Mayor of Margate 1881 and 1882

Born Margate 1832.

Actively involved in public life at Margate; twice Mayor in 1881 and 1882.

From a young age actively involved in commercial pursuits, being in the profession of an auctioneer and estate agent, becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Auctioneers.

Served as a councillor for Marine Ward.

Elected on the first school board for the United District.

A Director of the Isle of Thanet Gas Company.

Chairman of the Margate Hoy Company that he was instrumental in founding.

A member of and agent for the Isle of Thanet Building Society.

Supported the Council in their endeavours to obtain legislative power for getting water from a distance of 16 miles from the town to prevent its contamination from the sea, known as the Wingham Scheme.

(from Contemporary Biographies edited by W.T. Pike, Brighton 1904. Kent at the opening of the XX century by T. Bavington Jones)

George Lansell was a cousin to John Bayly, and presented the Margate Mayoral Chain to the town in 1882.

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