Percival Nathan Whitley
Percival Nathan Whitley (1893 – 1956), eldest son of J. H. Whitley, was a cotton spinner and educationist.[1]
Early life and education[]
Born 1893 in Halifax, Yorkshire, the eldest child of John and Margherita Whitley. Percival was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford.[2]
Career[]
Percival 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[]
Percival died, unmarried, in 1956 and is buried in the family plot, 456, in Lister Lane Cemetery.[2]
References[]
- ^ 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
- 1894 births
- People from Halifax, West Yorkshire
- 1956 deaths
- British educational theorists
- Mayors of Halifax, West Yorkshire
- People educated at Rugby School