Blue Plaque - William Nash Skillicorne
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William Nash Skillicorne was the first mayor of Cheltenham, and this blue plaque lived in this house.
Waymark Code: WMCW3V
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/17/2011
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William Nash Skillicorne was the great grandson of the founder of Cheltenham Spa and became the first mayor of Cheltenham in 1876. He served as mayor twice: 1876-77, 1879-82, before his death in 1887.
A picture of him can be found online on the BBC website, painted in 1882. The original is in the Cheltenham Art Gallery.