Sugar-merchant. He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, the son of a clergyman. When he was 13, he became a grocer's apprentice in Liverpool. After a seven-year apprentice, he was able to set up his own shop. His buisness was successful, and grew to a chain of six stores by the time he was 35. By 1869, he had accquired his own buisness building a refinery in Liverpool. He rapidly became a millionaire, and donated generously to charity. In 1874, he moved to London and there made the Tate's Cube Sugar known all over the world. A collector of paintings, in 1889, he donated his collection to the goverment on the condition that they be displayed in a suitable gallery, toward the construction of which he donated 80 thousand-pounds. The National Gallery of British Art, better known as the Tate Gallery was opened on july 21 1897, on the site of the Old Millbank Prison. He was made a baronet in 1898, the year before his death.
Sugar-merchant. He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, the son of a clergyman. When he was 13, he became a grocer's apprentice in Liverpool. After a seven-year apprentice, he was able to set up his own shop. His buisness was successful, and grew to a chain of six stores by the time he was 35. By 1869, he had accquired his own buisness building a refinery in Liverpool. He rapidly became a millionaire, and donated generously to charity. In 1874, he moved to London and there made the Tate's Cube Sugar known all over the world. A collector of paintings, in 1889, he donated his collection to the goverment on the condition that they be displayed in a suitable gallery, toward the construction of which he donated 80 thousand-pounds. The National Gallery of British Art, better known as the Tate Gallery was opened on july 21 1897, on the site of the Old Millbank Prison. He was made a baronet in 1898, the year before his death.
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In Loving Memory of
Sir Henry Tate, Baronet,
Born 11th March 1819,
Died 5th December 1899,
"He hath dispersed, he hath given
to the poor; his righteousness
endureth for ever." Psalm CXII
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