Salford's Famous Men
Politics
Bob Boyd
..... made history as the FIRST ever Liberal
Democrat candidate to be elected on the Labour-dominated Salford Council when he
took the Tory seat of Worsley and Boothstown
Joseph Brotherton
..... died January 7th 1857 ..... Salford's FIRST Member of Parliament
Lt Col. Dick Crawshaw
..... born in Weaste, he became a Labour MP for Toxteth, Liverpool and in
1972 set a new world record when he walked non-stop for 76 hours 21 minutes
around the Aintree car racing circuit
James
Grimble Groves ..... died 1914 ..... in 1892
he was appointed a borough magistrate and in 1900 was elected Conservative MP
for south Salford. He called for the establishment of children's police courts
in Salford and with his brother was one of the founders of the Salford Lads
Club. He was chairman and managing director of Groves and Whitnall Ltd
Lees Knowles - Sir
..... member of the family that owned collieries at Pendlebury, Pendleton,
Agecroft, Clifton Hall and Little Lever he was a double blue at Cambridge
University and later became an author, barrister, deputy Lieutenant of
Lancashire and Conservative Member of Parliament for West Salford 1886-1906.
King Edward V111 made him a baronet
Terry Lewis
..... Member of
Parliament
W
Lorimer ..... born in 1861 in Pendleton he
went to America in 1866 with his parents and in 1909 was serving in the United
States Senate as the Junior Senator for Illinois
Frederick
James Marquis ..... born in West Park Street
in 1883 he had a distinguished career in the world of commerce and politics and
was chairman of Lewis's Ltd. In 1935 he was knighted and in 1939 was created 1st
Baron Woolton of Liverpool. In 1940 he became Minister of Food and three years
later Minister of Reconstruction and later Chancellor of Manchester University
Hugh Parr Scanlon
..... born October 26th 1913 died January 2004 ..... he became a leading
trade unionist through the 50s, 60s and 70s and in later years became Lord
Scanlon of Davyhulme. He went to school in Davyhulme and at the age of 14 became
an apprentice at Metropolitan Vickers in Trafford Park. At the age of 23 he was
a shop steward and by the age of 32 was president of the Associated Union of
Engineering Workers. He went on to become a member of the Trades Union Congress
where he was known as a tough negotiator
V J P Scerri
.....
in 1970 he made local civic history when he became Salford's FIRST ever
Director of Social Services. His job was to unify and administer all the
civic welfare, children's and home health services
Joseph
Toole ..... died 1945. From 1923 to 24 and
1929 to 1931 he was Member of Parliament for South Salford and from 1936-37 was
Lord Mayor of Manchester. Born in Park Street, Salford he attended Mount Carmel
School
James Thompson
..... born 1854 died 1904 ..... councillor, born on Ordsall Lane, he
was responsible for creating open air baths in the poor districts of Salford and
worked hard for the formation of a produce market. He was also interested in the
lighting of vehicles and general sanitation and for many years struggled for the
provision of a horse ambulance at the Docks in case of accidents
Ben Wallsworth ..... born in Ordsall in
1920? he retired in 2004 at the age of 84 years as Salford's longest serving
councillor. He was first elected to the old Salford Council in 1957 and
represented Labour in Weaste, Langworthy and finally Blackfriars wards. During
the war years he was a member of the Royal Army Service Corps and was
instrumental in shooting down several enemy planes and disabling a German gun
emplacement. He was awarded the Military Medal for his bravery with the British
Expeditionary Forces on the beaches of Dunkirk and when he became Mayor of
Salford from 2002 to 2003 he was possibly the only first citizen to hold that
office to have received such an award
Tony Wentworth ..... in 2004 he became
Salford's first ever BNP candidate. He moved from Greenwich, London, two years
ago and says his campaign will focus on crime and education issues