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The Cadbury family is a wealthy British family of Quaker industrialists descending from Richard Tapper Cadbury. * Richard Tapper Cadbury (1768–1860) draper and abolitionist, who financed his sons' start-up business **
John Cadbury John Cadbury (12 August 1801 – 11 May 1889) was a Quaker and English proprietor, tea and coffee trader and founder of Cadbury, the chocolate business based in Birmingham, England. Life John Cadbury was born in Birmingham on 12 August 1801 t ...
(1801–1889), Quaker, family patriarch and founder of the Cadbury chocolate company working with two brothers; married Candia Barrow ***
Richard Cadbury 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. Together with his ...
(1835–1899), manufacturer and philanthropist; married Elizabeth Adlington ****Barrow Cadbury (1862–1958), head of the chocolate factory, founder of the Barrow Cadbury Trust; married
Geraldine Cadbury Dame Geraldine Cadbury, DBE ( Southall; 29 June 186430 January 1941) was a British Quaker, author, social and penal reformer. Geraldine was one of the first women in Birmingham to become a magistrate. From 1923, she chaired the justices’ pan ...
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Dorothy Adlington Cadbury Dorothy Adlington Cadbury (14 October 1892 – 21 August 1987) was an English botanist and director of confectionery company Cadbury's. Born in Birmingham, she was the oldest child of Dame Geraldine Cadbury (1864–1941) and Barrow Cadbury (18 ...
(1892–1987), director of Cadbury and botanist. Her name appears on the side of tubs of
Cadbury Roses Cadbury Roses are a selection of machine wrapped chocolates made by Cadbury. Introduced in the UK in 1938 (as a competitor to Quality Street launched by Mackintosh's in 1936), they were thought to be named after the English packaging equipmen ...
chocolates. *****Paul Cadbury (1895–1984), chair of the Barrow Cadbury Trust from 1958 until his death in 1984 ******Charles Lloyd Cadbury (1926–2000), director of Barrow Cadbury Fund from 1992 until his death ******* Ruth Margaret Cadbury (born 1959), Labour Member of Parliament for Brentford & Isleworth constituency since 2015 **** William Adlington Cadbury (1867–1957); married Emmeline Hannah Wilson ***** George Corbyn Barrow (1903–1998), lawyer and
Lord Mayor of Birmingham This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham has had a mayor (and elected council) since 1838. The office was raised to the dignity of lord mayor when Queen Victoria issued letters pa ...
*** George Cadbury (1839–1922), younger brother, developed the firm; married Mary Tylor ****
Edward Cadbury Edward Cadbury (1873 – 21 November 1948) was a British chairman of Cadbury Brothers, business theorist, and philanthropist, known for his pioneering works on management and organisations. Biography Edward Cadbury was the eldest son of G ...
, (1873–1948), head of the chocolate factory, founder of the Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust ****
George Cadbury Jr George Cadbury Jr (7 April 1878 – 27 September 1954) was a British chairman of Cadbury, business theorist, and philanthropist. He is best known for developing Cadbury Dairy Milk in 1905 which would become the company's best selling product ...
(1878–1954), chairman of Cadbury, developed the recipe for
Cadbury Dairy Milk Cadbury Dairy Milk is a British brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products. Every product in the Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk choc ...
. **** Marion Cadbury (1894–1979); married William Greeves (1890–1960) **** 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 ***** Sir Dominic Cadbury (born 1940), businessman, Chancellor of the University of Birmingham **** Sir Egbert Cadbury (1893–1967), First World War fighter pilot and later managing director of the family firm *****
Peter Cadbury Peter Egbert Cadbury (6 February 1918 – 17 April 2006) was a British entrepreneur. Early life and education Cadbury was born at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the son of Sir Egbert Cadbury and his wife, Mary Forbes, the daughter of Rev. Forbes Ph ...
(1918–2006), entrepreneur * Richard Cadbury Barrow (1827-1894), merchant


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