Thomas Gustav Schwabe Garnett
Chairman of Turton Local Board: 1886-89 (Conservative)
Chairman of Turton Urban District Council: 1895-1900 (Conservative)
Born: Clitheroe, Lancashire c. 1841
Died: Shefferlands, Halton, Lancaster 12 April 1911
First Chairman of Turton Urban District Council.
Cotton spinner.
Proprietor of Thomas & Jeremiah Garnett Ltd, Cox Green Mills, Bromley Cross and Clitheroe - cotton spinners and manufacturers in partnership with his brother Jeremiah Garnett.
His uncle, also Jeremiah Garnett, was the first printer and later editor and part owner of the Manchester Guardian.
Represented Bromley Cross Ward.
He lived at Ousel Nest, Bromley Cross.
Buried at Halton, Lancaster.
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