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Arthur Wakerley (1862 – 1931) was a British architect businessman and politician. Born in Melton Mowbray he was articled to James Bird. He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and sometime President of the Leicester Society of Architects. He was President of the Leicester Liberal Association and in 1886 was elected as a councilor for Middle St Margaret’s Ward and was mayor in 1897 the youngest mayor since the reforms of 1835.
