Search is on for the families of past Mayors of Warwick to help reunite them with old portraits
Two pictures have also lost their name plates and volunteers are trying to identify them
Members of Warwick Town Council’s volunteer group, Unlocking Warwick, have been seeking out the relatives of past mayors whose portraits are being held in storage at Court House – some of which go back to the 19th century.
The chair of Unlocking Warwick, David Kelham, said: “There isn’t enough wall space in the Court House to display all these photos, so families are now invited to request the pictures of their ancestors, each one shown wearing the mayoral chain that has been handed down for hundreds of years.
“Two of the pictures in the storeroom have lost their name-mounts – a lady from recent times, and a gentleman from earlier years sporting a Lincoln-style beard. Can anyone help to identify them?”
Any relations who would like to claim a picture should contact David Kelham at: [email protected] or leave a phone number with the Visitor Information Centre.
Here is a list of the named portraits:
Jenny Clayton (1998-1999)
Joan Cooper (1997-1998)
Bryn Brewster (1994-1995)
James Molineaux Wordsworth Savory (1991-1992)
William Boxley (1990-1991)
Stanley Ransom (1989-1990)
Marion Haywood (1987-1988)
Ray Chandley (1986-1987)
Gerald Brian Guest (1982-1983)
John Paul McCarthy (1981-1982)
George W.C.Wilson (1979-1980)
John A Morley (1978-1979)
W.T.(Jack) Butler (1977-1978)
Bryn Brewster (1976-1977)
Agnes Lavinia Ledds (1974-1975)
Alderman Donald Round (1972-1973)
Leo Thomas Howlett (1971-1972)
Ethel Anne Brown (1970-1971)
James Francis Wallsgrove (1966-1967)
Alfred Tenneson Lees (1958-1960)
Edward Roberts Bartlett (1956-1958)
Edward George Tibbits (1953-1956)
Thomas Taylor Bromwich (1949-1951)
Charles Holmes (1947-1949)
Herbert Joseph Ansell (1941-1944)
Fred Wetherell Turner (1937-1939)
Henry Norman Forbes (1931-1934)
Herbert Malins (1919-1920 and 1926-1927)
Austin Edwards (1919)
John Lloyd Evans (1912-1915)
Harry T. Smith-Turberville (1911-1912)
John Charles Purser (1907-1909)
James Wight Mann (1890-1892)
Colonel Samuel William Cooke (1888-1890)