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4 unusual facts about Harold Bowden


Harold Bowden

Sir Harold Bowden, 2nd Baronet, GBE (9 July 1880 – 24 August 1960), was the chairman and chief executive of the Raleigh Bicycle Company and Sturmey-Archer Ltd from his father's death in 1921 until his own retirement in 1938.

He was also chairman of Sturmey-Archer Gears Ltd which had been taken over by his father in 1902.

Sir Frank Bowden founded the Raleigh Bicycle Company in 1887 in Nottingham, and Harold became chairman and Managing Director on the death of his father in 1921, a position he then held for 17 years.

Sir Harold Bowden's achievements were celebrated in 1938 when Cycling Weekly awarded him his own page in the Golden Book of Cycling.



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