Jethro Haslam

Chairman of Turton Urban District Council: 1934 (Died in office) (Conservative)

Born: Harwood, Turton 1876

Died: Turton Tower, Turton 2 August 1934

Farmer.

Died in the Council Chamber at Turton Tower, shortly after attending two hours of Committee meetings - and presenting a man and a boy with Humane Society certificates for bravery - and just before he would have chaired the monthly Council meeting itself.

President of Bolton and District Dairy Farmers Association.

Lived at Ox Shutt Gate Farm, Tottington Road, Harwood.