| Year |
Mayor |
Note |
1801 |
John Lancefield |
|
1802 |
William Kemp |
|
1803 |
John Hall |
|
1804 |
George Beckett |
Charity founder. Mayor also in 1785 and 1794 |
1805 |
Robert Collier |
|
1806 |
Thomas Bennett |
|
1807 |
Byng Baker |
|
1808 |
Francis Perkins |
|
1809 |
Henry Wreight |
Major benefactor of town. Mayor also 1818 and 1828 |
1810 |
George Chambers |
|
1811 |
Henry Cobb |
|
1812 |
James Shepherd |
|
1813 |
John Thomas Giraud |
|
1814 |
Thomas Barnes, Jnr |
|
1815 |
Samuel Shepherd |
|
1816 |
Francis Perkins |
|
1817 |
Isaac Fairbrass |
|
1818 |
Henry Wreight |
Major benefactor of town. Mayor also 1809 and 1828 |
1819 |
George Chambers |
|
1820 |
James Shepherd |
|
1821 |
John Thomas Giraud |
|
1822 |
John Perkins |
|
1823 |
John Holmes |
|
1824 |
Thomas Barnes |
|
1825 |
Samuel Shepherd |
|
1826 |
Wm Chapman Morgan |
Mayor also in 1834 and 1835 (see note) |
1827 |
Isaac Fairbrass |
|
1828 |
Henry Wreight |
Major benefactor of town. Mayor also 1809 and 1818 |
1829 |
James Shepherd |
|
1830 |
John Thomas Giraud |
|
1831 |
John Perkins |
|
1832 |
Samuel Shepherd |
|
1833 |
Thomas Barnes |
|
| 1834 |
Wm Chapman Morgan |
Last mayor under the old regime before the reforms of the Municipal Corporations Act (1835) |
1835 |
Wm Chapman Morgan |
|
1836 |
Giles Hilton |
|
1837 |
John Perkins |
|
1837 |
Edward Crow |
Silversmith (8 Market Place). Chronicled local events |
1838 |
John Franks Chittenden |
|
1839 |
John Franks Chittenden |
|
1840 |
William Hills |
|
1841 |
John Franks Chittenden |
|
1842 |
John Franks Chittenden |
|
1843 |
James Walker |
|
1844 |
James Walker |
|
1845 |
James Walker |
|
1846 |
Charles Jones Hilton |
|
1847 |
Fred’k Francis Giraud |
|
1848 |
John Franks Chittenden |
|
1849 |
Wm Parker Hoare |
|
1850 |
Charles Jones Hilton |
|
1851 |
John Bate |
|
1852 |
Walter Holmes |
|
1853 |
John Bate |
|
1854 |
Edward Garraway |
|
1855 |
Richard G. Stone |
Timber merchant. Lived at 23 Court Street |
1856 |
Fred’k Francis Giraud |
|
1857 |
Richard Jones Hilton |
|
1858 |
John Bunyer Sharp |
|
1859 |
Samuel Johnson |
Solicitor at 12 West Street. Became mayor aged 27. Later, town clerk of Nottingham. Knighted in 1893 |
1860 |
Samuel Johnson |
1861 |
William Nash Spong |
|
1862 |
Frederick William Monk |
|
1863 |
Frederick William Monk |
|
1864 |
Charles Bryant |
|
1865 |
Hafford Fielding |
|
1866 |
John A. Anderson, Jnr |
Partner in cement firm. Mayor also in 1876 and 1882 |
1867 |
Samuel Higham |
|
1868 |
Walter Holmes |
|
1869 |
Walter Holmes |
|
1870 |
Hafford Fielding |
|
1871 |
Charles Bryant |
|
1872 |
Richard Watson Smith |
Principal in gunpowder company |
1873 |
Lewis Shrubsole |
Mayor six times (see 1877) |
1874 |
John Payn |
|
1875 |
John Matthew Goldfinch |
Shipbuilder. Mayor also in 1886 and 1887 (see note) |
1876 |
John A. Anderson |
Partner in cement firm. Mayor also in 1866 and 1882 |
1877 |
Lewis Shrubsole |
Builder. Lived at 5 Abbey Street. Mayor six times (1873, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1884, 1885). See 1884 |
1878 |
Lewis Shrubsole |
1879 |
Frederic Johnson |
Brother of Sir Samuel Johnson (mayor, 1859, 1860) |
1880 |
Lewis Shrubsole |
Mayor six times (see 1877) |
1881 |
Charles Smith |
|
1882 |
John A. Anderson |
Partner in cement firm. Mayor also in 1866 and 1876 |
1883 |
Frederic Johnson |
Brother of Sir Samuel Johnson (mayor 1859, 1860) |
1884 |
Lewis Shrubsole |
Mayor six times (see 1877). Joint third for number of terms, behind First and Second World War mayors |
1885 |
Lewis Shrubsole |
1886 |
John Matthew Goldfinch |
Faversham’s most famous shipbuilder. His largest vessel was Goldfinch (1894), at 98ft and 144 tons |
1887 |
John Matthew Goldfinch |
1888 |
Thomas Gillett |
Head of milling firm. Mayor, 1895, 1896 (see note) |
1889 |
Henry Ross Child |
|
1890 |
Benjamin Gough Berry |
|
1891 |
Charles Holmes |
|
1892 |
Charles Smith |
|
1893 |
Jabez Smith |
|
1894 |
Henry Ross Child |
|
1895 |
Thomas Gillett |
First chairman of Faversham Club, founded 1884. Last Faversham Porter Club chairman before clubs’ merger |
1896 |
Thomas Gillett |
1897 |
Ebenezer Chambers |
Managing director of Whittle & Co, timber merchants. Mayor in 1905 and 1906 |
1898 |
Ebenezer Chambers |
1899 |
Charles Cremer |
Brick manufacturer, barge owner. Mayor, 1907, 1908 |
1900 |
Frederick Austin |
Faversham News founder. Mayor, 1901, 1903 |