PEOPLE IN PORTSMOUTH

The Council of the City of Portsmouth (1930)

The following is transcribed from the Council Year Book (1930-1931) with some additional information from "The Records of the Corporation" by William Gates. This includes the principal appointed officers of the Corporation.

LORD MAYOR

Walter Gleave

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 John William Waltham Taylor Charles Dye, J.P. Alfred Hemingway John William Perkins, J.P. Arthur Rice Col. Sir William Thomas Dupree, Kt. J.P. Henry Duncan Gilbert George William Corbin George Wallace Ash, J.P. William Albert Billing Ferdinand Green Foster Albert E. Porter, J.P. John Edward Pink Sir John Timpson, J.P.
[Alderman Privett died and was replaced by Councillor W.A. Billing Alderman Stobie was replaced by Arthur Rice]

COUNCILLORS

St. Thomas

Portsea

Nelson

North End

Buckland

Kingston

Highland

St. Simon

Havelock

St. Paul

Guildhall

Fratton

St. Mary

Charles Dickens

Cosham

Meredith

Frederick Joseph Spickernell
William Ernest Gill
James Frederick Hooper*
John Henry Prince
Sidney Allan Webb
Joe Davidson*
George Edwin Couzens
James Edward Lane
Amos Kille**
Walter John Lewis
William Henry Andrews
Henry Lay**
Richard Vernon Stokes
John Archibald Griffiths
Griffith John Harris*
Joseph James Rogers
John Brittan
John Charles Juniper*
Albert Edward Allaway
Frank John Privett J.P.
Frederick Beddow*
Alfred Bosworth Wright
Albert Edward Hooper
William Henry Russell Prewer*
William James Avens
Louisa Jessie Ramsden
Charles Frederick Langmaid*
William Henry Dashwood
Leonard Nicholson Blake
Wallace Stanley Rupert Pugsley*
Frederick William Whiting
Arthur James Pearson
Albert Johnson*
Thomas Stride
James Edward Smith
Llewellyn Lloyd Evans*
Alfred George Stapleford
Walter Gleave
Benjamin Charles Nichols*
George William Post
James Evans
William Edward Churchill Sperring*
William Walter Reed
Henry George Hellyer
John Arthur Webb*
Eli Fookes
David Naysmith
John Ellis Jones*
** - Newly Elected
* - Re-elected

[Councillor Billings was replaced by Llewellyn Lloyd Evans
Councillor Ash was replaced by John Charles Juniper]

OFFICIALS

Town Clerk - Mr. Frederick J. Sparks ;
City Coroner - Sir Thomas A. Bramsdon, J.P.
Clerk of the Peace - Mr. Fred G. Allen ;
City Treasurer - Mr. John Moffitt.
Medical Officer of Health - Dr. A. Mearns Fraser, M.D., C.M., D.P.H.
Medical Superintendent, Infectious Diseases Hospital - Dr. James McGregor, L.P.C.P.
Chief Tuberculosis Officer and Deputy M.0.H. - Dr. Rowan Revell, M.D., B.S. ,M.R.C.S., L.P.C.P., D.P.H.
Public Analyst - Mr. Reginald P. Page, F.I.C.
Medical Superintendent, St. Mary's Hospital - Dr. Richard C. Macpherson.
Superintendent, Mental Hospital - Dr. Thomas Beaton, O.B.E., M.D., B.S., F.R.C.P.
City Engineer - Mr. Richard J. Jenkins, F.S.I.
Architect to the Education Committee - Mr. Adrien J. Sharp.
School Medical Officer - Dr. T. E. Roberts, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.B., B.S., D.P.H.
City Librarian and Curator - Mr. James Hutt, M.A., F.L.A.
Electrical Engineer and Manager - Mr. Benjamin Handley, M.I.E.E., M.I.Mech.E.
Tramway Manager and Engineer - Mr. Ben Hall.

South Parade Pier Manager - Mr. Frederick G. Robson.
Chief Constable - Mr. Thomas Davies.

Rating and Valuation Officer - Mr. Ernest S. H. Eades.
Parks Superintendent - Mr. Frederick Baker, N.D.H.

Secretary to Higher Education Committee - Mr. Harry E. Curtis.
Chief Clerk, Elementary Education Department - Mr. Sidney E. Allen.
Inspector of Schools - Mr. Leonard Hinton, M.A.

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