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Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet ( 20 September 1803 – 29 December 1876 ), born in Morley , near Leeds , was a manufacturer and benefactor in Bradford , West Yorkshire , England . His father Daniel Salt was a fairly successful businessman and was able to send Titus to Heath Grammar School in nearby Halifax . He attended Batley Grammar School before starting work as a Wool-stapler in Wakefield , where he lived on the manor farm in Crofton, West Yorkshire and after two years joined his father's family business in Bradford in 1824 . In 1833 he took over the running of the business and within twenty years had expanded it to be the largest employer in Bradford. In 1848 Titus Salt became mayor of Bradford. The smoke and pollution emanating from local mills in Bradford was acknowledged to come from the many factory chimneys and Salt tried unsuccessfully to get this pollution cleaned up using a device called the Rodda Smoke Burner . In 1853 , he established a Model Village for factory workers at Saltaire , three miles from Bradford, in the Aire valley. He also built his largest Mill , which was fitted with a Rodda Smoke Burner , in Saltaire. Salt was a benefactor to the Congregational Church. He has been held to be an example of a Philanthropist inspired by religion, although, some people regard the model village project as reflecting a desire to control his workforce. Sir Titus was said to be Tee-total (the inspiration for the name of the bar "Don't tell Titus" that exists in Saltaire today); however it seems that his aversion was not to alcohol as such but rather to pubs which, being places where men met, could be places of subversion. He put workers of different 'ranks' in the same street so one could keep an eye on the other. He also built 'watch-towers' into his houses and factory so that people could be observed. This was to compensate for police, who were not allowed in the village. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Bradford from 1859 to 1861. In 1869 he was created a Baronet, of Saltaire in the County of York. He died at Hipperholme , West Yorkshire in 1876 and was buried at Saltaire Congregational Church. His funeral was reputedly attended by 100,000 people. REFERENCES
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