The Municipal Act came into operation in Oswestry in January, 1836. James Edwards, Esq., was elected Mayor of the borough in 1834, and held office, pursuant to the new Act, until January 1st, 1836, on which day John Croxon, Esq., was elected the first Mayor under the Municipal Reform Act, and continued in office till November 9th, 1836, when Francis Campbell, Esq., was elected as the second Mayor of the borough under the same Act.
The Hon. Thomas Kenyon (second son of the celebrated Lord Kenyon, and father of the present Recorder of Oswestry) was appointed High Steward of the Borough in the year 1823. Mr. Richard Jones Croxon (who had succeeded Mr. Lewis Jones to the Town-Clerkship in 1834) was appointed Town-Clerk under the Municipal Act, and has continued to perform the duties of that office to the present time, with great credit to himself and satisfaction to the town.
Under the New Corporation Act the borough was divided into two Wards, viz., the East Ward, comprising 148 burgesses, and the West Ward, numbering 166 burgesses.
The Corporation of Oswestry, for the year 1854–5, consists of the following gentlemen:—
G. H. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Aldermen:
| Thomas Longueville Longueville, Peploe Cartwright, Thomas Hill, | Thomas Rogers, Edward Morris, Thomas Minshall. |
Councillors:
| William Hodges, William Edwards, Edward Wynne Thomas, David Lloyd, George Morrall Bickerton, William Hayward, Francis Roberts, George James Saunders, | Thomas Edwards, James Thomas Jones, William Isaac Bull, William Morris, Richard Kyrke Penson, John Lacon, John Minshall, John Phillips, John Roberts. |
Town-Clerk:—R. J. Croxon.