PEOPLE IN PORTSMOUTH

 

The Council of the City of Portsmouth (1954)


The following is transcribed from the Council Year Book (1954-1955). This year saw the first ever election of a woman to the Aldermanic Bench.
 
LORD MAYOR
 
George Albert Day
 
ALDERMEN

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

John Privett
Joe Davidson
William Ernest Gill
Walter John Lewis
Alfred George Stapleford
James Philip Durnford Lacey
Harry George Cook
Lt. Col. George McKenzie O'Rorke
Alfred William West
Henry Edward Collins
George Wallis
Frank Miles
Albert Johnson
Sir Denis Leo Daley
Susan Annie Clara Sharpe
Robert John Winnicott

[Alderman Clements was replaced by Councillor Miles
The Vacant Aldermanic seat was taken by Councillor Sharpe]

COUNCILLORS

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

John Franklin Freeston
Arthur George Asquith-Leeson
Alfred Nigel Barton Birch*
Joseph Albert Nye
Montague James Ernest Wallis
Robert Mack*
Arthur Robert Nye
Reginald Albert Bridger
William Henry Clark*
Clifford William Stevens
Frederick James Potts
George Albert Day*
Charles William Norton-Thomas
George Smith Furneaux
Harold Bell**
Peter Goodman
Eric Osment Bateson
Peter McGeogh Corsar*
George Frederick Collins
Peter John Parkhouse
William Jack Evans*
Alfred Frank Bicknell
Alfred Charles Sothcott
Harry Sotnick*
Thomas John Smith
Frederick Alfred Currey
William Henry Powell*
Leonard Clifford Albert Worley
Ralph Bonner Pink
Henrietta Marie Brady**
VACANT
Samuel Reuben Thorrowgood
Arthur William Henry Pope*
Douglas Stuart Wallace
Alfred Lapthorn Blake
Louis Flagg**
William Joseph Blaik Titheradge
Arthur William Jamieson
William George Edwards*
William Greaves
Edward William Marriott
Stanley Hopkirk Monard*
Gordon Beresford Cooper
Hilda Mary Ker
Sydney Albert Willson*
Herbert McDonald Woods
Leonard John Evans
Frederick Arthur Harvey*
** - Newly Elected
* - Re-elected

 

[Councillor Miles was replaced by Peter John Parkhouse
Councillor Sharpe was replaced by William Jack Evans]

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