Rae, Henry Norman, Sir

Identifier: PAR80
Name: Rae, Henry Norman, Sir
Type: person
Birth and death: 1860-1928
Birth and death date range: 1860 – 1928
Description: Rae was a highly successful textile businessman, Liberal politician and philanthropist.

Rae did an apprenticeship in the woollen trade and went into partnership with William Pickles as Pickles and Rae, woolcombers in Laisterdyke, Bradford. Rae was a good business man and the firm flourished and opened offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. He even bought some land in Australia and called it Greenhill Farm. Due to this Norman Rae and his wife travelled in Australia regularly.

Rae gave supported many charitable causes and provided some large donations. He supported the opening of the 'Norman Rae Nursing Home', and donated land for a new public park, the 'Norman Rae Playing Fields' both on the outskirts of Saltaire.
Subject: Businessman
Associated place or event: Northcliffe, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Additional information: Wikipedia page for Norman Rae; Wikidata: Q5726389
Has Format: image

Persistent address: https://www.explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/8030

IIIF manifest: Version 3:
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