Mayors of Lynn: 1837-1889

1837 John Platten 1864 William Monement
1838 Francis Hutton 1865 John Osborne Smetham
1839 John Platten 1866 """"
1840Edward Bagge 1867 Walter Moyse
1841 James Bowker 1868 John Thorley
1842 John Wayte 1869 """"
1843 """" 1870 Edwin Elmer Durrant
1844 Robert Pitcher 1871 John Dyker Thew
1845 Francis Cresswell 1872 John Osborne Smetham
1846 Thomas Augustus Carter 1873 """"
1847 Edward Everard 1874 Edwin Elmer Durrant
1848 William Seppings 1875 George Holditch
1849 Walter Moyse 1876 John Dyker Thew
1850 """" 1877 William Thompson
1851 Richard Bagge 1878 Thomas Johnson Seppings
1852 Lionel Self 1879 """" ob.
1853 John Platten 1880 April 19 William Thompson
1854 John Marsters 1880 Thomas Martin Wilkin
1855 William Seppings 1881 John Osborne Smetham
1856 Robert Cook 1882 William Pattrick
1857 John Osborne Smetham 1883 James Bowker
1858 Walter Moyse 1884 """"
1859 Lionel Self 1885 John Dyker Thew
1860 Lewis Whincop Jarvis 1886 William Burkitt
1861 """" 1887 George Smith Woodwark
1862 """" 1888 George Gold Sadler
1863 William Burkitt 1889 Frederick Savage

The Mayor took office from the end of October or beginning of November; in 1949 it became May.
That was the year that Tom Blomfield became Mayor; daughter Rosemary started school at the Convent that Easter.