Richard Barrow Cadbury (29 August 1835 – 22 March 1899) was an English entrepreneur, chocolate-maker and philanthropist. He was the second son of the Quaker John Cadbury, founder of Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company.
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| Born | Richard Barrow Cadbury 29 August 1835 |
| Died | 22 March 1899 (aged 63) |
| Occupation(s) | Chocolate manufacturer, entrepreneur, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1861–1899 |
| Known for | Co-founder of Bournville with his brother George Cadbury |
| Children | Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury |
| Relatives | Cadbury family |
Career
editTogether with his younger brother George he took over the family business in 1861. Richard was the first to commercialise the connection between romance and confectionery with the company producing a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in 1868.[1] In 1878 they acquired 14 acres (57,000 m2) of land in open country, four miles (6 km) south of Birmingham where they opened a new factory in 1879. Over the following years, more land was acquired and a model village was built for his workers, which became known as Bournville.
He donated Moseley Hall to the City of Birmingham, for use as a children's convalescent home.[2]
Death
editHaving fallen ill with diphtheria during a trip to the Khedivate of Egypt, Cadbury was taken for treatment to the hospital of the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, but succumbed to his illness on 22 March 1899, aged 63[3] At that time, he and his brother George owned 100% of the ordinary shares in their business.[4]
Aftermath
editIn 1905 the executors of Cadbury's estate distributed £40,000 to various charities including £10,000 to the Temperance Hospital in London.[5]
His wife Emma died in 1907 after falling down some stairs while at sea on the Empress of India. His daughter Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury worked as an educational reformer and, for her work saving Jewish children during the Holocaust, was posthumously honoured as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.[6]
References
edit- ^ Guinness World Records 2017. Guinness World Records. 8 September 2016. p. 90. ISBN 9781910561348.
Richard Cadbury, eldest son of John Cadbury who founded the now iconic brand, was the first chocolate-maker to commercialize the association between confectionery and romance, producing a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in 1868
- ^ "Moseley Hall". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "Chocolate, Tragedy, and Redemption". CMJ Israel. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ Franks, Julian; Mayer, Colin; Rossi, Stefano (2005). "Spending Less Time with the Family: The Decline of Family Ownership in the United Kingdom". In Morck, Randall K. (ed.). A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Mergers. University of Chicago Press. p. 600. ISBN 0-226-53680-7.
- ^ "Mr, Richard Cadbury's Will - Munificent Bequests". Gloucester Journal. 25 March 1905. p. 1.
- ^ "Gezinsblad van Beatrice Cadbury". De geschiedneis van het humanitarisme in Nederland (in Dutch and English). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
Yad Vashem file number M.31.2/4963/1
- Williams, I. A. "Cadbury, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32232. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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