List of members of the Metropolitan Board of Works

This a list of the members of the Metropolitan Board of Works, London, 1855-1889.

Members of the board were not elected by the general public, but were chosen by the City of London Corporation and by the Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis from among their members.

The first members were elected in December 1855, coming into office in January 1856. From May 1857 one third of the board retired annually, the seats becoming vacant being chosen by ballot. Where casual vacancies occurred these were filled for the remainder of the term these are shown with bracketed letters: (a).

In 1885/86 the membership of the board was enlarged when a number of populous areas were given additional members.

In addition to the members chosen by the various local authorities of the Metropolis, the board had a salaried chairman:

William Burnham Garrett (1883–1888) (b)
George Manners (1888–1889) (c)

(b) Garrett elected by Common Council 26 July 1883.
(c) Garrett resigned, Manners elected 12 July 1888

James Ebenezer Saunders (1863–1885)(a)
George Shaw (1885–1889)

Cyrus Legg (1858–1881) (b)
William Shepherd

James Pew (1858–1868)
Edward Dresser Rogers (1868–1889)

William Tite MP (1858–1873) (b)
Edward Kingsbury (1873–1885)(c)
Charles Mossop (1885–1889)

(b) Tite took his seat 26 November 1858 He died 20 April 1873.
(c) Kingsbury elected by Chelsea Vestry 13 May 1873.

Edward John Thompson (1864–1883) (a)
William Robson (1883–1889) (a)

Alfred Rhodes Bristow (1856–1862) (b)
Guildford Barker Richardson (1862–1889)

(b) Bristow took seat 7 January 1856

John Runtz (1867–1889)

Philip Hemery Le Breton (1859–1879) (a)
Simeon Stone (1879-1880)(a) (b)
Henry Harben (1880–1889)(b)

John Orde Hall (1857–1880) (b)
George Phillips (1880–1889)

(b) Hall elected 23 September 1857

George Peckett (1858–1866) (a)
Charles Henry Elt(1866–1882) (b)
John Edwin Bradfield (1882–1888) (c)
Henry Samuel Friend (1888–1889)

(b) Elt took seat 19 October 1866, died 19 May 1882
(c) Bradfield died 16 October 1888.

(b) Cufflin died 5 October 1878. Reddish took his seat 25 October 1878.

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