John Ryle (manufacturer)

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John Ryle
Born	(1817-10-22)October 22, 1817 Bollington, Cheshire, England
Died	November 6, 1887(1887-11-06) (aged 70) Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Known for	Silk manufacturing

John Ryle (October 22, 1817 – November 6, 1887) was the Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey from 1869 to 1870. An English-born silk manufacturer, he was best known for being the "father of the United States silk industry".^{[citation needed]}

Born in Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Ryle started working in the silk mills of his native town at the age of five, where he was a "bobbin boy". His family had been involved in the silk industry for generations, and his two eldest brothers, Reuben and William Ryle, were England's largest manufacturers of silk.