Many of Altrincham's mayors from 1452 are known:
1452 Edward Massey
1483 Richard Massey
1547 Roger Booth
1552 John Royle
1555 John Norris
1556 John Ryle
1557 John Ryle
1558 Ralph Massey
1559 Ralph Massey
1560 William Ardron
1561 George Newton
1562 George Newton
1563 George Newton
1565 Ralph Massey, Senior
1588 George Aldcroft?
1614 William Rawlinson
1616 Alexander Vaudrey
1618 Robert Lingard
1619 Richard Brereton
1620 Edward Bent
1621 Randle Wright
1622 George Birch
1623 William Rowlandson
1624 William Hesketh
1626 William Hesketh
1627 Robert Parker
1628 Robert Lingard
1629 James Leycester
1630 Randle Wright
1631 Peter Rowlinson
1632 George Birch
1633 Richard Brereton
1634 Richard Brereton
1635 Jeffry Coe
1636 George Vaudrey
1637 Lawrence Leicester
1638 Richard Wright
1639 George Ashton
1640 Robert Linguard
1641 William Hesketh
1642 William Rowlinson
1643 Henry Cartwright
1644 Henry Cartwright
1645 George Parker
1646 John Bent
1647 George Birch
1648 William Leicester
1649 George Vaudrey
1650 Richard Brereton
1651 Richard Brereton
1652 Richard Brereton
1653 Henry Bradshaw
1654 Richard Wright
1655 Peter Parker
1656 John Ashley
1657 Robert Hesketh
1658 Thomas Hesketh
1659 Henry Smith
1660 Robert Lingard
1661 John Palden
1662 William Rowlinson
1663 James Doe
1664 George Birch
1665 George Parker
1666 John Coe
1667 James Brookes
1668 George Aldcroft
1669 George Hardey
1670 William Leicester
1671 George Vaudrey
1672 Richard Wright
1673 George Cook
1674 Robert Lingard
1675 George Parker
1676 Thomas Doe
1677 John Ashley
1678 Henry Hesketh
1679 William Delves
1680 Richard Wright
1681 George Birch
1682 Henry Smith
1683 James Brookes
1684 John Burgess
1685 James Ashley
1686 Thomas Hesketh
1687 Joseph Pierson
1688 George Hardey
1689 John Leather
1690 Jeffrey Stockley
1691 Jeffrey Stockley
1692 Robert Lingard
1693 Robert Leicester
1694 Timothy Taylor
1695 William Hesketh
1696 Henry Smith
1697 James Hardey
1698 George Aldcroft
1699 John Eccies
1700 Jeremiah Brundrett
1701 George Birch
1702 George Leicester
1703 William Grantham
1704 John Bent
1705 William Higginson
1706 John Higginson
1707 Robert Ashley
1708 George Smith
1709 James Warburton
1710 John Smith
1711 Edward Garnett
1712 John Cooke
1713 Thomas Royle
1714 Robert Lupton
1715 Robert Frith
1716 Charles Crosswell
1717 Robert Leather
1718 John Ashley
1719 James Hardey
1720 Richard Royle
1721 James Robinson
1722 Samuel Holt
1723 John Smith
1724 John Hardey
1725 Joshua Grantham
1726 William Leicester
1727 Fernando Laughton
1728 Richard Berry
1729 William Taylor
1730 William Royle
1731 Richard Leigh
1732 John Birch
1733 James Fletcher
1734 George Smith
1735 George Warburton
1736 George Royle
1737 Henry Smith
1738 John Worthington
1739 Aaron Eccles
1740 Joshua Grantham
1741 Thomas Royle
1742 John Smith
1743 Richard Nield
1744 Robert Frith
1745 George Ashton
1746 George Burgess
1747 Benjamin Irlam
1748 John Leigh
1749 Richard Royle
1750 George Twyford
1751 Joseph Grantham
1752 George Robinson
1753 Peter Bailey
1754 Thomas Royle
1755 James Wainwright
1756 Samuel Lamb
1757 Richard Crouchley
1758 The Hon. Booth Grey
1759 Isaac Shaw
1760 Nathaniel Priestner
1761 Charles Cresswell
1762 Robert Ashley
1763 Edward Cooke
1764 John Birch
1765 Thomas Moore
1766 William Rigby
1767 Thomas Warburton
1768 William Leicester
1769 John Walthew
1770 William Parkinson Junior
1771 William Taylor
1772 George Cooke
1773 Isaac Worthington Junior
1774 John Ratcliffe
1775 John Derbyshire
1776 George Lupton
1777 William Howard
1778 Thomas Duncalf
1779 Edward Darbyshire
1780 John Austin
1781 William Pooks
1782 Vernon Poole
1783 Oswald Leicester
1784 John Clough
1785 Charles Poole
1786 Robert Mills
1787 John Eccles
1788 Robert Leicester
1789 James Staples
1790 Aaron Brundrett
1791 Thomas Howard
1792 James Walthew
1793 Timothy Brownel
1794 James Gratrix
1795 William Parkinson
1796 John Atherton
1797 Samuel Howard
1798 Samuel Hardey
1799 George Burgess
1800 George Worthing
1801 Peter Leicester
1802 Samuel Walker
1803 William Ashley
1804 William Smith
1805 Thomas Royle
1806 John Postles
1807 Thomas Carter
1808 Abner Partington
1809 William Royle
1810 Thomas Darbyshire
1811 John Mitchell
1812 Samuel Hope
1813 John Austin
1814 Isaac Davenport
1815 John Mitchell
1816 John Barratt
1817 William Ashley
1818 John Drinkwater
1819 Joshua Ashcroft
1820 Samuel Bruckshaw
1821 Samuel Renshaw
1822 Timothy Brownell
1823 Samuel Street
1824 Samuel Clarke
1825 John Faulkner
1826 John Hope
1827 Richard Irlam Grantham
1828 John Clarke
1829 John Adshead
1830 Nathaniel Pass
1831 Robert Shelmerdine
1832 John Lupton
1833 Charles Poole
1834 Richard Poole
1835 Isaac Harrop
1836 Isaac Harrop
1837 William Hamilton
1838 Isaac Gaskarth
1839 Joseph Arstall
1840 Isaac Gaskarth
1841 Joseph Bruckshaw
1842 William Collier
1843 William Collier
1844 William Renshaw
1845 James Royle
1846 James Matthews
1847 Joseph Hall
1848 George Massey
1849 Richard Broadbent
1850 Richard Broadbent
1851 Mark Pierson
1852 Mark Pierson
1853 George Berry
1854 Samuel Barratt
1855 John Davenport
1856 William D. Nicholls
1857 William D. Nicholls
1858 John Mort
1859 John Mort
1860 John Howard
1861 Charles Balshaw
1862 James Street
1863 Thomas Balshaw
1864 Samuel Delves
1865 Samuel Delves
1866 Samuel Delves
1867 James Astle Kelsall
1868 James Southern
1869 Humphrey Davis
1870 Joseph Gaskarth
1871 Joseph Gaskarth
1872 Matthew Fowden
1873 John Shelmerdine Mort
1874 Samuel Burgess
1875 Edward Neild
1876 William Greenwood
1877 William Greenwood
1878 John Siddeley
1879 Joseph Gaskarth
1880 James Byrom
1881 George Smith
1882 Henry Balshaw
1883 Henry Balshaw
1884 Benjamin Riley
1885 George Bowen
1886 Joseph Gaskarth
1887 James Hamilton
1888 William Griffin
1889 Eustace George Parker
1890 Joel Foden
1891 William Agar Renshaw
1892 John Dale
1893 William Griffin
1894 William Griffin
1895 David Morrison
1896 Frederick Raymond Barber Lindsell
1897 James Grimble Groves
1898 James Grimble Groves
1899 Samuel Thompson
1900 James William Byrom
1901 William Agar Renshaw
1902 William Agar Renshaw
1903 Edward Thomas Cleathero
1904 Alfred Golland
1905 Alfred Golland
1906 Alfred Golland
1907 Samuel Birtles
1908 Harold Gaskell Syers
1909 Godfrey William Bonson
1910 William Shield
1911 Gerald Whitwham
1912 William Cooke Renshaw
1913 George Faulkner Armitage
1914 George Faulkner Armitage
1915 George Faulkner Armitage
1916 George Faulkner Armitage
1917 George Faulkner Armitage
1918 George Faulkner Armitage
1919 Henry Francis O’Brien
1920 William Walton Baker
1921 Harry Gordon Cooper
1922 Arthur Broadbent Ireland
1923 William Henry Veno
1924 Thomas Clarke
1925 Robert Reid Duncan
1926 David Stanley Morrison
1927 James Kayley
1928 Arthur Gray Pickard
1929 Arthur Percy Hill
1930 Alfred Pailthorpe
1931 William Waterhouse
1932 William Waterhouse
1933 William Waterhouse
1934 William Waterhouse
1935 William Waterhouse
1936 William Waterhouse
1937 The Rt. Hon. Roger Grey, Earl of Stamford
1938 William Waterhouse
1939 William George Henry Biddle
1940 Thomas Clayton
1941 Edgar Webb
1942 Albert Weston
1943 William Harold Walker
1944 Richard Holcombe Lee
1945 Sidney Newns Garner
1946 William Bradley-Jones
1947 James Sumner Pearson (died in office)
1948 Alfred Whitely May (April)
1949 James Herbert Cosgrove
1950 Arthur Vesey
1951 J. Leonard Warren
1952 Raymond S. Watson
1953 Frank Gibson
1954 Thomas Baxter
1955 G. Anthony Haigh
1956 Edward J. Horley
1957 Edith M. Fitton (First Lady Mayor)
1958 Robert M. Kelsall
1959 James L. Baxendale
1960 Edward M. Chorlton
1961 Ian M. MacLennon
1962 Lillian M. Smith
1963 Raymond Street
1964 George Harmer
1965 Wilfred Yates
1966 Ethel M. Hoyle
1967 George Hoyle
1968 Derek Harper
1969 Roy Hall
1970 M. William Hiett
1971 J B Dunn
1972 Stephen Williamson
1973 Raymond Littler who was the last mayor of Altrincham. In 1974 Altrincham became part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. All local mayoralties were discontinued and merged into a single office of ‘Mayor of Trafford’.
With acknowledgement to Don Bayliss's book Altrincham a history