Marlborough’s town councillors have chosen Councillor Margaret Rose as the town’s next Mayor. She will succeed Mayor Marian Hannaford-Dobson for the 2015-2016 term of office. She is currently the Town’s Deputy Mayor.
At the full meeting of the Town Council on Monday (January 26), Councillor Rose was nominated by Councillor Kirk Wilson who said she had been a “very distinguished Deputy Mayor” holding the office with “great dignity.”
He also praised her work for the Council’s planning and open spaces committees. She was seconded by Councillor Bryan Castle and received a unanimous vote from councillors.
Mrs Margaret Rose has lived in the area for 35 years – first in Ramsbury where she and her husband ran a gallery. When they gave up the gallery, they moved to a house beside the River Kennet in Axford. Her husband died eight years ago.
She has a daughter Mary – who lives near Chipping Norton and who will be her ‘Mayoress’ – and a son who works in television.
For 27 years Councillor Rose was a ‘Dame’ at Marlborough College – looking after the domestic side and pastoral duties of one of the boarding houses. As she says, it is an old fashioned title but the job has important responsibilities and duties.
Mrs Rose has been a town councillor for thirteen years – with a four year break while she looked after her husband.
Councillor Rose will be installed during the official ‘Mayor making’ ceremony which will take place during the Council’s annual meeting on Monday, May 18.
Councillor Noel Barrett-Morton was chosen as the Deputy Mayor for 2015-2016. He was nominated by Councillor Kirk Wilson and seconded by Council Mervyn Hall and also voted in unanimously.
Time for a change
