Chairman
Turton Urban District Council: 1948-49, 1957-58
Born
Edgworth, Turton 17 March 1890
Died
Manchester 13 October 1971
About

Represented Edgworth Ward from 1937.

Builder and undertaker.

Began the family firm after returning from service in the First World War - turning the enterprise over to his brother Percy in 1947 but taking control again following his brother's death a few years later.

As Chairman he escorted the Queen Mother (then Queen Elizabeth) from Turton Station to Turton Tower during her tour of Lancashire in 1948. The Queen presented a signed portrait of herself which hung in the Council Chamber there.

Also during his first term of office he presented the Council with a medallion - a replica of the Chairman's own - for the use of the Chairman's Lady. A matching chain was later donated by Andrew T Jardine.

Chairman of the Health Committee.

Representative of Turton on Bolton Joint Sewage Board.

Congregationalist - he worshipped at Edgworth Congregational Church.

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