Sir Peter Rylands, 1st Baronet

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

Sir Peter Rylands, c. 1920

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. "No. 34135". The London Gazette. 1266. p. 22 February 1935.
  2. "No. 34596". The London Gazette. 7 February 1939. p. 856.
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