Mr Frank John Mason MBE (1883-1887)

Draper and milliner and costumier. Chairman of W & J Smith Ltd and a director of the Eastern Counties Building Society. He was a member of Ipswich Town Council for many years and mayor in 1921/2. He was awarded MBE on 1 January 1920 as a civilian war honour. He was an active member of a number of Ipswich committees and associations. He died in 1942.