| Walter Rankin | |
| Birth Date: | 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Braintree, Essex, England |
| Occupation: | Printer and politician |
| Children: | 1 |
Walter Rankin (1892 – 17 February 1965), was a British printer and politician.
Walter Rankin was born and raised in Braintree, Essex.
In 1907, he began his printing apprenticeship with C Joscelyne, Printers, of Braintree, Essex.[1]
In 1913 he joined J G Hammond and Co, of Birmingham, took a correspondence course, and sat the City and Guilds London Institute exams in 1915 and 1916.[1] From 1916 to 1924, he worked for Manifoldia of Birmingham.[1] From 1924 to 1927 for Century Press, Fulham Road, London.[1]
In a 1957 by-election, following his wife's death in December 1956, Rankin was elected as a member of the London County Council (LCC) for Fulham, and remained an LCC member until its abolition in April 1965.[2]
In 1917, he married Ethel Mary Stock, a politician, who was an LCC member for Fulham, from 1949 until she died in 1956, rising to vice chairman.[2] [1] [3] They had one son.[2]