About Sir John Rice Crowe
Lived 1795 – 1877 (aged 81). Sir John Rice Crowe was a British businessperson.
Sir John Rice Crowe (November 20, 1795 – January 10, 1877) was an English businessman and diplomat who spent much of his life in Norway. He was the British consul-general in Norway, residing in Christiania, from 1843.
Together with Henry Dick Woodfall, John Rice Crowe started the company Alten Copper Works near Alta around 1826. This company was later renamed the Kåfjord Copper Works.
Diplomat After serving for six years as a British diplomat in Russia, Crowe became the deputy vice-consul in Hammerfest in 1824. Thirteen years later, in 1837, he was appointed British consul in Finnmark, with the requirement to live in Hammerfest.
Honours He became a Companion of the British Order of the Bath in 1859 for outstanding service as a diplomat for his homeland.
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Who was Sir John Rice Crowe?
English businessman and diplomat
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Sir John Rice Crowe was born on 20 November 1795.
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Sir John Rice Crowe died on 10 January 1877 in Oslo.
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Sir John Rice Crowe was a businessperson.
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Sir John Rice Crowe was British.
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