Greg family

E391667

British industrialist family merchant dynasty

The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Greg family canonical	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British industrialist family ⓘ merchant dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith	Quarry Bank Mill ⓘ Styal ⓘ surface form: Styal, Cheshire
businessActivity	cotton manufacturing ⓘ cotton spinning ⓘ merchant trading ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicRole	capital investment in early industrial enterprises ⓘ participation in domestic and international cotton trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
fieldOfInfluence	economic history of Britain ⓘ social history of the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
heritageRecognition	subject of museum exhibitions on the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
heritageSiteLinked	Quarry Bank Mill ⓘ surface form: Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate
historicalSignificance	early adopters of factory-based textile production in Britain ⓘ example of a leading industrial dynasty in 18th and 19th century Britain ⓘ
industry	textile industry ⓘ
knownFor	large-scale employment of mill workers ⓘ pioneering factory organization in textile production ⓘ
notableFor	development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
notableMember	Hannah Greg ⓘ William Rathbone Greg ⓘ surface form: Robert Hyde Greg Samuel Greg ⓘ William Rathbone Greg ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Manchester area ⓘ North West England ⓘ
socialClass	industrial bourgeoisie ⓘ
timePeriod	Industrial Revolution ⓘ

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Greg family
Description of subject: The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quarry Bank Mill → formerOwner → Greg family ⓘ