The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council

Sheffield City Council

Sheffield City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It consists of 84 councillors, elected to represent 28 wards, each with three councillors...

. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock

William Jeffcock

William Jeffcock was the first Mayor of Sheffield.Jeffcock was born in April 1800 in Handsworth, South Yorkshire, the son of John Jeffcock, a colliery owner . On 2 January 1827 he married Judith Stobart...

 as the first Mayor of Sheffield. Early mayors had significant powers, and chaired both council meetings and the bench of magistrates

Magistrates' Court

A magistrates' court or court of petty sessions, formerly known as a police court, is the lowest level of court in England and Wales and many other common law jurisdictions...

.

In 1855, the then mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 was refused a good seat at the opening of the Paris Exhibition

Exposition Universelle (1855)

The Exposition Universelle of 1855 was an International Exhibition held on the Champs-Elysées in Paris from May 15 to November 15, 1855. Its full official title was the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des Beaux-Arts de Paris 1855.The exposition was a major...

, as he did not have a chain of office. As a result, one was purchased the following year, and this has remained in use.

In 1897, in the same year as the opening of Sheffield Town Hall

Sheffield Town Hall

Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the City of Sheffield, England. The building is used by Sheffield City Council, and also contains a publicly displayed collection of silverware. The current building, Sheffield's fourth town hall, is located on Pinstone Street. It was designed by the...

, the Mayor was given the right to style himself the "Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...

". To mark this, the first Lord Mayor, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist...

, gave the Sheffield Mace to mark the royal authority invested in the post.

The Lord Mayor has the use of the Lord Mayor's Parlour in Sheffield Town Hall, an official badge

Badge

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 and the honorary presidency of several organisations. The Lord Mayor's Awards and the Lord Mayor's Charity Fund are local institutions organised in the name of the Lord Mayor.

Notable former Mayors include George Bassett

George Bassett

George Bassett was the founder of a confectionery firm in Sheffield in 1842. The company introduced Liquorice allsorts. He went on to become Mayor of Sheffield . Whilst Mayor, he had US President Ulysses S. Grant as a house guest. He was born in Ashover, Derbyshire, and married Sarah Ann Hague:...

, creator of Liquorice Allsorts

Liquorice allsorts

Liquorice allsorts consist of a variety of liquorice sold as a mixture. These confections are made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings, and gelatine. They were first produced in Sheffield, England, by Geo...

 and the steel

Steel

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maker Mark Firth

Mark Firth

Mark Firth was an English industrialist and philanthropist.Born in Sheffield, Mark joined the crucible steel works of Sanderson Brothers where his father worked as head smelter, but left in 1842 to set up his own business with his brother, Thomas Jr, in 1842...

.

List of Mayors of Sheffield

Year	Name	Party
1843	William Jeffcock William Jeffcock William Jeffcock was the first Mayor of Sheffield.Jeffcock was born in April 1800 in Handsworth, South Yorkshire, the son of John Jeffcock, a colliery owner . On 2 January 1827 he married Judith Stobart...
1844	Thomas Dunn
1845	Samuel Butcher
1846	Henry Wilkinson
1847	Edward Vickers
1848	T. R. Barker
1849	Thomas Birks
1850	T. B. Turton
1851	John Carr
1852	W. A. Matthews
1853	F. Hoole
1854	Wm. Fisher
1855	Wm. Fawcett
1856	J. W. Pye Smith
1857	R. Jackson
1858	Charles Atkinson
1859	Henry E. Hoole
1860	Henry Vickers
1861-62	Sir John Brown John Brown (industrialist) Sir John Brown , British industrialist, was born in Sheffield. He was known as the Father of the South Yorkshire Iron Trade....
1863-64	Thomas Jessop Thomas Jessop Thomas Jessop was a steelmaker who became Mayor of Sheffield and Master Cutler...
1865	W. E. Laycock
1866-67	John Webster
1868-71	Thomas Moore
1872	John Fairburn
1873	Joseph Hallam
1874	Mark Firth Mark Firth Mark Firth was an English industrialist and philanthropist.Born in Sheffield, Mark joined the crucible steel works of Sanderson Brothers where his father worked as head smelter, but left in 1842 to set up his own business with his brother, Thomas Jr, in 1842...
1875	John Tasker
1876	George Bassett George Bassett George Bassett was the founder of a confectionery firm in Sheffield in 1842. The company introduced Liquorice allsorts. He went on to become Mayor of Sheffield . Whilst Mayor, he had US President Ulysses S. Grant as a house guest. He was born in Ashover, Derbyshire, and married Sarah Ann Hague:...
1877	Sir Frederick Mappin
1878	David Ward
1879	Edward Tozer
1880	Abram Brooksbank
1881-82	Michael Hunter, Jnr.
1883-34	Wm. Henry Brittain
1885	John W. Pye Smith
1886	Sir Henry Stephenson
1887-78	William Johnson Clegg
1889	J. B. Jackson
1890	Samuel Osborn
1891	William Johnson Clegg
1891	Joseph Gamble
1892	J. Batty Langley J. Batty Langley J. Batty Langley was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Uppingham, Langley became a wealthy timber merchant in Sheffield, and one of the city's most prominent non-conformists. He was elected to Sheffield Town Council, serving many years and becoming an alderman.In 1892, Langley became...
1893	E. S. Foster
1894	Sir Charles. T. Skelton
1895-96	Henry Fitzalan-Howard Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist...

List of Lord Mayors of Sheffield

Year	Name	Party
1897	Henry Fitzalan-Howard Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist...
1897	George Franklin
1898	William Edwin Clegg William Clegg -External links:****...
1899	Samuel Roberts
1900	John Eaton
1901	George Senior
1902	John Wycliffe Wilson
1903	John Rutland Wheatley
1904	Joseph Jonas Joseph Jonas Joseph Jonas was the German-born Lord Mayor of Sheffield, England in 1904–05.Jonas was born in Bingen am Rhein, Prussia in 1845, and became a naturalized British citizen in 1876. The same year he married Lucy Ann Earle; they had 5 sons and one daughter. After Jonas' death his widow remarried, to...
1905	Herbert Hughes, CMG Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
1906	Robert Styring
1907	Harry P. Marsh
1908	Henry Kenyon Stephenson, DSO Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
1909	Earl Fitzwilliam William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam was a British aristocrat. He was born in Pointe de Meuron, Canada and died at the family's seat... , KCVO Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys... , DSO Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
1910	Henry Kenyon Stephenson, DSO Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
1911	Albert John Hobson
1912	Samuel Osborn
1913	George Ernest Branson
1914	Oliver Charles Wilson
1915	Frederick Arthur Warlow
1916	Walter Appleyard
1917	Alfred Cattell Alfred Cattell Alfred Cattell was an English-born international rugby union player for Wales who in his later life became Lord Mayor of Sheffield...
1918	William Irons
1919	Samuel Roberts
1920	William Farewell Wardle		Citizen's
1921	Charles Simpson
1922	William Carter Fenton
1923	Arthur James Blanchard		Citizen's
1924	Alfred James Bailey		Citizen's
1925	Joseph Benson
1926	John George Graves John George Graves John George Graves was a successful English entrepreneur and public benefactor. He became Sheffield's Lord Mayor and an Alderman in 1926 and he was given Freedom of the City in 1929. He was born in Lincolnshire in 1866 and died in 1945, after having settled in Sheffield.Graves moved to Sheffield...		Citizen's
1927	Moses Humberstone
1928	Harry Bolton
1929	Charles William Beardsley
1930	Harold Warters Jackson Harold Warters Jackson Harold Warters Jackson was an English solicitor who served as Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1930. He was Knighted in 1952 for political and public services in Sheffield.-Career:...		Municipal Progressive
1931	Thomas Henry Watkins
1933	Fred Marshall
1934	Percival J. M. Turner CBE, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1935	Frank Thraves
1936	Ann Eliza Longden
1937	Ernest George Rowlinson
1938	William Joseph Hunter
1939	John Arthur Longden
1940	Luther Frederick Milner
1941	Charles Josiah Mitchell
1942	Harry England Bridgwater
1943	Samuel Hartley Marshall
1944	George Ernest Marlow
1945	Charles William Gascoigne
1946	Ernest Storm Graham
1947	William Ernest Yorke
1949	Grace Tebbutt
1950	Herbert Keeble Hawson
1951	Thomas William Bridgland
1952	Peter Buchanan
1953	Oliver Spencer Holmes
1954	John Henry Bingham
1955	Joseph Curtis
1956	Robert Neill
1957	Albert Ballard Albert Ballard Albert Ballard was a leading figure in the British Co-operative Party.Ballard became the election agent for A. V. Alexander in the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency in 1922; Alexander gained the seat for the Co-operative Party, taking the Labour Party whip in Parliament...
1958	John William Holland
1959	Alfred Vernon Wolstenholme
1960	Harold Slack
1961	James Wilfred Sterland, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
1962	Percival Cyril John Taylor Kirkman
1963	Isidore Lewis
1964	Albert Smith, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
1965	John Stenton Worrall, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1966	Lionel Stephen Edward Farris, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1967	Harold Lambert, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
1968	Patience Sheard, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1969	Daniel Joseph O'Neill, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1970	John Basil Peile, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1970	Sidney Irwin Dyson
1971	Harold Hebblethwaite, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1972	Martha Strafford
1973	Stanley Kenneth Arnold
1974	Leonard Cope
1975	Albert Edward Richardson
1976	Reginald Edward Munn, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1977	Winifred Mary Golding, LL.D
1978	Peter Harold Jackson
1979	George Armitage
1980	William Owen, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1981	Enid Anne Hattersley
1982	Gordon Wragg, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... , JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1983	Peter Morgan Newton Jones
1984	George Roy Munn
1985	Dorothy Walton, JP Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
1986	Frank Prince
1987	Peter Horton
1988	Phyllis May Smith
1989	Anthony Damms
1990	James Moore
1991	Doris Askham
1992	William Jordan
1993	Qurban Hussain
1994	Ian Saunders
1995	David Heslop
1996	Peter Price
1997	Antony Arber
1998	Frank White
1999	Trevor Bagshaw
2000	Patricia Midgley
2001	David Baker
2002	Marjorie Barker
2003	Diane Leek Diane Leek Diane Leek is a serving Liberal Democrat member of Sheffield City Council in Sheffield, England.She was the 107th Lord Mayor of Sheffield, serving forthe customary one year in 2003-04...
2004	Mike Pye
2005	Roger Davison Roger Davison Roger Noel Davison is a serving Liberal Democrat member of Sheffield City Council in England, representing Ecclesall ward. He was the 109th Lord Mayor of Sheffield, serving for the customary one year in 2005-06. He was preceded by Mike Pye and succeeded by Jackie Drayton.-Personal:Roger Davison is...
2006	Jackie Drayton Jackie Drayton Jackie Drayton is a serving Labour Party member of Sheffield City Council representing Burngreave ward. She was the 110th Lord Mayor of Sheffield, serving for the customary one year in 2006-07...
2007	Arthur Dunworth
2008	Jane Bird
2009	Graham Oxley
2010	Alan Law
2011	Sylvia Dunkley