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Mayors of Bedford: 19th Century

1900                Henry Burridge          

1899                Hedley Baxter

1898                George Wells 

1897                George Wells

1896                George Wells             

1895                Frederick Augustus Blaydes  

1894                George Wells 

1893                George Wells             

1892                Frederick Augustus Blaydes  

1891                James Coombs           

1890                Joshua Hawkins 

1889                James Coombs           

1888                Joshua Hawkins         

1887                Joshua Hawkins         

1886                George Hurst            

1885                Edwin Ransom          

1884                Joshua Hawkins         

1883                Joshua Hawkins         

1882                Luke Cherry   

1881                James Woodward Hill           

1880                James Thomas Hobson           

1879                John Elworthy Cutcliffe        

1878                Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger    

1878                George Hurst (2nd August)

1877                John Usher Taylor (died in office)

1876                James Thomas Hobson           

1875                James Thomas Hobson           

1874                George Hurst 

1873                George Hurst 

1872                Frederick Thomas Young      

1871                James Coombs (15th November)       

1870                John Richard Bull      

1869                Augustus Edgar Burch          

1868                Thomas Tokelove Gray          

1867                Thomas Tokelove Gray          

1866                William Joseph Nash  

1865                William Joseph Nash  

1864                James Howard           

1863                James Howard           

1862                Robert Couchman      

1861                John Howard 

1860                John Howard 

1859                John Howard 

1858                John Howard 

1857                George Handscomb Miller     

1856                William Wells Kilpin  

1855                George Hurst 

1854                Thomas Barnard         

1853                William Blower          

1852                William Williams        

1851                William Williams        

1850                Charles Frederick Palgrave    

1849                Charles Frederick Palgrave    

1848                Charles Higgins          

1847                Henry Leech  

1846                Alexander Sharman   

1845                Robert Newland        

1844                Thomas John Green   

1843                Thomas John Green   

1842                Joseph Browne           

1841                William Robert Mesham        

1840                Robert Newland        

1839                Thomas Abbott Green           

1838                Thomas Gwyn Elger  

1837                Charles Short 

1836                Charles Short (1st January)

1835                Thomas Gwyn Elger  

1834                George Witt   

1833                Thomas Wooldridge  

1832                George Peregrine Nash          

1831                Charles Bailey

1830                Thomas Gwyn Elger  

1829                Sir William Long

1828                George Livius

1827                Charles Bailey

1826                Charles Short 

1825                James Webb   

1824                Thomas Kidman         

1823                Francis Green 

1822                Sir William Long        

1821                Charles Short 

1820                John Day        

1819                John Green     

1818                John Cooke    

1817                John Wing      

1816                Charles Webb 

1815                Thomas Kidman         

1814                Francis Green 

1813                William Long 

1812                John Day        

1811                Charles Short 

1810                Grant David Yeats     

1809                John Cooke    

1808                John Wing      

1807                Peregrine Nash           

1806                Thomas Kidman         

1805                William Campion       

1804                Francis Green 

1803                William Long 

1802                Isaac Elger     

1801                William Smith