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Albert Baldwin Bantock (1862–8 February 1938), served as Mayor of Wolverhampton for three terms.


Early life

Born in
Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...
in 1862, his father was Thomas Bantock, also a mayor of Wolverhampton, and he was educated at
Tettenhall College Tettenhall College is a co-educational independent day and boarding school located in the Wolverhampton suburb of Tettenhall in England. History The college was founded in 1863 by a group of prominent local businessmen and industrialists, most ...
before joining the family firm of Thomas Bantock & Co., coal and iron agents. Bantock was brought up in the family home, Merridale House, now Bantock House, and lived there for the rest of his life, spending time and money improving it.


Politics

Bantock was a Liberal supporter and was elected to the town council in 1900. He was chairman of the finance committee and served as Mayor of Wolverhampton in 1905/06, 1906/07 and again in 1914/15. Bantock is credited with bringing several improvements to the town including the West Front gardens at St Peter's and changes to Queen Square. Bantock was both a borough and a county magistrate, and in 1920 he was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.


Personal life

He was a member of the Congregational Church becoming Senior Deacon; served as a board member at several hospitals and was a generous benefactor. In 1926 he received the Freedom of the Borough. He died in 1938. In his will he left the house and land to his wife on the understanding that on her death it would pass to the people of the town. The Corporation now run it as
Bantock House Museum and Park Bantock House Museum and Park, is a museum of Edwardian life and local history, with of surrounding parkland in Wolverhampton, England. It is named after Alderman Baldwin and Kitty Bantock who once lived there. It is run by Wolverhampton City ...
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References

1862 births 1938 deaths Mayors of Wolverhampton Aldermen of Wolverhampton People from Wolverhampton People educated at Tettenhall College English people of Scottish descent People of the Victorian era High Sheriffs of Staffordshire {{England-mayor-stub