James Ernest Robey

Chairman of Kearsley Urban District Council: 1938-39

Born: Kearsley 18 November 1881

Died: Bolton General District Hospital, Farnworth 3 April 1965

Cotton operative spinner.

At his election Councillor Robey said he was the third member of the Robey family who had sat on the Council, having followed in the footsteps of his uncle, Mr W Robey and his father but he had gone one step further than them in being appointed Chairman.