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.

[4] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Major Alfred Hammond Aykroyd.

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