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'''Briggs Priestley''' (16 March 1831 – 21 October 1907) was an English cloth manufacturer and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician from [[Bradford]] in [[West Yorkshire]].
 
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Priestley was born at [[Thornton, West Yorkshire|Thornton]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. He started work as a millhand in the factory of Craven and Harrop at Thornton, but worked his way up and in 1858, he entered into partnership with Francis Craven. In 1860 he partnered his brother Henry in the Shearbridge Mills, and then took over the Atlas Mills in [[Laisterdyke]]. He also had worsted mills in Thornton.<ref name="calverley.info">[http://www.calverley.info/rayner_pol.htm Simeon Rayner ''A History of Pudsey'']</ref> His company was one of the pioneers in manufacturing waterproof fabrics.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/02/21/101339296.pdf The New York Times 21 February 1904]</ref>
 
In 1867 Priestley was elected to the [[Bradford Town Council]] and was responsible for the provision of a [[Horton Park, Bradford|park in Horton]] and for the establishment of an art gallery and museum in Bradford. He established a free school for orphan children in New Leeds district in 1868 and two years later another in the Bolton Road.<ref name="calverley.info" /> In 1877 he became Mayor of Bradford<ref>[http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/72221E23-C1B2-4439-98DC-6EC90DF665D5/0/ListofPastLordMayors.pdf City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Mayors of Bradford]</ref> and raised funding for [[Bradford College (England)|Bradford College]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bradford College |url=http://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/discover-our-proud-history/expansion-on-a-grand-scale |title=Bradford College |accessurl-datestatus=1 April 2009dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716093103/http://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/discover-our-proud-history/expansion-on-a-grand-scale |archiveaccess-date=161 JulyApril 20112009 |urlarchive-statusdate=dead16 July 2011}}</ref> He became an [[alderman]] in 1879 and retired from the council in 1880. Priestley was member of the Council of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, the Bradford Board of Guardians and the Infirmary Board and was a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]].<ref name="calverley.info" />
 
Priestley was an advanced liberal and became president of the East Bradford Liberal Association. He was elected as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey]] at the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885 general election]] and held the seat until he retired from the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900 general election]].<ref name="craig1885-1918">{{cite book
 
|last=Craig
| title = British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 | edition = 2nd▼
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink last = Craig | first = F. W. S. Craig| year = 1989
| author-link = F. W. S. Craig
▲ |title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918
| orig-year = First published 1974
|origyear=1974
| publisher = Parliamentary Research Services | location = Chichester▼
|edition= 2nd
| page = 443▼
|year=1989
| isbn = 0-900178-27-2▼
▲ |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
▲ |isbn= 0-900178-27-2
▲ |page=443
}}</ref> He donated the bandstand at Pudsey.<ref>[http://www.pcs-online.org.uk/pics/pudsey/home.htm Pictures of Pudsey Pudsey Town Centre]</ref> Priestley lived at Ferncliffe, Appleby Bridge where he died at the age of 76. His son [[William Edward Briggs Priestley|William]] was subsequently MP for [[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]], and his youngest son [[Arthur Priestley|Sir Arthur]] was MP for [[Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)|Grantham]].<ref name="debrett-1918">{{cite book
 
|last=Hesilridge
| title = Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918▼
|first=Arthur G. M.
| last = Hesilridge | first = Arthur G. M. | year = 1918
▲ |title=Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
| publisher = Dean & Son | location = London▼
| url = https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1918londuoft#page/134/mode/1up
|year=1918
| via = [[Internet Archive]]
▲ |publisher=Dean & Son
| page = 134▼
|location=London
▲ |page=134
}}</ref>
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-briggs-priestley | Briggs Priestley }}
 
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