Rae, Henry Norman, Sir

Identifier: PAR80
Type: person
Name: Rae, Henry Norman, Sir
Birth and death: 1860-1928
Description: Rae was a highly successful textile businessman and Liberal politician. Rae did his 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 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.
Subject: Businessman
Associated place or event: Northcliffe, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Additional information: Wikipedia page for Norman Rae; Wikidata: Q5726389

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Title	Class
F1a-168: Opening of Norman Rae nursing home	Physical Object
Northcliffe, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom	Location