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Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett

Chairman of Turton Local Board: 1886-89 (Conservative)

Chairman of Turton Urban District Council: 1895-1900 (Conservative)

Born: Clitheroe, Lancashire 21 December 1840

Died: Shefferlands, Halton, Lancaster 12 April 1911

First Chairman of Turton Urban District Council.

Cotton spinner.

Proprietor of Thomas & Jeremiah Garnett Ltd, Cox Green Mills, Bromley Cross and Clitheroe - cotton spinners and manufacturers in partnership with his brother Jeremiah Garnett.

His uncle, also Jeremiah Garnett, was the first printer and later editor and part owner of the Manchester Guardian.

Represented Bromley Cross Ward.

He lived at Ousel Nest, Bromley Cross.

Buried at Halton, Lancaster.

 

Click for larger image Formal portrait of Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett.

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Thomas Gustav Schwabe GarnettGarnett Family Tree • pdf

 

 

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