Tate Baronets

Tate Baronets

The Tate Baronetcy, of Park Hill in Streatham in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 June 1898 for the sugar magnate and philanthropist Henry Tate. He gave Tate Gallery to the nation. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1907. The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Rutland from 1949 to 1950. The fifth Baronet served as Managing Director of the family company, Tate & Lyle, and was later chairman of the London Futures & Options Exchange. He died in 2012.

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    Now William pulled the lever down,
    And click-clack went the printing-press.
    William was the only printer in town
    Who had peeped while the angels undress.
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)