Cadbury family

Prominent British family of Quaker industrialists

The Cadbury family is a wealthy British family of Quaker industrialists descending from Richard Tapper Cadbury.[1]

  • Richard Tapper Cadbury (1768–1860), draper and abolitionist, who financed his sons' start-up business
    • John Cadbury (1801–1889), Quaker, family patriarch and founder of the Cadbury chocolate company working with two brothers; married Candia Barrow
      • Richard Cadbury (1835–1899), manufacturer and philanthropist; married Elizabeth Adlington
        • Barrow Cadbury (1862–1958), head of the chocolate factory, founder of the Barrow Cadbury Trust;[2] married Geraldine Cadbury
          • Dorothy Adlington Cadbury (1892–1987), director of Cadbury and botanist. Her name appears on the side of tubs of Cadbury Roses chocolates.[3]
          • Paul Cadbury (1895–1984), chair of the Barrow Cadbury Trust from 1958 until his death in 1984[4]
            • Charles Lloyd Cadbury (1926–2000), director of Barrow Cadbury Fund from 1992 until his death[5]
              • Ruth Margaret Cadbury (born 1959), Labour MP for Brentford & Isleworth since 2015
        • William Adlington Cadbury (1867–1957); married Emmeline Hannah Wilson
        • Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury (1884–1976); married Kees Boeke
      • George Cadbury (1839–1922), younger brother, developed the firm; married Mary Tylor
        • Edward Cadbury, (1873–1948), head of the chocolate factory, founder of the Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust[7]
        • George Cadbury Jr (1878–1954), chairman of Cadbury, developed the recipe for Cadbury Dairy Milk.[8]
        • Laurence John Cadbury (1889–1982), succeeded his brother Edward as head of the chocolate company in 1944
          • Sir Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury (1929–2015), chairman of Cadbury and Cadbury Schweppes for 24 years, director of the Bank of England, Olympic rower, and chancellor of Aston University[9]
          • Sir Dominic Cadbury (born 1940), businessman, Chancellor of the University of Birmingham
          • Jocelyn Cadbury (1946–1982), Conservative MP for Birmingham Northfield, 1979–1982
        • Sir Egbert Cadbury (1893–1967), First World War fighter pilot and later managing director of the family firm[10]
        • Marion Cadbury (1894–1979); married William Greeves (1890–1960)
  • Richard Cadbury Barrow (1827–1894), merchant

References

  1. ^ "Descendants of James Cadbury" (PDF). Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ "History of the Trust".
  3. ^ "The lost chocolates from Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations and Heroes". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Records of the Cadbury Trusts". Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Mr Charles Lloyd Cadbury's director profile". Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Aldermen hand in over £150 — in good cause". Birmingham Evening Mail and Despatch. 2 May 1996. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust".
  8. ^ Hunter, Paul (2016). The Seven Inconvenient Truths of Business Strategy. Taylor & Francis. p. 102.
  9. ^ "Sir Adrian Cadbury, corporate governance pioneer, 1929–2015". Financial Times.
  10. ^ "Blue plaque unveiled in honour of Egbert Cadbury". Eastern Daily Press. 17 October 2013.