Sir Henry Norman Rae (20 January 1860 – 31 December 1928)[1] was an English wool merchant and Liberal Party politician.
[8] Through this association with the area, Rae first stood for Parliament in the December 1910 general election contesting the constituency of Ripon for the Liberals.
[10] Rae was re-elected as MP for Shipley at the 1922 general election as a National Liberal, i.e. a continuing supporter of Lloyd George but this time in a much tighter contest.
He was still not opposed by the Tories but he did face a strong Labour challenge from William Mackinder and also from an Asquithian Independent Liberal, Mr A Davy.
[15] Rae had a history of heart trouble and on 31 December 1928 in Batley, while he was taking tea with a lady to whom he recently become engaged to be married, he collapsed and died [3] at the age of 68 years.