Former Mayors of Manchester (1838-1892)
Former Mayors
- 1891-92 Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech
- 1890-91 Sir John Mark
- 1889-90 Sir John Mark
- 1888-89 William Batty, Esq
- 1887-88 Sir John James Harwood
- 1887 (17 June to 19 November) Sir John James Harwood
- 1886-87 Matthew Curtis, Esq
- 1885-86 Philip Goldschmidt, Esq
- 1884-85 Sir John James Harwood
- 1883-84 Philip Goldschmidt, Esq
- 1882-83 John Hopkinson Esq
- 1881-82 Sir Thomas Baker
- 1880-81 Sir Thomas Baker
- 1879-80 Henry Patteson, Esq
- 1878-79 Charles Sydney Grundy, Esq
- 1877-78 Charles Sydney Grundy, Esq
- 1876-77 Abel Heywood, Esq
- 1875-76 Matthew Curtis, Esq
- 1874-75 John King, Esq
- 1873-74 Alfred Watkin, Esq
- 1872-73 William Booth, Esq
- 1871-72 William Booth, Esq
- 1870-71 John Grave, Esq
- 1869-70 John Grave, Esq
- 1868-69 John Grave, Esq
- 1867-68 Robert Neill, Esq
- 1866-67 Robert Neill, Esq
- 1865-66 William Bowker, Esq
- 1864-65 John Marsland Bennett, Esq
- 1863-64 John Marsland Bennett, Esq
- 1862-63 Abel Heywood, Esq
- 1861-62 Thomas Goadsby, Esq
- 1860-61 Matthew Curtis, Esq
- 1859-60 Ivie Mackie, Esq
- 1858-59 Ivie Mackie, Esq
- 1857-58 Ivie Mackie, Esq
- 1856-57 Sir James Watts
- 1855-56 Sir James Watts
- 1854-55 Benjamin Nicholls, Esq
- 1853-54 Benjamin Nicholls, Esq
- 1852-53 Robert Barnes, Esq
- 1851-52 Robert Barnes, Esq
- 1850-51 Sir John Potter
- 1849-50 John Potter
- 1848-49 John Potter
- 1847-48 Sir Eikanah Armitage
- 1846-47 Sir Eikanah Armitage
- 1845-46 William Benjamin Watkins, Esq
- 1844-45 Alexander Kay, Esq
- 1843-44 Alexander Kay, Esq
- 1842-43 James Kershaw, Esq
- 1841-42 William Neil, Esq
- 1840-41 William Neil, Esq
- 1839-40 Sir Thomas Potter
- 1838-39 Sir Thomas Potter