List of chairmen of Wiltshire County Council

This is a list of the Chairmen of Wiltshire County Council and its successor, Wiltshire Council.

The 4th Marquess of Bath, first Chairman of the County Council, by "Ape", 1874

Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice (later created Baron Fitzmaurice), second Chairman of the County Council, by "Spy", 1906

Indefinite term of office

• 1889–1896: John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath
• 1896–1906: Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice MP^[1]
• 1906–1946: Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath^[2]
• 1946–1949: Colonel R. W. Awdry CBE
• 1949–1960: Alderman J. L. Calderwood CBE
• 1960–1969: Major S. V. Christie-Miller CBE
• 1969–1973: Sir Henry Langton, later Calley DL DFC DSO^[3]
• 1973–1980: Group Captain Frank Willan CBE DFC DL
• 1980–1985: Nigel James Moffat Anderson MC DL
• 1985–1986: Captain P. S. Beale RN
• 1986–1989: Mr J. B. Ainslie OBE
• 1989–1992: Mrs Mary E. Salisbury CBE DL

Chairmen for one year

County Hall, Trowbridge, the council's headquarters, before 2012 refurbishment

• 1992–1993: Mrs Marjorie Whitworth
• 1993–1994: Mrs Patricia Rugg
• 1994–1995: Mr Percy L. Jefferies
• 1995–1996: Mrs Dorothea Joan Main
• 1996–1997: Mrs June Wood
• 1997–1998: Mrs Grace Hill
• 1998–1999: Mrs Beryl M. Jay
• 1999–2000: Brigadier Robert Baddeley
• 2000–2001: Lt. Colonel D. B. W. Jarvis
• 2001–2002: Mr J. P. Johnson
• 2002–2003: Mrs Carole Soden^[4]
• 2003–2004: Mr Jerry Willmott^[5]
• 2004–2005: Mr Allan Peach
• 2005–2006: Mr Bill Moss^[6]
• 2006–2007: Mr Kevin Wren^[7]
• 2007–2008: Mrs Judy Seager^[8]
• 2008–2009: Brigadier Robert Hall^[9][10]

Chairmen of Wiltshire Council

• 2009–2012: Brigadier Robert Hall^[11]
• 2012–2014: Mrs Christine Crisp^[11]
• 2014–2015: Roy While^[12]
• 2015–2017: Richard Britton^[13]
• 2017–2019: Alison Bucknell^[14]
• 2019–2020: James Sheppard
• 2020–2021: Richard Gamble^[15]
• 2021–2023: Stuart Wheeler^[16]
• 2023–2024: James Sheppard^[17]
• 2024–2025: Bridget Wayman^[18]
• 2025– : Laura Mayes^[19]