An Urban District in Essex 1894-1926. Incorporated as Municipal Borough of Ilford in 1926. Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of Ilford Urban District Council * 1895 January-April Edmund Jones Beal; vice chairman William Andrews Shepherd * 1895-7 Edmund Jones Beal; vice chairman William Andrews Shepherd * 1897-8 Edmund Jones Beal; vice chairman Mr William Walter Gilson * 1898-1900 William Walter Gilson; vice chairman Henry Weeden * 1900-1 Henry Weeden; vice chairman Benjamin Bailey * 1901-2 Benjamin Bailey; vice chairman George William Marshall Gott * 1902-3 George William Marshall Gott; vice chairman John Lawrence Burleigh * 1903-4 John Lawrence Burleigh; vice chairman Robert Stroud * 1904-5 Mr Robert Stroud; vice chairman William Peter Griggs * 1905-6 Willia