Post 1974
‘Post 1974’ is a list of those Mayors that have led Helston Town Council from its creation following local government reorganisation, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.
The first meeting of the Town Council was held on 18th July 1973 and the Council operated in tandem with the Borough Council until the Annual Meeting in May 1974. At the Annual Meeting the Town Councillors elected Cllr William Thomas Rogers the first Mayor of the Town Council era.
The following is a list of Mayors from the present day back to 1975.
Year Name
2023 Councillor Miles Kenchington
2022 Councillor Timothy Grattan-Kane
2021 Councillor Timothy Grattan-Kane
2020 Councillor John Martin
2019 Councillor John Martin
2018 Councillor John Martin
2017 Councillor Mrs Gillian Ann Geer
2016 Councillor Mrs Gillian Ann Geer
2015 Councillor Michael Henry Thomas
2014 Councillor Michael Henry Thomas
2013 Councillor Jonathan Paul Radford-Gaby
2012 Councillor Jonathan Paul Radford-Gaby
2011 Councillor Reginald John Lovett Boase
2010 Councillor Reginald John Lovett Boase
2009 Councillor Niall John Campbell Devenish
2008 Councillor Niall John Campbell Devenish
2007 Councillor Ronald Williams
2006 Councillor Ronald Williams
2005 Councillor Paul Phillips
2004 Councillor Paul Phillips
2003 Councillor Nicholas Charles Martin
2002 Councillor Nicholas Charles Martin
2001 Councillor Donald James Eddy
2000 Councillor Donald James Eddy
2000 Councillor Susan Mary Elizabeth Swift
1999 Councillor John Hocking
1998 Councillor Graham Lester Williams
1997 Councillor Graham Lester Williams
1996 Councillor Joseph Henry Michael Keay
1995 Councillor Joseph Henry Michael Keay
1994 Councillor Brenda Anne Banfield
1993 Councillor Brenda Anne Banfield
1992 Councillor John Hocking
1991 Councillor John Hocking
1990 Councillor Ronald Williams
1989 Councillor Ronald Williams
1988 Councillor Donald James Eddy
1987 Councillor Donald James Eddy
1986 Councillor Franklyn Albert Moyle
1985 Councillor Franklyn Albert Moyle
1984 Councillor David Priestley Balme
1983 Councillor Charles James Thomas
1982 Councillor Donald James Eddy
1981 Councillor Donald James Eddy
1980 Councillor Jeffrey Roberts
1979 Councillor Richard Lionel Rogers
1978 Councillor Richard Lionel Rogers
1977 Councillor Jeffrey Roberts
1976 Councillor William Thomas Rogers
1975 Councillor William Thomas Rogers
Pre 1974
Extract from "The History Of Helston" by Spencer Toy
There is no complete list of the Mayors of Helston before the year 1724.
Occasional names have been discovered in various places; those before 1585 have
been set out in an earlier chapter; those subsequent to this date are as
follows:
|
Date
|
Name
|
Authority
|
1484 May 01 | Nicholas Sampson | |
|
1585 Jan 26
|
Peter Collyns
|
Charter of Queen Elizabeth
|
|
1596 Sept 24
|
George Antonye
|
Ancient Deed, Borough Records
|
|
1604 Mar 19
|
John Bogans, M.P.
|
Return of M.P.s
|
|
1620 Oct 9
|
John Roe
|
Visitation of Cornwall, 282
|
|
1630 (approx.)
|
Daniell Bedford
|
Helston Parish Registers
|
|
1638 July 28
|
Humphrey Penhellick
|
Helston Parish Registers
|
|
1642 July
|
Henry Tremenheere
|
Boase, Coll.Corn., 1055
|
|
1665
|
Thomas Robinson
|
Vivian's Visitations, 402
|
|
1676
|
Robert Cock
|
Municipal Armlet
|
|
1684 Dec 10
|
Robert Cock
|
Charter of King Charles II
|
|
1706 Sept 28
|
Robert Trevethan
|
Ancient Deed, Borough Records
|
|
1718
|
George Robinson
|
|
The following list of the Mayors of Helston from
the year 1724 to the present time has been compiled from the manuscript books
preserved among the Borough Records. The elections were on the Charter Day in
September until the Municipal Corporations Act changed them to 9th November.
The dates against the names in the list are those of the years in which the
Mayors were elected:
|
Date
|
Name
|
|
1724
|
Zacharias Williams
|
|
1725
|
John Williams
|
|
1726
|
Edward Penrose
|
|
1727
|
Alexander Tregian
|
|
1728
|
John Tremenheere
|
|
1729
|
John Williams
|
|
1730
|
Edward Penros
|
|
1731
|
Henry Tremenheere
|
|
1732
|
Alexander Tregian
|
|
1733
|
John Tremenheere
|
|
1734
|
John Penrose
|
|
1735
|
Edward Penrose
|
|
1736
|
Henry Tremenheere
|
|
1737
|
Charles Penneck
|
|
1738
|
John Penrose
|
|
1739
|
John Rogers
|
|
1740
|
Edward Penrose
|
|
1741
|
Henry Tremenheere
|
|
1742
|
Charles Penneck
|
|
1743
|
John Penrose
|
|
1744 (April 14th)
|
George Johns
|
|
1745
|
John Williams
|
|
1746
|
John Rogers
|
|
1747
|
George Johns
|
|
1748
|
Richard Johns
|
|
1749
|
John Williams
|
|
1750
|
John Rogers
|
|
1751
|
Hugh Rogers
|
|
1752
|
George Johns
|
|
1753
|
Richard Johns
|
|
1754
|
John Williams
|
|
1755
|
John Rogers
|
|
1756
|
Hugh Rogers
|
|
1757
|
George Johns
|
|
1758
|
Richard Johns
|
|
1759
|
John Williams
|
|
1760
|
John Rogers
|
|
1761
|
Hugh Rogers
|
|
1762
|
George Johns
|
|
1763
|
Richard Johns
|
|
1764
|
John Williams
|
|
1765
|
John Rogers
|
|
1766
|
Hugh Rogers
|
|
1767
|
George Johns
|
In 1768 disputes arose in the borough and each party chose its own Mayor.
Then followed six years of strife, during which there was no legal Mayor in
Helston. The names of subsequent Mayors are as follows:
|
Date
|
Name
|
|
1774 (Sept 4th)
|
Thomas Glynn (appointed by Charter)
|
|
1774
|
John Rogers
|
|
1775
|
John Pasmore
|
|
1776
|
John Rowe
|
|
1777
|
Thomas Glynn
|
|
1778
|
John Rogers
|
|
1779
|
John Hoblyn
|
|
1780
|
John Rowe
|
|
1781
|
Thomas Glynn
|
|
1782
|
John Rogers
|
|
1783
|
John Rowe
|
|
1784
|
John Hawkins
|
|
1785
|
John Rogers
|
|
1786
|
John Pasmore
|
|
1787
|
Thomas Glynn
|
|
1788
|
John Hawkins
|
|
1789
|
John Pasmore
|
|
1790
|
Thomas Glynn
|
|
1791
|
John Rowe
|
|
1792
|
John Hawkins
|
|
1793
|
John Pasmore
|
|
1794
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1795
|
John Rowe
|
|
1796
|
John Hawkins
|
|
1797
|
John Pasmore
|
|
1798
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1799
|
John Rowe
|
|
1800
|
John Hawkins
|
|
1801 (March)
|
John Pasmore
|
|
1801
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1802
|
John Rowe
|
|
1803
|
Thomas Grylls
|
|
1804
|
John Rogers
|
|
1805
|
John Trevenen
|
|
1806
|
Richard Gerveys Grolls
|
|
1807
|
Peter Hill
|
|
1808
|
Thomas Grylls
|
|
1809
|
John Rogers
|
|
1810
|
John Trevenen
|
|
1811
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1812
|
Peter Hill
|
|
1813
|
Thomas Grylls
|
|
1813 (Nov 16th)
|
John Trevenen
|
|
1814
|
John Borlase
|
|
1815
|
Isaac Head
|
|
1816
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1817
|
Humphrey Millet Grylls
|
|
1818
|
John Trevenen
|
|
1819
|
John Borlase
|
|
1820
|
Isaac Head
|
|
1821
|
Richard Gerveys Grills
|
|
1822
|
Humphrey Millet Grylls
|
|
1823
|
John Trevenen
|
|
1824
|
John Borlase
|
|
1825
|
Isaac Head
|
|
1826
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1827
|
Humphrey Millet Grylls
|
|
1828
|
James Plomer
|
|
1829
|
John Borlase
|
|
1830
|
Richard Gerveys Grylls
|
|
1831
|
George Simon Borlase
|
|
1832
|
Humphrey Millet Grylls
|
|
1833
|
James Plomer
|
|
1834
|
John Borlase (continued in office until Nov 1835)
|
|
1835
|
George Simon Borlase
|
|
1836
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1837
|
John Silvester
|
|
1838
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1839
|
John Kendall
|
|
1840
|
John Silvester
|
|
1841
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1842
|
John Silvester
|
|
1843
|
Thomas Rogers
|
|
1844
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1845
|
John Kendall
|
|
1846
|
Francis James
|
|
1847
|
Thomas Rogers
|
|
1848
|
William Penberthy
|
|
1849
|
Matthew Paul Moyle
|
|
1850
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1851
|
Thomas Rogers
|
|
1852
|
Thomas Rogers
|
|
1853
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1854
|
Glynn Grylls
|
|
1855
|
Thomas Hyne Edwards
|
|
1856
|
Thomas Hyne Edwards
|
|
1857
|
Thomas Phillips Tyacke
|
|
1858
|
Thomas Rogers
|
|
1859
|
John Kendall
|
|
1860
|
James Wearne
|
|
1861
|
Thomas Phillips Tyacke
|
|
1862
|
Thomas Phillips Tyacke
|
|
1863
|
James Clarke
|
|
1864 (May)
|
William Trevenen
|
|
1864
|
William Trevenen
|
|
1865
|
Thomas Rogers
|
|
1866
|
Thomas Hyne Edwards
|
|
1867
|
Frederick Penberthy
|
|
1868
|
Thomas Hyne Edwards
|
|
1869
|
Henry Rogers
|
|
1870
|
Henry Rogers
|
|
1871
|
Henry Rogers
|
|
1872
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1873
|
Richard Kirby
|
|
1874
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1875
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1876
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1877
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1878
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1879
|
Richard Kirby
|
|
1800
|
William Trevenen
|
|
1881
|
Richard Skewes Martyn
|
|
1882
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1883
|
William Dale
|
|
1884
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1885
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1886
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1887
|
William Trevenen
|
|
1888
|
William Trevenen
|
|
1889
|
William Trevenen
|
|
1890
|
Richard Skewes Martyn
|
|
1891
|
Richard Skewes Martyn
|
|
1892
|
Albert Edward Ratcliffe
|
|
1893
|
Albert Edward Ratcliffe
|
|
1894
|
Frederick Vivian Hill
|
|
1895
|
William Penrose
|
|
1896
|
Charles Courtney Hocking
|
|
1897
|
Charles Courtney Hocking
|
|
1898
|
Alexander Pengilly
|
|
1899
|
Alexander Pengilly
|
|
1900
|
George Beringer
|
|
1901
|
George Beringer
|
|
1902
|
Alfred Randle Thomas
|
|
1903
|
Richard Gundry Rapson
|
|
1904
|
Richard Gundry Rapson
|
|
1905
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1906
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1907
|
Alfred Randle Thomas
|
|
1908
|
George Beringer
|
|
1909
|
Hedley Thomas
|
|
1910
|
Francis Henry Cunnack
|
|
1911
|
Francis Henry Cunnack
|
|
1912
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1913
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1914
|
William Hall
|
|
1915
|
William Hall
|
|
1916
|
William Hall
|
|
1917
|
William Hall
|
|
1918
|
William Hall
|
|
1919
|
John Bennett Martin
|
|
1920
|
William James Johns
|
|
1921
|
William James Johns
|
|
1922
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1923
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1924
|
William James Johns
|
|
1925
|
William James Johns
|
|
1926
|
John Bennett Martin
|
|
1927
|
John Bennett Martin
|
|
1928
|
John Bennett Martin
|
|
1928
|
William John Trezise
|
|
1930
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1931
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1932
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1933
|
Henry Toy
|
|
1934 (April 3rd)
|
William John Rogers
|
|
1935
|
William John Rogers
|
|
1936
|
William John Rogers
|
|
1937
|
(Rev.) Ernest Joseph Chappell
|
|
1938
|
(Rev.) Ernest Joseph Chappell
|
|
1939
|
(Rev.) Ernest Joseph Chappell
|
|
1940
|
Leonard Wilson Oliver
|
|
1941
|
Leonard Wilson Oliver
|
|
1942
|
John Hedley Benney
|
|
1943
|
John Hedley Benney
|
|
1944
|
Edwin Upex
|
|
1945
|
(Mrs.) Susan Bawden Cowls
|
|
1946
|
John Henry Adams
|
|
1947
|
John Henry Adams
|
This was the last November election. By Act of Parliament, Mayors,
Aldermen and Councillors, who would otherwise have retired in November 1948,
remained in office until May 1949, without further election. Thus Adams
continued as Mayor until May 1949.
|
Date
|
Name
|
|
1948
|
John Henry Adams
|
|
1949
|
William Reed Johns
|
|
1950
|
William Reed Johns
|
|
1951
|
John Rogers
|
|
1952
|
John Rogers
|
|
1953
|
Joseph Alfred Strike Pascoe
|
|
1954
|
Joseph Alfred Strike Pascoe
|
|
1955
|
Frank Joseph Moyle
|
|
1956
|
Frank Joseph Moyle
|
|
1957
|
Francis Edyvean Strike
|
|
1958
|
Francis Edyvean Strike
|
|
1959
|
James Henry Thomas
|
|
1960
|
James Henry Thomas
|
|
1961
|
Frederick Ziemann
|
|
1962
|
Arthur Evely Lee
|
|
1963
|
Arthur Evely Lee
|
|
1964
|
Michael George Gale
|
|
1965
|
Michael George Gale
|
|
1966
|
John Osborne Westcott Noye
|
|
1967
|
John Osborne Westcott Noye
|
|
1968
|
George Andrews
|
|
1969
|
George Andrews
|
|
1970
|
William Henry Scott
|
|
1971
|
William Henry Scott
|
|
1972
|
Councillor Clive Lewis Hollands
|
|
1973
|
Councillor Clive Lewis Hollands
|