William Gradwell-Goodwin

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Sir William Gradwell-Goodwin
JP
Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
In office
1913–1920
Personal details
Born
William Valters Summers Gradwell-Goodwin

(1862-02-22)22 February 1862
Died26 January 1942(1942-01-26) (aged 79)

Sir William Valters Summers Gradwell-Goodwin [1] JP (22 February 1862 [2] – 26 January 1942 [3] ) was the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, from 1913 to 1920. [4] He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to the town during the First World War. [5]

Footnotes

  1. Some sources spell his surname without the hyphen.
  2. 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. Death Notice, The Times , 29 January 1942
  4. "Mayors from 1900 to Present". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  5. "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.


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