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WRIGHT, John (Alderman), C.C. 
Company Director and Merchant.
Churchfield House, Chesterton.

Born 1875 at Tunstall. Son of the late Michael Wright of Tunstall.
Educated Locally.

Married 1904, Constance Edith, daughter of the late James Downing of Chesterton.

Member of the late Stoke and Wolstanton Guardians; 
Member of the Hospital, Finance, Building and Contract Committees; 
Chairman of the Local Section; 
Member of the late Wolstanton United Urban District Council; 
Member of the Education, Finance, Health and Highways Committees; 
Chairman of the Rating and Valuation Committee; 
Alderman of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme; 
Member of the Finance, Watch, Education, Health, Highways and Buildings Committees;
Chairman of Corporation and Estates Committees 1926; 
Member of Staffordshire County Council 1931; 
Member of Public Health, Visiting Boundaries and Light Railways Committees;
Member of Public Assistance Committee; 

Chairman of Chesterton, Red Street and District Nursing Association, 1930; 
Member of Potteries Water Board
Member of the Joint Authority Board of the Bradwell Isolation Hospital.

Recreations-Formerly Cricket, Football Captaining Local Cricket Team, 1902 to 1907, and still retaining a general interest in sport.

"Who's Who in Staffordshire" 1934

 

26/12/2002