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Description: | c1933.
Portrait of Alderman Robert Holliday Blackburn in the robes of Lord Mayor of Leeds, the position that he held during 1932-33. His time in office included the day of the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Leeds to open the Civic Hall on 23rd August 1933. Alderman Blackburn, from Bramley, represented the Conservatives on Leeds City Council as councillor or alderman for 35 years, with the exception of one year. He was the chairman and joint managing director of William Blackburn & Co. Ltd., clothing manufacturers, of Whitehall Road, founded by his father in 1867. He died on 31st August 1950 aged 76 years. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Lord Mayor R.H. Blackburn Robert Holliday Blackburn Alderman | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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