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Sir Henry Price, 1st Baronet

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He prospered by introducing the suit to those who previously could not afford one. A factory in Leeds produced the suits, which were ordered by customers from the company's branches. The company was known as the
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run by Kew, is to collect seeds from all of the UK's native flora and conserve seeds from 25% of the world's flora by 2020 to save species from extinction in the wild.
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to Joseph Price and Elizabeth Helen Price. In 1919, he opened a tailor's shop in Silsden, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire now West Yorkshire.
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A University of Leeds student accommodation built in the 60s on Clarendon Road, Leeds was named after him.
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He married Annie Craggs in 1899. They adopted two children. The baronetcy became extinct upon his death.
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Sir Henry Price used part of his fortune in the promotion of botany and has a garden named after him at
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In 1953, he was created a Baronet of Ardingly, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
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West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
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as well as a number of National Collections of trees (
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