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.
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| Born | 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 |
Together 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]
Cadbury died on 22 March 1899 in Jerusalem, aged 63. Having fallen ill with diphtheria during a trip to Egypt, he was taken to the hospital of the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People in Jerusalem for treatment, but succumbed to his illness.[3]
In 1905 the executors of Cadbury's estate distributed £40,000 to various charities including £10,000 to the Temperance Hospital in London.[4]
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.[5]
References
- 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.
- "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.)
