Family and Early Career
Whitley was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, on 8 February 1866 son of Nathan Whitley (1830–1889) from Ovenden. Nathan went on to serve as Mayor of Halifax (1876–1877), succeeding Edward Crossley, son of another local carpet manufacturer, John Crossley.
After an early education boarding at Wiseman's House, Clifton College, John Henry entered his uncle, Samuel Whitley's cotton spinning business, S. Whitley & Co. at Hanson Lane Mills, Skircoat, Halifax. Nathan was a partner in the business and took over after Samuel's death in 1884.
In 1892, John Henry married Margherita (Margaret) Virginia Marchetti. Margherita was born in Putney in 1872, a daughter of Italian, Julian (Giulio) Marchetti, who had served as an Officer under Garibaldi before settling in England to marry Anne Crossley in Halifax in 1871 and take his place in the carpet manufacturing business.
John and Margherita had two daughters and two sons; Margaret Phyllis 1895, Percival Nathan 1894, Monica Virginia 1903 and Oliver John 1912. Margherita died in 1925 and John Henry remarried in 1928 to Helen Clarke in Chelsea.
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