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251:. The firm, which had a capital of £2 million, became the largest textile manufacturing concern in the UK. His business made him Manchester's first multi-millionaire. He employed 15,000 people in his 17 mills and factories, which produced 35 long tons (39 short tons) of cloth a day.
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Manchester warehouse in 1854 but the loss, although very large, was speedily repaired. By 1864 the warehouses were seven storeys high and extended all the way along New High Street (now High Street) in Manchester: "they had become the summit of the firm's hierarchical
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The tomb has several Bible texts inscribed upon it which reflect his deep
Christian faith: 1. "Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ." (1 Peter 1:18-19) 2. "They shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts In that day when I make up my jewels." (Malachi 3:17) 3. "Looking for the mercy of our Lord
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form of faith. He was of an ecumenical spirit and hoped that sectarian differences would tend to decrease: a number of Union
Chapels (including one in Stretford and two in Manchester) were supported by him. His charities were numerous but unobtrusive. Among other benefactions he established and
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His aptitude for trade quickly became obvious and manifested itself early and, before the age of eighteen, he entered into partnership with his elder brothers Joseph and
Richard. Their father joined them in 1819, when the firm of Rylands & Sons was established, the seat of operations being
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Jesus Christ unto eternal life." (Jude 1:21) 4. "Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation." (1 Peter 1:5) 5. "The Lord stood with me and strengthened me." (2 Timothy 4:17). 6. "Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit serving the Lord." (Romans 12:11).
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Rylands was retired and reserved except in the company of his friends, and always shrank from public office of any kind, although he was not indifferent to public interests. He was politically liberal in his enterprises. When the
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was mooted, and there seemed a doubt as to the ways and means for the enterprise, he took up £50,000 worth of shares, increasing his contribution when the project appeared again in danger. Rylands was a
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331:, where Rylands passed some of his later years from 1882, having built a house named Longford there after his mainland estate. His donations to the poor of Rome were so generous as to induce the
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His estate, the bulk of which was left to his wife
Enriqueta, was valued at £2,574,922 (£362 million as of 2024), greater than that left by any other cotton manufacturer to that time.
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Manchester. The first day of opening was 1 January 1900. A posthumous grant of arms to John Rylands was obtained in 1893 in which the arms of Tennant are impaled with those of Rylands.
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Joseph and
Richard retired around 1839 and the death of their father in July 1847 made John Rylands sole proprietor. The business continued to expand and in 1849 a warehouse was opened in
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and completed in 1892. The elaborate superstructure of the tomb which included four angels was taken down in 1927 after it was vandalised and the bronze railings were stolen in 1967.
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but he retained sole management of it. The extra capital from this move led to the purchase of more mills and the company entered into fresh business in many quarters of the
136:(7 February 1801 – 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and
353:, arranged in numbered paragraphs, 1863, 4to, 1272 pages, with an excellent index in a separate volume of 277 pages. Two subsequent editions were printed in 1878 and 1886.
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he built on the site of an earlier house. In 2009 the local council placed a "blue plaque" at the site of
Longford Hall to commemorate John and Enriqueta Rylands.
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After having learned to weave, Rylands became a small-scale manufacturer of hand-looms, while also working in the draper's shop which his father had opened in
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Reuben
Spencer described him as "a staunch Nonconformist of the Baptist denomination but ... very catholic in his feelings toward all other denominations" (
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works, were purchased. Valuable seams of coal were afterwards discovered under these properties, and proved a great source of wealth to the purchasers.
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Former Union
Baptist Chapel, Edge Lane, Stretford (opened by John Rylands, 1867), later the Rylands Hall, offices of the St Vincent Housing Association
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John, the youngest partner, occupied himself with travelling over several counties for orders until 1823, when he opened a warehouse for the firm in
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manuscripts, purchased by her in 1901, form part of the contents. The library was inaugurated on 6 October 1899, when Mrs Rylands received the
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organization, the seat of its central power and the goal of all ambitious employees" (D. A. Farnie, in "John Rylands of Manchester", 1973).
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The historic reading room of the John Rylands library looking west (statue of John Rylands by John Cassidy in distance)
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In 1825 the firm became merchants as well as manufacturers, and about the same time they erected a new spinning
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For many years he employed the Rev. F. Bugby, John Gaskin, and other competent scholars to prepare special
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This article is about the entrepreneur and philanthropist. For the library founded in his honour, see
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Rylands died at his home, Longford Hall, on 11 December 1888, at the age of 87. He was buried in the
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Rylands's widow erected in Manchester a permanent memorial of her husband in the
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Rylands was the third son of Joseph Rylands, a manufacturer of cotton goods, of
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753:"The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)"
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and religious works which he printed for free distribution. These included:
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Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
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Tomb of John Rylands and his third wife at Southern Cemetery, Manchester
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He married three times: first, in 1825, Dinah, daughter of W. Raby of
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Hymns of the Church Universal, with Prefaces, Annotations, and Indexes
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Stretford, Greater Manchester; The Churches of Britain and Ireland
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23:. For the English barrister, genealogist and topographer, see
788:. Manchester: John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
716:. Manchester: John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
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Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
413:, of which the famous Althorp Library, purchased by her from
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655:; 15 April 1865, p. 3, ii), cited in Farnie (1993), p. 36
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Glasgow, Eric. "Manchester's John Rylands Library", 2000
836:. London: Robert Hale ("John Rylands", pp. 197–202)
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Farnie, D. A. (1973) "John Rylands of Manchester", in:
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North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association
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Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
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243:In 1873, Rylands converted his business into a
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127:Joseph Rylands and Elizabeth (née) Pilkington
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1561:B. Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co
522:(online ed.), Oxford University Press,
119:Dinah Raby, Martha Carden, Enriqueta Tennant
2371:John Rylands Research Institute and Library
2081:United Textile Factory Workers' Association
2071:Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation
807:. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
319:, library and a coffeehouse in the town of
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163:(1899) in the Rylands Library Reading Room
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2316:British textile industry businesspeople
615:The Curriers' Company: A Modern History
519:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
516:Farnie, D. A. (2004), "Rylands, John",
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311:of slender means, and he provided a
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2036:Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union
1581:William Roberts & Co of Nelson
803:Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000).
682:The chapels in Manchester were at
664:Founded 1865; Farnie (1993), p. 89
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2321:People from St Helens, Merseyside
2056:General Union of Loom Overlookers
335:to decorate him in 1880 with the
254:From 1857, John Rylands lived at
2041:Amalgamated Weavers' Association
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1471:Sidney Stott (later Sir Philip)
627:Hartwell, Clare, et al. (2004)
2331:Businesspeople from Lancashire
1899:Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust
270:Worshipful Company of Curriers
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1874:Lancashire Cotton Corporation
1848:Thomas Whitehead and Brothers
1551:W & J Galloway & Sons
438:Southern Cemetery, Manchester
371:, arranged on a similar plan.
1652:John Hetherington & Sons
1536:Clayton, Goodfellow & Co
1275:Thomas Ferguson & Co Ltd
535:UK public library membership
140:'s first multi-millionaire.
1637:Butterworth & Dickinson
686:, Chorlton-on-Medlock, and
589:"Blue Plaques in Stretford"
337:Order of the Crown of Italy
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1869:Fine Spinners and Doublers
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786:John Rylands of Manchester
714:John Rylands of Manchester
268:He was a liveryman of the
159:Statue of John Rylands by
18:
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2275:John Kay (flying shuttle)
1920:Cotton-spinning machinery
1692:Parr, Curtis & Madely
1642:Curtis, Parr & Walton
1521:Browett, Lindley & Co
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724:; plates 21-23 (f.p. 81).
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1717:Textile Machinery Makers
1697:British Northrop Loom Co
1616:Woolstenhulmes & Rye
1566:John Musgrave & Sons
1446:Bradshaw Gass & Hope
575:Friends of Longford Park
2336:English philanthropists
2234:Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
1894:James Burton & Sons
1884:Combined Egyptian Mills
1722:Tweedales & Smalley
751:Clark, Gregory (2017).
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1930:Magnetic ring spinning
1925:DREF friction spinning
1606:Willans & Robinson
1511:Bateman & Sherratt
1315:Brigitta Scherzenfeldt
784:Farnie, D. A. (1993).
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1915:Textile manufacturing
1727:T. Wildman & Sons
1712:Taylor, Lang & Co
1672:Howard & Bullough
1662:John Pilling and Sons
1596:Urmson & Thompson
1506:Ashworth & Parker
1335:Margaretha Zetterberg
1021:Barber-Colman knotter
561:Parkinson-Bailey 2000
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344:editions of the Bible
291:Manchester Ship Canal
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94:, Lancashire, England
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1526:Buckley & Taylor
1451:F.W. Dixon & Son
1344:Employment practices
1305:Margaretha Reichardt
1295:Maria Elisabet Öberg
1260:Micheline Beauchemin
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653:Manchester City News
411:John Rylands Library
360:'s Italian Testament
21:John Rylands Library
2102:Kissing the shuttle
1879:Bagley & Wright
1818:George Augustus Lee
1808:William Houldsworth
1778:Nathaniel Eckersley
1647:Dobson & Barlow
1591:Scott & Hodgson
1556:Benjamin Goodfellow
1541:Earnshaw & Holt
1356:Kissing the shuttle
423:Freedom of the City
404:Enriqueta Augustina
386:Marriages and death
369:'s French Testament
258:, in Stretford, an
234:Wood Street, London
16:British businessman
1758:Hugh Hornby Birley
1702:Pemberton & Co
1687:Mather & Platt
1667:Harling & Todd
1632:Brooks & Doxey
1576:Petrie of Rochdale
1571:J & W McNaught
1516:Boulton & Watt
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2005:Lancashire boiler
1935:Open-end spinning
1857:Limited companies
1823:Charles Macintosh
1763:Joseph Brotherton
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1990:Air-jet loom
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1788:William Gray
1783:John Fielden
1768:James Burton
1586:George Saxon
1501:Ashton Frost
1456:Edward Potts
1325:Gunta Stölzl
1310:John Rylands
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1174:Air-jet loom
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2311:1888 deaths
2306:1801 births
2285:Robert Owen
1995:Rapier loom
1970:Water frame
1838:Robert Peel
1798:Samuel Greg
1793:Hannah Greg
1753:Hugh Birley
1736:Mill owners
1300:Lilly Reich
1255:Otti Berger
1250:Anni Albers
1219:Rapier loom
950:Plain weave
890:Basketweave
734:Farnie 1993
692:Fallowfield
684:Oxford Road
493:, p. 7
491:Farnie 1993
325:Havenstreet
303:maintained
100:Nationality
2300:Categories
2158:Manchester
2153:Lancashire
2148:Derbyshire
2097:More looms
2000:Dandy loom
1889:Courtaulds
1828:Hugh Mason
1434:Architects
1424:Lancashire
1351:More looms
1214:Power loom
1184:Dobby loom
1179:Dandy loom
988:Components
940:Pile weave
930:Leno weave
915:Even-weave
834:Lancashire
537:required.)
470:References
305:orphanages
260:Italianate
210:works and
204:Manchester
138:Manchester
108:Occupation
73:Lancashire
57:1801-02-07
2198:Yorkshire
2183:Stockport
2128:LCC mills
1546:Fairbairn
1270:Ada Dietz
1164:Types of
920:Gabardine
367:Ostervald
321:Stretford
313:town hall
309:ministers
223:Ainsworth
169:St Helens
151:Biography
145:St Helens
124:Parent(s)
116:Spouse(s)
92:Stretford
75:, England
69:St Helens
2243:Pioneers
2188:Tameside
2173:Rochdale
2143:Cheshire
1965:Steaming
1682:Asa Lees
1133:Tapestry
1081:Pibiones
995:Textiles
900:Coverlet
613:(2000),
455:See also
193:calicoes
189:dowlases
185:ginghams
111:Engineer
2207:Museums
2178:Salford
2168:Preston
1960:Carding
1238:Weavers
1101:Shuttle
895:Charvet
876:Weaving
832:(1951)
595:8 March
400:Ardwick
358:Diodati
327:on the
300:Baptist
263:mansion
103:British
2133:Bolton
1427:cotton
1245:Acesas
1148:Wicker
1143:Wattle
1138:Temple
1128:Tāniko
1106:Sizing
1066:Kasuri
1051:Heddle
1026:Beamer
965:Swivel
935:Oxford
925:Lampas
883:Weaves
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221:. The
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197:linens
2193:Wigan
1461:Stott
1370:Mills
1166:looms
1153:Resin
1123:Talim
1031:Braid
970:Twill
955:Satin
945:Piqué
905:Dobby
764:7 May
475:Notes
379:hymns
249:globe
181:Wigan
2138:Bury
1096:Shed
1086:Reed
1071:Loom
1056:Ikat
1005:Yarn
960:Shot
809:ISBN
790:ISBN
766:2024
718:ISBN
597:2015
333:king
219:mill
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