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The Council of the City of Portsmouth (1928)


The following is transcribed from the Council Year Book (1928-1929). Some additional information may be drawn from "The Records of the Corporation" by William Gates. On July 4th a new Ward of Meredith was established (see New Ward map) and the names of Mile End and Town Hall were replaced with Nelson and Guildhall.
 
LORD MAYOR
 
James Edward Smith
 
ALDERMEN

St. Thomas
Portsea
Nelson
North End
Buckland
Kingston
Highland
St. Simon
Havelock
St. Paul
Guildhall
Fratton
St. Mary
Charles Dickens
Cosham
Meredith

Sir Harold Pink, J.P.
William John Light
Sir John Timpson, J.P.
Charles Dye, J.P.
Alfred Hemingway
John William Perkins, J.P.
Charles Robert Stobie
Col. Sir William Thomas Dupree, Kt. J.P.
Henry Duncan Gilbert
George William Corbin
George Wallace Ash, J.P.
John William Waltham Taylor
Ferdinand Green Foster
Albert E. Porter, J.P.
John Edward Pink
Edward Henry Privett

Councillor E.H. Privett was elected Alderman for the new ward of Meredith
Alderman W.J. Groves died and was replaced by Councillor Henry Duncan Gilbert.

COUNCILLORS

St. Thomas
 
 
Portsea
 
 
Nelson
 
 
North End
 
 
Buckland
 
 
Kingston
 
 
Highland
 
 
St. Simon
 
 
Havelock
 
 
St. Paul
 
 
Guildhall
 
 
Fratton
 
 
St. Mary
 
 
Charles Dickens
 
 
Cosham
 
 
Meredith
 
 
 
 

William Ernest Gill
James Frederick Hooper
Frederick Joseph Spickernell*
James Edward Lane
Joe Davidson
John Henry Prince*
Philip Halbert Green
Jeremiah John Mahoney
George Edwin Couzens*
William Henry Andrews
George Henry Smart
Walter John Lewis*
Robert Walter Scaddan
Griffith John Harris
Richard Vernon Stokes**
John Brittan
Arthur Rice
Joseph James Rogers**
Frank John Privett J.P.
Frederick Beddow
Albert Edward Allaway*
Albert Edward Hooper
William Henry Russell Prewer
Alfred Bosworth Wright*
Montague Harold Way
Charles Frederick Langmaid
William James Avens*
Leonard Nicholson Blake
Wallace Stanley Rupert Pugsley
William Henry Dashwood*
George James Winn
Albert Johnson
Frederick William Whiting*
James Edward Smith
William Albert Billing
Thomas Stride**
Walter Gleave
Benjamin Charles Nichols
Alfred George Stapleford*
James Evans
William Edward Churchill Sperring
George William Post**
Henry George Hellyer
John Arthur Webb
William Walter Reed*
John Westgarth
John Ellis Jones
Eli Fookes
** - Newly Elected
* - Re-elected

 

Councillor Henry Duncan Gilbert was replaced by Frederick Joseph Spickernell
Councillor Edward Henry Privett was replaced by John Henry Prince
Councillor Ambler died and was replaced by Joe Davidson

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