Description:Louis Glass, who was born in 1903 in Burton-on-Trent, qualified as a doctor and then, in 1929, was elected onto Birmingham City Council for the Ladywood ward. The committees on which he served reflect his medical background and interest in public health, and he was chairman of both the Baths and Water Committees. From 1963 to 1964 he served as Lord Mayor of Birmingham. He unsuccessfully contested the 1969 Ladywood by-election for the Conservative Party. Glass died at the age of 70 in 1974.