Cadbury family

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 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^[6]
      • 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]
      • 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^[9]
        • 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^[10]
        • Peter Cadbury (1918–2006), entrepreneur

• 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.