William Ryle II (1834–1881) was an English silk manufacturer who lived in the United States.

Biography

He was born on March 2, 1834, in

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...

, England to William Ryle I, one of the most successful silk manufacturers in England. William Ryle was the nephew of John Ryle, who is widely regarded as the "Father of the U.S. Silk Industry" in Paterson, New Jersey. Ryle later went to the United States where in

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Mary Danforth, daughter of Charles Danforth, a railroad tycoon. He died on November 5, 1881. At the time of his death, his fortune was estimated to be close to $25,000,000, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryle, William People from Macclesfield 1834 births 1881 deaths Burials at Cedar Lawn Cemetery People from Paterson, New Jersey British emigrants to the United States