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