Raymond Streat
Sir Edward Raymond Streat
Streat was born in
After six months working for an insurance business in Manchester, Streat beat 600 applicants to become assistant secretary to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce (MCC). He was made secretary soon after, in January 1920, following the death of the incumbent officeholder. Biographer Marguerite Dupre notes that
It was a bold appointment: he was only twenty-two years old, and he became the highest-ranking permanent paid official of the richest, the largest, and probably the most influential chamber of commerce in the country. Without any member of his family having any connection with the cotton industry, he found himself secretary of an organisation dominated by merchants in the cotton trade.[1]
Raised as a
When Streat left the Cotton Board in 1957, he succeeded
Streat died in Churchill Hospital, Oxford, on 13 September 1979.[1]
Honours
Streat was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1930[3] and a Knight Bachelor in 1942.[4] He was appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957.[5]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48328. Retrieved 22 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Past Presidents". Manchester Statistical Society. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "No. 33611". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1930. pp. 3473–3488.
- ^ "No. 35586". The London Gazette. 5 June 1942. pp. 2475–2532.
- ^ "No. 40960". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1956. pp. 1–40.
External links
- Raymond Streat Papers, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester