Dr. William Miller Coultate, Burnley

This item is active and ready to use

iBase ID

267564

Reference identifier

EBU20150310001

Title

Dr. William Miller Coultate, Burnley

Place

Burnley

Personal names

William Miller Coultate

General notes

William Coultate was born in Clitheroe in 1813. He was educated at both the Burnley and Clitheroe Grammar Schools, before continuing his education in Dublin. Here he became a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons.

After returning to Burnley, Dr. Coultate became heavily involved in the creation of the Mechanics Institute, becoming its 40th member in 1836. When the first Improvement Act was obtained in 1847, Dr. Coultate became one of the sixty people elected by Burnley rate payers as a commissioner. He took this role very seriously and constantly pushed for reforms in the borough. This included the obtaining of Burnley's charter of incorporation in 1861, which William, along with other local officials, fought hard to obtain. This led to him becoming one of Burnley's first Aldermen, a position he maintained until his death in 1882. So highly thought of was Dr Coultate, that he was also made a county magistrate in 1869.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

10.3 x 12.5

Year of image

c1880

Enter year in yyyy format

Locator

Q11: William Miller Coultate

Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

This item includes these files

Image