Albert Lindsay Parkinson

He left school at fourteen to join his father's business, Jacob Parkinson & Co., which later expanded into the building trade.

On the death of Jacob in 1902, the business became a limited company, with Lindsay Parkinson as managing director.

Parkinson was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 1922 King's Birthday Honours.

Parkinson remained involved in politics, serving as chairman of the Blackpool Conservative and Unionist Association in 1924.

He arranged his own cricket eleven, which played two first-class matches, one in 1933 against the touring West Indians, and one in 1935 against Leicestershire, both at Stanley Park.