J Shipton, 1854 - 1855

Shipton encountered a difficult period of office when he was elected mayor in 1854, facing much criticism over the dispute between the Council and Wolverhampton Waterworks Company. On concluding his term of office he hosted a farewell dinner party for the Council at his home at Dunstall Hill. Shipton declined to stand for another year.

An account of the party is in Jones, WH 1903 Municipal Life in Wolverhampton (Alexander & Shepherd Ltd London) pp. 84-95
J Jones The Mayors of Wolverhampton Vol 1 (EJ Rowland, Wolverhampton)
Photograph Index - Y1/SHI