William Wills Hooper, Mayor of Exeter

William Wills Hooper was mayor of Exeter twice, in 1850-51 and 1851-52. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries only a handful of individuals served two consecutive terms of office and there were usually exceptional circumstances such as the First and Second World Wars when the mayor remained for the duration of hostilities. His brother, Henry W. Hooper was also mayor, in 1843-44 and again in 1857-58.