This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom.
Newcastle had elected a mayor annually since 1216. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent dated 27 July 1906.[1] The grant was announced by Edward VII on a visit to the city on 12 July, having been approved by the Home Office as Newcastle was "the chief town and seaport of the North of England".[2][3] When the city became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974. [4]
The office of Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne existed from 1400 to 1974 and was reintroduced in 1996 as a position held by the Deputy Lord Mayor.[5]
- ^ "No. 27936". The London Gazette. 31 July 1906. p. 5232.
- ^ "The King and Queen at Newcastle-on-Tyne", The Times, 12 July 1906, pg. 8
- ^ J V Beckett, City Status in the British Isles, 1830-2002, Aldershot, 2005
- ^ "No. 46255". The London Gazette. 4 April 1974. p. 4400.
- ^ "Newcastle upon Tyne". Shrievalties. National Association of City & Town Sheriffs of England & Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.