William Priestley (wool clothier)
British wool clothier
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| Intro | British wool clothier | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1779 | |
| Death | 1 January 1861 (aged 82 years) |
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William Priestley (1779–1861) was a Halifax wool clothier. He had a strong interest in music, especially German and his personal library housed many unusual items of German choral music, which had formed much of the early repertory of The Halifax Choral Society, with which he is credited with founding.