Titus Salt

Titus Salt
Illustration of Salt, 1872
Member of Parliament
for Bradford
In office
19 May 1859 – 1 February 1861
Preceded byThomas Perronet Thompson
Succeeded byWilliam Edward Forster
Personal details
Born(1803-09-20)20 September 1803
Morley, Yorkshire, England
Died29 December 1876(1876-12-29) (aged 73)
Lightcliffe, Yorkshire, England
Resting placeSaltaire Congregational Church
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Caroline Whitlam
(m. 1830)
Children11
EducationBatley Grammar School
OccupationManufacturer, politician
Known forFounding of Saltaire

Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet (20 September 1803 – 29 December 1876) was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, who is best known for having built Salt's Mill, a large textile mill, together with the attached village of Saltaire, West Yorkshire.