Note: dge, he was an active Liberal in Politics and was associated with Stourbridge Unitarian Chapel. He retired from his business as currier about 1850, but was appointed High Bailiff of Stourbridge. He became chairman of Stourbridge Town Improvement Commissioners, chairman of Stourbridge Railway Co., chairman of Strourbridge Board of Guardians which administered the Poor Law in the stourbridge area. He managed Stourbridge Gas Works for a time, was a trustee of Stourbridge Benefit Building Society in the 1850's, was chairman and treasure of Stourbridge Unitarian Chapel's Provident Fund and was an active supporter of Stourbridge Mechanics Institute. In May 1863 he was presented with a silver tea service and canelabrum valued at 300 pounds, " In testimony of the appreciation of person character and of the zeal, ability and integrity with which he has for many years laboured to promote the interests of this town (Stourbridge)and neighborhood". The presentation being made by W.H.Foster, M.P., head of the Stourbridge Ironworks where the Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive to run on rails in America was made. ( The relics of the engine are in the Smithsonian Institution), William Akroyd died of Dropsy on 17 January 1869 aged 64 and was buried in the Stourbridge Unitarian Chapel graveyard. Note: William Akroyd was one of the outstanding figures in the business and public life of Stourbri
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