Francis Chandler

Born in Harrow, Chandler became an apprentice joiner in Notting Hill at the age of fourteen.

On completing the apprenticeship, he joined the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASC&J).

[2] While in office, Chandler served on the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws,[3] signing the minority report.

In his spare time, Chandler served on the Chorlton Board of Guardians, becoming its chairman in 1906.

[2] Chandler retired in 1919, but maintained his connection with the union and its successor, the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, which marked his seventy-year-long membership shortly before his death in 1937.