Percival Nathan Whitley (1893–1956), eldest son of J. H. Whitley, was a cotton spinner and educationist.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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.Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion
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.Calderdale College: Percival Whitley Centre
He was Mayor of Halifax during World War II between 1941 and 1942Mayors of Halifax 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.
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