Biography:
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Akroyd English manufacturer was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810 and when he died in 1887 he still owned the family firm. He inherited James Akroyd & Sons Ltd. from his father in 1847 and he became the owner of one of the country's largest worsted manufacturers. He established mills at Haley Hill in Halifax and then at Copley two miles or so to the south.
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| Country Of Citizenship | United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland |
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