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Charles
Tertius Mander, 1892 - 1896
Mander was born on the 16th July 1852, the son of Charles
B Mander of Wolverhampton. The Manders were a well-established family
and CT Mander's grandfather, great-grandfather, great-uncle and
uncle had all been members of the earlier Board of Township Commissioners.
He was educated at Rugby and Corpus Christie College, and graduated
with an MA in the 1870s. Whilst at Cambridge he served in the Military
Volunteers. He became a lieutenant in the Himley Troop of the Queen's
Own Staffordshire Yeomanry, and later was captain of the Wolverhampton
Troop. He entered Wolverhampton Council in 1886 as a Conservative
representing St Peter's Ward. Six years later he was elected mayor
and held the post for four consecutive years. During this time he
was associated with the development of electricity and the tramway
system in Wolverhampton, to which he donated seasonal gifts, including
warm underwear for cabmen, tram conductors and drivers. Some of
his other benevolent acts included a dinner for one thousand people
at the Agricultural Hall for destitute children and the poor, and
entertaining the upper and middle classes in a local drill hall.
When his term of office ended he presented the Corporation with
a George III silver rosewater dish, and in turn was given a portrait
of himself, painted by the Honouree John Collier. As a practicing
non-conformist, Mander became secretary of the Church Congress of
Wolverhampton in 1887. An enthusiastic sportsman, in the 1870s he
played full-back for Wolverhampton Rugby Football Club, of which
he later became president. He was also Vice-president of Wolverhampton
Wanderers Football Club and Wolverhampton and District Football
League. He was an active member of the Albrighton Hunt: as result
of a hunting accident he was forced to withdraw from public life
for many months. During his life Mander held a number of prominent
positions including High Sheriff of Staffordshire, Vice-president
of the Royal Orphanage and Treasurer of the Blue Coat School. He
and his wife were hosts to Lloyd George when he visited the town
on the 23rd November 1918. It was at this time that Mander was honoured
with the Freedom of the Borough. He died in April 1929 at 'The Mount',
Compton, aged seventy-six.
J
Jones The Mayors of Wolverhampton Vol 2
Mander Brothers Manufacturers referenced in Kelly's Directory of
Staffordshire 1896 (Kelly & Co Ltd London)
Biography Express & Star 21st June 1911
Biography Express & Star 20th September 1935
Death Wolverhampton Chronicle 10th April 1929
Funeral Wolverhampton Chronicle 17th April 1929
Biography Express & Star 20th September 1935
Photograph Index - Y4/POL, Y1/MAN C, Y1/MAN CT, L6/MANDE/E/1, L6MAN,
Y1/MAN,
OV/31, 32, 44, 391, C1/STJO/4/1, C1STJO/5/5, V1/GLO/2 and OV/203,
204, 205 ,223, 265.
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