Coal Merchant and Shipping Magnate. Lived in Crowpill House by the docks.
G. B. Sully by Frederick Brueton; collection of Bridgwater Town Council. Art UK. Note the chain did not exist in his time in office, so this portrait was made later.
Francis James Thompson, by James Ricks;; Bridgwater Town Council; collection of Bridgwater Town Council. Art UK
Alfred Peace: 1885, 1887
Coal Merchant and Haulier, with interests in many businesses in the town: prime mover behind bringing the Somerset and Dorset Railway Line to Bridgwater. In his time as mayor the gold chain was commissioned.
Alfred Peace 1845-1912. Taken from the Bridgwater Mercury and Peace’s Obitauary
John Henry Waddon: 1889
Rope manufacturer and provisioned of ships.
F. Charles Foster: 1890, 1897
Charles Foster, by Frederick Brueton; collection of Bridgwater Town Council. Art UK
Thomas Manchip: 1892
Thomas Manchip, by Frederick Brueton; collection of Bridgwater Town Council. Art UK
Henry W. Pollard: 1893, 1894, 1895, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911
Owner of a building company.
William Thompson: 1900, 1901
Photograph 1913, taken from the Morganian.
W.T. Manchip: 1902, 1903
W. Manchip, , by Frederick Brueton; collection of Bridgwater Town Council. Art UK
Richard Own Sully: 1909, 1912
R.O. Sully (in chain) at the Proclamation of George V, 10 May 1910.
W. H. J. Marding; 1923
At the unveiling of the town’s war memorial in King Square.
Walter Deacon: 1925, 1926, 1927
Postcard. Deacon gives his name to the street in Sydenham.
