William Rylands

Sir William Peter Rylands, 1st Baronet (23 October 1868 – 22 October 1948), was a British businessman.

Rylands was head of Rylands Brothers and served as High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1935.[1] He was created a baronet, of Thelwall in the County Palatine of Chester, in 1939.[2] He died in October 1948, one day before his eightieth birthday. The title died with him.

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: February 1935 no. 34135. p. 22 February 1935. 1266.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34596. p. 856. 7 February 1939.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Thelwall)
1939–1948 		Extinct
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