Salt, Catherine

Item

Salt, Catherine

Identifier

PAR8

Name

Salt, Catherine

Type

person

Birth and death

1846-1930

Birth and death date range

1846 – 1930

Description

Catherine was born in 1846 into one family of textile magnates, the Crossleys of Halifax, and married into another when Titus Salt Junior became her husband in 1866.

In some ways Catherine was quite conventional, raising four children and running her privileged Victorian household, including hosting the Prince of Wales and later his sister Princess Beatrice at her home. But Catherine clearly had deep and wide interests in social and educational issues, particularly the education of girls. She helped found Bradford Girls Grammar School and served for many years on its board, and also the board of the Salt Schools.

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