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From 1842 to 1891, the position of Mayor was referred to as Mayor of Belfast. From 1892 onwards, the position became known as Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Mayor | Year of office | Other awards |
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Councillor Ryan Murphy | 2023 | |
Councillor Christina Black | 2022 | |
Councillor Kate Nicholl | 2021 | |
Alderman Frank McCoubrey | 2020 | |
Councillor Daniel Baker | 2019 | |
Councillor John Finucane | ||
Councillor Deirdre Hargey | 2018 | |
Councillor Nuala McAllister | 2017 | |
Alderman Brian Kingston | 2016 | |
Councillor Arder Carson | 2015 | |
Councillor Nichola Mallon | 2014 | |
Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | 2013 | |
Alderman Gavin Robinson | 2012 | |
Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile | 2011 | |
Councillor Pat Convery | 2010 | |
Councillor Naomi Long | 2009 | |
Councillor Tom Hartley | 2008 | |
Councillor Jim Rodgers | 2007 | |
Councillor Pat McCarthy | 2006 | |
Councillor Wallace Browne | 2005 | |
Councillor Tom Ekin | 2004 | |
Councillor Martin Morgan | 2003 | |
Councillor Alex Maskey MLA | 2002 | |
Councillor Jim Rodgers | 2001 | |
Councillor Sammy Wilson MLA | 2000 | |
Councillor Robert Stoker | 1999 | |
Councillor David Alderdice | 1998 | |
Councillor Alban Maginness | 1997 | |
Councillor Ian Adamson | 1996 | |
Councillor Eric Smyth | 1995 | |
Councillor Hugh Smyth | 1994 | |
Councillor Reginald Empey | 1993 | |
Councillor Herbert Ditty | 1992 | |
Councillor Nigel A Dodds | 1991 | |
Councillor Fred Cobain | 1990 | |
Councillor Reginald Empey | 1989 | |
Councillor Nigel A Dodds | 1988 | |
Alderman John J D Gilmore | 1987 | |
Alderman Sammy Wilson | 1986 | |
Alderman John Carson | 1985 | |
Councillor A Ferguson | 1984 | |
Councillor A Ferguson | 1983 | |
Thomas William Sanderson Patton | 1982 | |
Grace Bannister | 1981 | |
John Carson | 1980 | |
William Bell | 1979 | |
David Cook | 1978 | |
James Stewart | 1977 | |
Miles Humphreys | 1976 | |
Miles Humphreys | 1975 | |
William Christie, MBE, JP, ODAS | 1974 | Knighted in 1975 |
William Christie, MBE, JP, ODAS | 1973 | |
William Christie, MBE, JP, ODAS | 1972 | |
Joseph Foster Cairns, JP | 1971 | Knighted in 1972 |
Joseph Foster Cairns, JP | 1970 | |
Joseph Foster Cairns, JP | 1969 | |
William Duncan Geddis, JP | 1968 | Knighted in 1969 |
William Duncan Geddis, JP | 1967 | |
William Duncan Geddis, JP | 1966 | |
William Jenkins, JP | 1965 | |
William Jenkins, JP | 1964 | |
William Jenkins, JP | 1963 | |
Martin Kelso Wallace, JP | 1962 | Knighted in 1963 |
Martin Kelso Wallace, JP | 1961 | |
Robert George Caldwell Kinahan, ERD, JP | 1960 | Knighted in 1961 |
Robert George Caldwell Kinahan, ERD, JP | 1959 | |
Major William Cecil McKee, ERD | 1958 | Knighted in 1959 |
Major William Cecil McKee, ERD | 1957 | |
Robert John Rolston Harcourt, JP | 1956 | Knighted in 1959 |
Robert John Rolston Harcourt, JP | 1955 | |
Sir Percival Brown, CBE, FAI | 1954 | |
Percival Brown, CBE, FAI | 1953 | Knighted in 1953 |
James Henry Norritt, JP, FCIS | 1952 | Knighted in 1953 |
James Henry Norritt, JP, FCIS | 1951 | |
William Ernest George Johnston, BA | 1950 | Knighted in 1951 |
William Ernest George Johnston, BA | 1949 | |
William Frederick Neill, JP, FAI, MP | 1948 | Knighted in 1948 |
William Frederick Neill, JP, FAI, MP | 1947 | |
William Frederick Neill, JP, FAI, MP | 1946 | |
The Right Hon. Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1945 | |
The Right Hon. Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1944 | |
The Right Hon. Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1943 | |
George R Black, JP, May 22 until December 28 | 1942 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1941 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1940 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1939 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1938 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1937 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bart, DL, JP | 1936 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, DL, JP | 1935 | Created a Baronet of the UK in 1935 |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, DL, JP | 1934 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, DL, JP | 1933 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, DL, JP | 1932 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh, JP | 1931 | |
Sir William Coates, Bart, DL | 1930 | |
Sir William Coates, Bart, DL | 1929 | |
The Right Hon. Sir William Turner, DL | 1928 | |
Sir William Turner DL | 1927 | Appointed a member of HM Privy Council. |
Sir William Turner | 1926 | |
Sir William Turner | 1925 | |
Sir William Turner | 1924 | Knighted in 1924 |
William George Turner | 1923 | |
Sir William Coates, Bart, DL | 1922 | |
Sir William Coates, Bart, DL | 1921 | Created Baronet of the UK in 1921 |
William Frederick Coates, DL | 1920 | |
John C White | 1919 | Appointed a member of HM Privy Council in 1919. |
James Johnson, JP | 1918 | Knighted in 1918. Appointed a member of HM Privy Council in Ireland in 1919. |
James Johnson, JP | 1917 | |
Sir Crawford McCullagh | 1916 | |
Crawford McCullagh | 1915 | Knighted in 1915 |
R J McMordie, MA, MP until his death, March 25 |
1914 |
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Sir Robert Anderson, appointed 27 March | ||
Crawford McCullagh, elected 1 April | ||
R J McMordie, MA, MP | 1913 | |
R J McMordie, MA, MP | 1912 | |
R J McMordie, MA, MP | 1911 | |
R J McMordie, MA, MP | 1910 | |
Sir Robert Anderson, JP | 1909 | |
Sir Robert Anderson, JP | 1908 | |
The Right Hon. The Earl of Shaftesbury, KVOC, HML | 1907 | |
The Right Hon. Sir Daniel Dixon Bart, DL, MP | 1906 | |
The Right Hon. Sir Daniel Dixon Bart, DL | 1905 | |
Sir Otto Jaffe, LLD, JP | 1904 | |
The Right Hon. Sir Daniel Dixon DL | 1903 | Created Baronet of the United Kingdom in 1903 |
Sir Daniel Dixon, DL | 1902 | Appointed a member of HM Privy Council in Ireland in 1902 |
Sir Daniel Dixon, DL | 1901 | |
RJ McConnell | 1900 | Created Baronet of the UK |
Otto Jaffe | 1899 | |
James Henderson, DL, MA | 1898 | Knighted in 1899 |
W J Pirrie | 1897 | |
W J Pirrie | 1896 | Appointed a member of HM Privy Council in Ireland in 1897. Created Baron of the UK in 1906, KP in 1908 and Viscount in 1921. |
William McCammond | 1895 | Knighted in 1895 |
William McCammond | 1894 | |
Sir Daniel Dixon | 1893 | |
Daniel Dixon | 1892 | Knighted in 1892 |
Mayor | Year of office | Other awards |
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Charles C Connor | 1891 | |
Charles C Connor | 1890 | |
Charles C Connor | 1889 | |
Sir James Horner Haslett, Bart | 1888 | |
James Horner Haslett | 1887 | Knighted |
Sir Edward Harland, Bart | 1886 | Knighted |
Edward J Harland | 1885 | Created Baronet of the UK in 1885 |
Sir David Taylor | 1884 | Knighted in 1884 |
David Taylor | 1883 | |
Sir Edward Porter Cowan | 1882 | |
Edward Porter Cowan | 1881 | Knighted in 1881 |
John Browne | 1880 | |
John Browne | 1879 | |
John Preston | 1878 | Knighted in 1878 |
John Preston | 1877 | |
Robert Boag | 1876 | Knighted in 1877 |
Thomas Graham Lindsay | 1875 | |
James Alexander Henderson | 1874 | |
James Alexander Henderson | 1873 | |
John Savage | 1872 | Knighted in 1872 |
Philip Johnston | 1871 | |
Samuel Browne, MD | 1870 | |
Frederick Harry Lewis | 1869 | |
Samuel McCausland | 1868 | |
David Taylor | 1867 | Knighted in 1884 |
William Mullan | 1866 | |
John Lyttle | 1865 | |
John Lyttle | 1864 | |
John Lyttle | 1863 | |
Charles Lanyon | 1862 | Knighted in 1868 |
Edward Coey | 1861 | Knighted in 1861 |
William Ewart Jr | 1860 | |
William Ewart Jr | 1859 | |
Samuel Gibson Getty | 1858 | |
Samuel Gibson Getty | 1857 | |
Samuel Gibson Getty | 1856 | |
Thomas Verner | 1855 | |
Frederick Harry Lewis | 1854 | |
William McGee, MD | 1853 | Medical Doctor |
Samuel Graeme Fenton | 1852 | |
James Sterling | 1851 | |
James Sterling | 1850 | |
William Gilliland Johnston | 1849 | Knighted in 1849 |
George Suffern | 1848 | |
John Harrison | 1847 | |
John Kane | 1846 | |
Andrew Mulholland | 1845 | |
John Dunbar | 1844 | |
George Dunbar | 1843 | |
George Dunbar | 1842 |
Abbreviation | Title |
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MD | Medical Doctor |
DL | Deputy Lieutenant |
MA | Master of Arts |
JP | Justice of Peace |
LLD | Doctorate in Laws |
KVOC | Knight of the Royal Victorian Order |
HML | Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant |
MP | Member of Parliament |
Bt or Bart | Baronet |
BA | Bachelor of Arts |
FAI | Fellow of the (chartered) Auctioneers' Institute |
FCIS | Fellow Chartered Institute of Secretaries |
ERD | Army Emergency Reserve Decoration |
ODAS | Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service (Salvation Army) |