Peter Jaconelli
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 on 25 November 1925 His father, Richard, 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, being known as the King of the Cornets. 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. 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. Outside business, he was a Conservative local councillor becoming mayor of Scarborough for 1971–1972 and made Honorary Alderman of the Borough of Scarborough in 1996. He was also chairman of the North Yorkshire County Council planning committee, and on a number of other local government committees. On