Mayors and Sheriffs of Bristol 1900 -1999
(Mostly from data held at Bristol Records Office)
| Year | Lord Mayor |
Sheriff |
| 1900 | James Colthurst Ashman | Edward Burnet James |
| 1901 | Charles Edward Ley Gardner | Admiral Francis Arden Close |
| 1902 | Sir Robert Henry Symes | Joseph Weston-Stevens |
| 1903 | Sir Robert Henry Symes | William Henry Greville Edwards |
| 1904 | Edward Burnet James | Herbert Cary George Batten |
| 1905 | Alfred John Smith | Henry Lorymer Risely |
| 1906 | Alfred John Smith | Henry Daniel |
| 1907 | Sir Edward Burnet James (knighted 1908) | Herbert Cary George Batten |
| 1908 | Edward Robinson | Stanley Hugh Badock |
| 1909 | Christopher Albert Hayes | George Risely |
| 1910 | Christopher Albert Hayes | George Risely |
| 1911 | Sir Frank William Wills (knighted 1912) | Robert Edwin Bush |
| 1912 | Charles James Lowe | Thomas Joseph Lennard |
| 1913 | John Swaish (knighted 1920) | Adam Cottam Castle |
| 1914 | John Swaish (knighted 1920) | John Stroud Gwyer William Stroud |
| 1915 | Barclay Josiah Baron | Herbert E Chattock |
| 1916 | Barclay Josiah Baron | Lt Col. Joseph Beaumont Butler / H.E. Chattock |
| 1917 | Frank Sheppard | Percy Steadman |
| 1918 | Henry William Twiggs | Ivie Mathew Dunlop |
| 1919 | James Thomas Francombe | William Alfred Titley |
| 1920 | George Bryant Britton | Major Owen Stanley Davies |
| 1921 | Ernest Henry Cook (knighted 1923) | Francis Nicholas Cowlin |
| 1922 | Alfred Dowling | Horace Walker |
| 1923 | Alfred Arthur Sennington | Frederick Burris |
| 1924 | Ernest Brookhouse Richards | Frank Oliver Wills |
| 1925 | Frank Moore | Lionel Goodenough Taylor |
| 1926 | Edward Malachi Dyer | Frank Ernest Sampson |
| 1927 | John Curle | James Arnold Arrowsmith-Brown |
| 1928 | William Henry Eyles | Ernest John Taylor |
| 1929 | Walter Bryant | Henry James Gilbert Rudman |
| 1930 | Frederick Francis Clothier | Herbert George Tanner |
| 1931 | John Hampden Inskip | Edwin Stanley Gange |
| 1932 | Thomas James Wise | Dr Walter Kenneth Wills OBE |
| 1933 | Francis Crispin Luke | Frank Sydney Philpott |
| 1934 | Herbert John Maggs | Thomas Hosegood Davies |
| 1935 | Charles Theodore Budgett | Gilbert Sydney James |
| 1936 | Albert Francis Moon | Lt Comdr. Vivian John Robinson RN |
| 1937 | John James Milton | Sidney Cox |
| 1938 | William Albert Winchester | Col. Ernest William Leonard |
| 1939 | Albert Whitfield Stone Burgess | Charles Loraine Hill |
| 1940 | Thomas Henry Johnson Underdown | Clarence H W Davey |
| 1941 | Ebenezer Thomas Cozens | Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood |
| 1942 | Henry Arthur Wall | Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood |
| 1943 | Frederick Charles Williams | Harold Maurice Comer Hosegood |
| 1944 | William Frederick Cottrell | Sydney Clifford |
| 1945 | James Owen | Sydney Clifford |
| 1946 | Gilbert Sydney James | Harry Crook |
| 1947 | Charles Richard Gill | Herbert John Thomas |
| 1948 | Charles Richard Gill | Hubert Chitty |
| 1949 | Percy Walter Cann | Frank Manning Arkle |
| 1950 | Frederick Arthur Parish | Joseph Henry Bennett |
| 1951 | Robert Francis Lyne | Arthur Anthony Scull |
| 1952 | Vincent James Ross | Stanley William Cornwall |
| 1953 | Kenneth Alfred Leader Brown | Alan Oliver Wills |
| 1954 | Gilbert George Adams | John Henshaw Britton |
| 1955 | Harry Crook | Henry Richard Priday OBE, JP |
| 1956 | George Alton Watson Allan | Arthur William Bryant |
| 1957 | Percy Whithead Raymond | William Ernest Wheatley |
| 1958 | Fitzroy George William Chamberlain | George Thomas Bullock MBE |
| 1959 | William George Cozens | Dr Alexander MacAllister Maclachlan |
| 1960 | Alexander Hugh Jenkins | George Edward Maggs |
| 1961 | Charles Herbert Smith | Charles Marcus Hartnell |
| 1962 | Leonard King Stevenson | Stanley William Evans OBE, JP |
| 1963 | Mrs Florence Mills Brown | Arthur Ainslie Baker CBE |
| 1964 | Kenelm Antony Philip Dalby | William Coldrick |
| 1965 | Thomas Henry Martin | Francis Dorning Parry |
| 1966 | Cyril Hebblethwaite | Frank A Ashley |
| 1967 | Revd. Frederick Charles Vyvyan-Jones | Kenneth Blandford Lalonde |
| 1968 | Mrs Mercia Evelyn Castle | Gilbert Thomas MBE |
| 1969 | Herbert William Major Willcox | Mr J N Chivers MBE, JP |
| 1970 | Geoffrey Patrick Palmer | Herbert Frederick George Skeates |
| 1971 | Mrs Helen Bloom | Robert Victor Cooke |
| 1972 | Edwin Roberts | Mrs Iris Mary Knight MBE |
| 1973 | Walter William Jenkins | George E Lucas |
| 1974 | Albert George Peglar | Hugh Charles Innes Rogers |
| 1975 | Hubert James Williams | John Foster Robinson CBE, TD, DL |
| 1976 | Jack Desmond Fisk | Simon Melville Wills |
| 1977 | Edward James Wright | Malcolm Allinson Anson |
| 1978 | Charles Edwin Merrett | Humphrey Ashley Densham |
| 1979 | Thomas John Clarke | Thomas Lloyd Robinson |
| 1980 | Vic Pople | Mary Ada Phoebe Towill |
| 1981 | Bill Blackmore | Roderick MacDonald Davidson |
| 1982 | George Maggs | Peter D Smith |
| 1983 | Frederick J. Apperley | Col. Charles J Stewart OBE, TD, DL, JP |
| 1984 | Claude Draper | Christopher Wilson Thomas |
| 1985 | Jack M. Bosdet | Robert Edward John Bernays |
| 1986 | Joan Jones | Sir Alexander Walter merrison FRS, DL |
| 1987 | Marmaduke B. Alderton | Robin H Chermside JP |
| 1988 | Derek Baisley Tedder | C R T Laws |
| 1989 | Kathleen Mountstephen | Sir George Stanley James White |
| 1990 | James Alexander Williams (died 4/3/2000) | Robert Foxcroft Robertson-Glasgow |
| 1991 | Peter John Abraham | Andrew Reid |
| 1992 | John Channon | Francis Greenacre |
| 1993 | John Channon | Hilton Baynton-Coward |
| 1994 | Claire Margaret Warren | C J Marsden-Smedley |
| 1995 | Joan Barbara McLaren | J N Tidmarsh MBE, JP |
| 1996 | Joan Barbara McLaren | George Ferguson |
| 1997 | Jack Fisk OBE | Richard Lalonde |
| 1998 | Graham John Robertson OBE | Edwin Howard Webber |
| 1999 | Graham John Robertson OBE | John B Pool MBE |
For the year 1997 onwards, Mayor data is copied from the Official Bristol Council site where a full listing of Mayors and Lord Mayors is now available. A lot more information is also given about local politics, the history and duties of Mayors - worth a visit: Bristol City Council - Lord Mayors