Isaac Hoyle (1828 – 2 September 1911) was a British mill-owner and

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politician. Born in

Bacup Bacup ( , ) is a town in the Rossendale Borough in Lancashire, England, in the South Pennines close to Lancashire's boundaries with West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The town is in the Rossendale Valley and the upper Irwell Valley, ea ...

, Lancashire, he was the fourth son of Joshua Hoyle. His father was the founder of Joshua Hoyle and Sons Ltd, cotton manufacturers of Summerseat near Bury. He was educated at Crosbie House,

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, before entering the textile business.''Biographies of Candidates'', The Times, 26 November 1885, p. 4 He eventually became a director of the family company, and was credited with making the firm a model of good industrial relations.''Obituary: Mr. Isaac Hoyle'', The Times, 4 September 1911, p. 9 Politically, Hoyle was a pro-

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Liberal. In

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he was elected as

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for Heywood, retiring at 1892 general election. He was a

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for the City of

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and a director of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Hoyle was married twice: to Elizabeth Smallpage, who died in 1870 and to Mary Hamer Kay in 1872. Hoyle died in 1911 and was buried in Wimbledon, Surrey.

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* People from Bacup 1828 births 1911 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 British textile industry businesspeople {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub