1062 Isaac Hoyle

Constituency : Heywood  1885-92

Isaac  won  the  new  seat  of  Heywood.

Issac's  father  founded   a  cotton  manufacturing  business  at  Summerseat  near  Bury.  He  was  educated  at  Crosby  Hall, Frodsham.  Isaac  eventually  became  a  director  of  the  firm  and  fostered  good  employee  relations. He  built  a  number  of  workers  cottages  near  the  mill. He  was  a  director  of  the  Manchester  Chamber  of  Commerce.

Isaac's  maiden  speech  was  in  defence  of  Free  Trade. He  supported  the  raising  of  the  age  at  which  children  could  start  work. He  also  supported  higher  education  for  women.  In  1887  he  and  another  MP  Frank  Hardcastle  secured  an  amendment  to  the  Merchandise  Marks  Act  against  the  false-folding  of  cotton  from  India.

Isaac  retired  before  the  1892  election.

He  died  in  1911  aged  83. His  daughter  Frances  Rowe  was  a  prominent  suffragette.