Percival Nathan Whitley (1893–1956), eldest son of J. H. Whitley, was a cotton spinner and educationist.[1]
Early life and education
editBorn 1893 in Halifax, Yorkshire, the eldest child of John and Margherita Whitley. Percival was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford.[2]
Career
editPercival was in the BEF during World War I and participated in the attack on Salonika.
Like his grandfather he went into local politics, working mostly in the Education sector. He is credited with starting vocational education in Calderdale.[3]
He was Mayor of Halifax during World War II between 1941 and 1942[4] and his sister, Margaret Phyllis, was Mayoress.
He took over the family Cotton Spinning business, S. Whitley and Son, up to his death.
Later life
editPercival died, unmarried, in 1956 and is buried in the family plot, 456, in Lister Lane Cemetery.[2]
References
edit- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion
- ^ Calderdale College: Percival Whitley Centre Archived 2010-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mayors of Halifax Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine