Herbert Harold Disley

Herbert Harold Disley (1900–1972) was a Welsh quarry manager.

Early life Disley was born in Corris, a village in Gwynedd, in 1900. His father, Henry Herbert Disley (1872–1954), was the manager of the Aberllfenni slate quarries.

Career In 1915, Disley was working at the Magnus enamelling mill, then part of the Aberllefenni quarry complex.

In 1927, Disley was appointed the quarry manager at Hendreddu slate quarry, near Aberangell. The quarry and its associated Hendre Ddu Tramway had been sold by Edward Hurst Davies immediately after the First World War, and in 1922, Hendre-ddu Slate Quarries Ltd. purchased them. Disley worked at Hendreddu until 1932, when the quarry closed He was also an elder of the Upper Montgomery Welsh Presbytery.

Family Disley married Marie in 1928, His brother, John W. Disley, was the station agent at in the late 1930s.

Herbert Harold Disley died in 1972 in Gobowen.