Frank Houston Bowden was born on August 10 1909, grandson of Sir Frank Bowden, 1st Bt, who on returning home from Hong Kong in poor health had taken up bicycling and built up the Raleigh Cycle ...

Raleigh was founded in 1888 when Sir Frank Bowden bought an interest in a small bicycle company on Raleigh Street in Nottingham, England. Its early commercial success was based on quality machines ...

Oriol Bowden, who was married to the late Sir Frank Houston Bowden, claimed to be Graham Young's landlady but in reality was living with him as man and wife. The couple travelled the world with ...