A NEW PEER.
'' SIR.'J. H. WHITLEY, COTTON- : SPINNER. -DT TELEGRAPH —PItESS ASSOCIATION— COPYMGHI i (Rec. May 20, 8.38 p.m.) London, 'Maj; 20. ' Mr. J. H. member for ; Halifax, is. retiring from the ijSouse. of Com'mons on'the ground of ill-health. Ho will)go to the House of Lords. : MR, WHITLEY'S CAREER. ' Mr. John Henry Whitley, horn at Halifax in : 1866, has been a Liberal Whip and a Junior jlord of the Treasury (unpaid), since 1907. 'Halifax rotiirnetl' liim as in 1900 and' ;again in 1906. Ho is senior partner; in. S. ' Whitley, and Co., cotton-spinners, .and is one of the' leading,'cottoii-spinners' of Halifax.' ' Edii- . Gated at Clifton College, and a BiAV of'the' University of London,' he has borne, a conspicu : pus. part in public work, devoting himself especially, to the en'cb'iiragonient of gynina'siumsj recreative eveniiig schools, 'and boys'' brigades. . He' lias! beon oil' the Halifax Borongh.,.Coun'cil, for .many years, and takes', su'ch a close interest in' the Tramways- JJepartniont that 1 he has patented a special brake. Amongst other things, he 'is a magistrate, a Coiigregationalist, and a believer in profit-sharing, whose .faith, as. his employees'know, is not destitute of works.' He ■is married to : a' daughter, JUr. GiuHci'Mur.chetti, of Halifax. He is an authority! on land values. ' :1 ' . . :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 203, 21 May 1908, Page 7
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207A NEW PEER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 203, 21 May 1908, Page 7
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