Albert Baldwin Bantock, 1905 - 1907 and 1914 - 1915

Born in 1862 and educated at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton, Bantock entered his father's firm of Thomas Bantock & Co after leaving school and became a partner in the business in 1886. The business passed to him on his father's death in 1895. He was associated with Queen Street Congregational Church and pursued an active part in its sunday school throughout his life. As a councillor Bantock was also a director of Tettenhall College and sat on the Management Committee of Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary. On the day of his election he was honoured by being made a life governor of Wolverhampton General Hospital, Eye Infirmary and Women's Hospital. Bantock's father had served as mayor for Wolverhampton between 1869 and 1870. Bantock himself was the first mayor to return to office for three consecutive elections, between 1905 and 1907. He later held the office again, from 1914 until 1915. He served with Wolverhampton Council for thirty-three years.

Taken from Wolverhampton Journal December 1905 pp.317-321 (Includes photograph)
J Jones The Mayors of Wolverhampton Vol 2 (Whitehead Brothers, Wolverhampton)
F Avery (ed) 1948 The Book of the Century
(Grove Publishing Co Ltd England) pp. 48 and 56