Unknown mayor, possibly Sir Henry Bennett (timber merchant), by Audas c1890.

An original cabinet card studio portrait by William Seaton Audas of 42 Freeman Street Grimsby and The Promenade, Cleethorpes. Audas (born 1848 and died 1895) was certainly working at 42 Freeman Street between 1885 and 1894. (He was at 46 Freeman Street in 1881.) He had a studio on The Promenade, Cleethorpes between 1888 and 1894. This helps date the portrait to around 1890.

The mayor of Grimsby in 1889 and 1890, was Sir Henry Bennett, timber merchant. This may be him in the picture.