Rathbone
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Rathbone may refer to:
People with the surname Rathbone:
- Rathbone, New YorkRathbone, New YorkRathbone is a town in Steuben County, New York, in the United States. The population was 1,080 at the 2000 census. The name comes from early settler, General Ransom Rathbone....
, a US town - Rathbone (charity)Rathbone (charity)Rathbone is a charitable organization in the United Kingdom. It educates and trains children, young people and adults in its own training centres and residential projects.Rathbone was created out of The Rathbone Society, founded by Elfrida Rathbone...
, a UK charitable organization
People with the surname Rathbone:
- Basil RathboneBasil RathboneSir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films...
, British actor - Clyde RathboneClyde RathboneClyde Rathbone , nicknamed "Rattlebones", is an Australian rugby union player. He previously played for the Brumbies in Super 14 and internationally for Australia...
, Australian rugby union player - Eleanor Florence Rathbone (1872–1946), British M.P. and campaigner for women's rights
- Elfrida RathboneElfrida RathboneElfrida Rathbone was an English educationist. She was the cousin of Eleanor Rathbone.Elfrida Rathbone was convinced that all children were capable of learning. In 1916 she began to teach in a special school in the King's Cross area of London, for children who were not thought to be capable of...
, cousin of Eleanor Rathbone, philanthropist - Henry RathboneHenry RathboneHenry Reed Rathbone was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the President and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, when John Wilkes Booth entered the president's box at...
, US Army Major present at Abraham Lincoln's assassination - Henry Riggs RathboneHenry Riggs RathboneHenry Riggs Rathbone was a congressman from Illinois, USA. During their engagement to be married, his future parents were present at Abraham Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865...
, US Congressman and son of Henry Rathbone - Hugh Reynolds RathboneHugh Reynolds RathboneHugh Reynolds Rathbone was a British merchant and politician, who sat as a Member of Parliament and was a member of the noted Rathbone family....
(1862–1940), Liverpool merchant - Jackson RathboneJackson RathboneMonroe Jackson Rathbone, V , better known as Jackson Rathbone, is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and for playing Sokka in The Last Airbender....
, American actor - John RathboneJohn RathboneJohn Rankin Rathbone was a British Conservative Party politician. A fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force, he was killed shortly after the Battle of Britain....
(1910–40), English politician - John Rathbone (1750–1807), English painter
- Julian RathboneJulian RathboneJulian Christopher Rathbone was an English novelist.- Life :Julian Rathbone attended Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary of Bamber Gascoigne and Sylvia Plath. At Cambridge he took tutorials with FR Leavis, for whom, without having ever been what might be described as a...
, English novelist - Richard RathboneRichard RathboneRichard Rathbone was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool in England. He was the second son of William Rathbone IV. Richard was a commission merchant, setting up in partnership with his brother, William Rathbone V in 1809.He retired in 1835...
(1788–1860), Liverpool merchant - Tim RathboneTim RathboneJohn Rankin "Tim" Rathbone was the Conservative Member of Parliament for the seat of Lewes between 1974 and 1997....
(1933–2002), English politician - William Rathbone IIWilliam Rathbone IIWilliam Rathbone II was the founder of Rathbone Brothers, one of the United Kingdom's largest firms of wealth managers.-Career:...
(1696–1746) - William Rathbone IIIWilliam Rathbone IIIWilliam Rathbone III was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool.The eldest son of William Rathbone II, he was a merchant and ship-owner within Liverpool. A devout Quaker, and committed opponent of the slave trade, he married twice, fathering eleven children, including William Rathbone...
(1726–89), Liverpool merchant - William Rathbone IVWilliam Rathbone IVWilliam Rathbone IV was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool, England. He was the son of William Rathbone III and Rachel Rutter, and was a Liverpool ship-owner and merchant, involved in the organisation of American trade with Liverpool.Originally a member of the Society of Friends,...
(1757–1809), Liverpool merchant - William Rathbone VWilliam Rathbone V-Life:A member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool, he was the eldest son of William Rathbone IV and Hannah Mary . He was a Liverpool merchant in partnership with Richard Rathbone, his brother....
(1787–1868), Liverpool merchant - William Rathbone VIWilliam Rathbone VIWilliam Rathbone VI was an English merchant and businessman noted for his philanthropic and public work...
(1819–1902), English politician