Christopher Garnett (politician)
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J. Christopher "Chris" Garnett is a British politician from Colchester
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Garnett is a Conservative Party (UK)
councillor for the Dedham & Langham ward of Colchester Borough Council. He is also chair of the Colchester and Tendring Community Trust, a nonprofit organisation which assists the smaller voluntary groups in the Colchester and Tendring areas.
Garnett served as Mayor of Colchester
from 2000 to 2001. He served in the British army
, reaching the rank of major
before he left the army in 1974.
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
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Garnett is a Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
councillor for the Dedham & Langham ward of Colchester Borough Council. He is also chair of the Colchester and Tendring Community Trust, a nonprofit organisation which assists the smaller voluntary groups in the Colchester and Tendring areas.
Garnett served as Mayor of Colchester
Mayor of Colchester
The Mayor of Colchester sits as non-political chairman of Colchester Borough Council and serves as the civic representative of the borough. The mayoralty is customarily awarded to the most senior councillor of one of the political groups-Current Mayor:...
from 2000 to 2001. He served in the British army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
, reaching the rank of major
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
before he left the army in 1974.