T.D.
• 1952–53 Ald. Albert Morrow, J.P.
• 1953-54 William John Tristram
• 1954–55 Alexander Griffin
• 1955–56 Reginald Richard Bailey
• 1956–57 Sir Alfred Sheenan
• 1957–58 Frank Hamilton Cain L.L.D.
• 1958–59 Sir Harry Livermore
• 1959–60 Herbert Neville Bewley C.B.E.
• 1960–61 John Leslie Hughs
• 1961–62 Peter McKernan
• 1962–63 David John Lewis
• 1963–64 John Mcmillan
• 1964–65 Louis Caplan
• 1965–66 David Cowley
• 1966–67 Herbert Mylrea Allen
• 1967–68 Ethel May Wormold D.B.E.
• 1968–69 James Edward Thompson
• 1969–70 Stephen Minion O.B.E.

• 1970–71 Ian Isadore Levin L.L.D
• 1971–72 Charles Cowlin
• 1972–73 Robert Meadows
• 1973–74 Francis Burke
• 1974–75 Joseph Robert Wilmington.
• 1975–76 Owen Joseph Doyle
• 1976–77 Raymond Frederick Craine MBE
• 1977–78 Paul Orr
• 1978–79 Ruth Dean
• 1979–80 Doreen Jones
• 1980–81 James Stanislaus Ross
• 1981 Cyril Eric Carr C.B.E.
• 1981–82 James Stanislaus Ross
• 1982–83 Stanley Airey
• 1983–84 Hugh Dalton
• 1984–85 Hugh Dalton
• 1985–86 Hugh Dalton
• 1986–87 Hugh Dalton
• 1987 Lady Doreen Jones
• 1987–88 Thomas McManus J.P.
• 1988-89 Dorothy May Gavin
• 1989–90 Dorothy May Gavin
• 1990–91 Dorothy May Gavin
• 1991–92 Trevor Smith
• 1992–93 Rosemary Cooper
• 1993–94 Michael Black
• 1994–95 Roger Johnston
• 1995–96 Michael Black
• 1996–97 Frank Doran
• 1997–98 Margaret Clarke
• 1998–99 Herbert E. Herrity D.F.C.
• 1999–2000 Joseph A. Devaney.
• 2000–01 Edwin M. Clein.
• 2001–02 Gerard P. Scott K.H.S., J.P.
• 2002-03 Jack Spriggs
• 2003–04 Ron Gould
• 2004–05 Frank Roderick
• 2005–06 Alan Dean
• 2006–07 Joan Lang
• 2007–08 Paul Clark LLB
• 2008–09 Steve Rotheram
  Steve Rotheram
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• 2009–10 Mike Storey
  Mike Storey
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• 2010–11 Hazel Williams