 It was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a British queen consort of German origin.The first county government consisted of 13 members; Robert Munford, Richard Witton, John Speed, Henry Delony, Edmund Taylor, Benjamin Baird, John Camp, Thomas Erskine, John Potter, John Cox, Thomas Anderson, John Speed, Jr., and Samuel Hopkins; with Benjamin Baird acting as the first mayor.Mecklenburg County is governed by a 9-member Board of Supervisors, each elected from a single-member district.