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• Ajeeb, Mohammed

  Bradford councillor and Lord Mayor in 1985-1986
• Anne, Princess

  Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• Baker, John

  John Baker was a Clerk of Works at Salts Mill during the early twentieth century when it was owned by Sir James Roberts. He then became Roberts' representative in Saltaire when Salts Mill was sold in 1918. He collected rent for Roberts, gave out pensions and generally looked out for his interests. The Saltaire Collection includes correspondence between Baker and Roberts.
• Balgarnie, Robert, Reverend

  Robert Balgarnie was a friend of the Salt family for over twenty years. Following the death of Sir Titus Salt in 1876, Balgarnie wrote a biography of the founder of Saltaire, the only biography from a contemporary.
• Beatrice, Princess

  Princess Beatrice was the youngest child of Queen Victoria. In 1887 she visited Saltaire with her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg to preside at the opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee, an exhibition to celebrate her mother's silver jubilee, and organised by TItus Salt Junior in honour of his father and to help funding of the new School of Art and Science in the village. The Royal party stayed with Titus Junior and his wife Catherine at thier home of Milner Field.
• Bowtell, Albert E

  Albert Bowtell worked in the accounts department of Salts Mill for 28 years up to its end as a textile mill in 1985. He was very interested in the history of the textiles business and gave illustrated, entertaining talks on the story of Saltaire. Albert sadly died in 2003 but in 2007 his widow Joyce kindly donated his extensive archive of photographs, original documents, Salts-compay objects and newscuttings. Together, these provide an important insight into the textile industry and Salts Mill. The highlight, perhaps, are over 100 original company photographs of the inside, working mill from the early twentieth century.
• Briggs, Asa

  Leading twentieth century British historian
• Byles, Harriet

  Harriet Byles first taught at the Salts High School for girls when Medina Griffiths was headmistress. Harriet became the second, and longest-serving, headmistress of the school in 1886. From what she wrote in her lengthy 'reminiscences', Harriet clearly admired her predecessor and followed Medina's enlightened principles in the education of her students. Her philosophy was that both work and play ‘honestly and heartily done’ was of equal importance. Many of her pupils achieved university places and worthwhile careers.
• Carr, Henry

  Henry Carr was a renowned British portrait and landscape artist. Between 1957 and 1959 he painted 14 murals showing the stages of textile production at Salts Mill.
• Cattell, Alan

  Alan Cattell is a historian and author who has written several books related to Saltaire and the Salt family.
• Clarke, Roger

  Roger Clarke is a historian and author who has researched a great deal on Saltaire.
• Coates, Colin

  Colin Coates is a prolific historian of Saltaire. He has produced hundreds of timelines of people, locations and events related to Saltaire, with information taken from such sources as historical newspapers and census records. Colin has donated this set of documents to the Saltaire Collection.
• Collins, John

  General manager in the estates division of Illingworth Morris. John worked at the mill for 11 years.
• Crossley, Edward

  Edward Crossley was a son of Joseph Crossley, a major textile industrialist in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Edward was also an industrialist, an MP and mayor of Halifax, and a keen amateur astronomer. His main connection to Saltaire is that his sister Catherine married Titus Salt Junior. There were financial dealings between Edward and the Salts.
• Denby, Gertrude

  Eliza Gertrude Denby married Bertram Foster Roberts, a son of Sir James Roberts, in 1903.
• Dickens, Charles

  Renowned nineteenth century novelist. Dickens wrote an article in his Household Words publication entitle 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' regarding the early days of Titus Salt's discovery and use of Alpaca wool.
• Edward VII, King

  Edward was king of the United Kingdom between 1901 and 1910. As the Prince of Wales, he visited Yorkshire in 1882 with his wife Princess Alexandra to preside at the opening of the new Technical College in Bradford. While visiting, the prince and princess stayed at Milner Field, the home of Titus Junior and Catherine Salt.
• Fairbairn, William

  William was a leading British engineer and was contracted by Titus Salt to design the interior of Salts Mill. William's significant engineering skills enabled the mill to operate smoothly and perform all the functions that took raw materials through the series of processes required to make high quality cloth. William was responsible for the Mill's iron structure, the lay-out of the machinery, the design and manufacture of the boilers, steam engines and line-shafting. He also designed a tubular-girder bridge over the river Aire that runs through the village. Fairbairn published his plans for the mill in a book that ran to four editions and was translated into French and Spanish. He was justly proud of Salts Mill, his largest work of mill construction.
• Firth, Gary

  Gary Firth is a historian and author who has written several books on the history of Saltaire.
• Foster, Elizabeth

  Wife of Sir James Roberts who she married in 1873.