William Warner, 1851 - 1852

Warner was born in Wolverhampton and attended the Grammar School, where he was appointed trustee in 1835. He was actively involved with the school for much of his life and supported the building of a new local school by pledging £100. He also contributed to other public charities. During his term of office as mayor he addressed the visiting Royal Family. He became Treasurer of Blue Coat School and a magistrate of the Commission of the Peace of the Borough. He was also Director of Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Banking Company, a position previously held by his father. After a long illness he died in 1873, aged seventy-three.

Death Wolverhampton Chronicle 15th October 1873.
J Jones The Mayors of Wolverhampton Vol 1 (EJ Rowland, Wolverhampton)
Photograph Index - YI/WAR/1A

William Warner - 1851 - 1852