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Sir William Henry Aykroyd 1st Baronet OStJ (8 May 1865 – 3 April 1947) was an English woollen and carpet manufacturer.He was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire the son of Alfred Aykroyd and Ellen (née Milnes) and educated at Thorp Arch Grange near Wetherby. He entered his uncle’s woollen and carpet manufacturing business T. F. Firth & Sons Ltd at Brighouse and later became chairman.