Peter Jaconelli
Peter Jaconelli | |
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| Born | 25 November 1925 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 15 May 1999 (aged 73) |
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| Political party | Conservative |
Peter Jaconelli (25 November 1925 – 15 May 1999), was a business magnate, and mayor of Scarborough, North Yorkshire from 1971–1972. He was implicated in the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.
Life
Jaconelli was born in Glasgow[1] on 25 November 1925[2] His father, Richard,[3] was head of a company (founded in 1833 by his Italian great grandfather) manufacturing and selling ice cream which relocated with the family in 1933 to Scarborough. Here the seven-year-old Jaconelli began selling, something he continued to do even when he became chief executive and even after retiring in 1991,[2] being known as the King of the Cornets.[4] When in charge of the company he expanded it from a local company to a national catering one, supplying both ice-creams and frozen desserts to restaurants.[2] At its peak in the 1990s it supplied 2.5 million litres of frozen desserts per year, including exports to Spain, Portugal and the Middle East.[3]
Outside business, he was a Conservative local councillor[5] becoming mayor of Scarborough for 1971–1972 and made Honorary Alderman of the Borough of Scarborough in 1996.[4] He was also chairman of the North Yorkshire County Council planning committee, and on a number of other local government committees.[2]
On 27 April 1972 he ate 500 oysters in 48.07 minutes to establish a Guinness World Record.[6]
He died 15 May 1999[2] and was buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Scarborough.[1] In 2012 his close friend Jimmy Savile was buried nearby.[1]
Sexual abuse scandal
In 2014 it was revealed that Jaconelli had been charged with Indecent assault in 1972 and with Savile was suspected of being part of a paedophile ring which had operated in Scarborough.[7] Savile's headstone had already been removed, and Jaconelli's was removed shortly after.[1] The title of Honorary Alderman was posthumously removed in 2013.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Mystery as shamed Scarborough mayor's headstone disappears". Yorkshire Post. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Wainwright, Martin (20 May 1999). "Obituary Peter Jaconelli, The ice cream king of Scarborough". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ a b "End of an era for Jaconelli's". The Scarborough News. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Ex-Scarborough mayor Jaconelli 'charged with indecent assault in 1970s'". Yorkshire Post. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Harvey Proctor, K. (2016). Credible and true: the political and personal memoir of K. Harvey Proctor. London: Biteback. p. 23. ISBN 9781785900013 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ McWhirter, Norris; McWhirter, Ross (1974). Guinness Book of World Records. Enfield: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 476 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ The Newsroom (31 December 2014). "'Shocked' Jaconelli family speaks up". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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