Rowntree
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- Rowntree'sRowntree'sRowntree's was a confectionery business based in York, England. It is now a historic brand owned by Nestlé, used to market a range of fruit gums and pastilles formerly owned by Rowntree's. Following a merger with John Mackintosh & Co., the Company became known as Rowntree Mackintosh, was listed on...
, the confectionery company owned in the 19th & 20th centuries in York by members of the Rowntree family
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- Directors and employees of this company
- Oliver SheldonOliver SheldonOliver Sheldon was a director of the Rowntree Company in York, in the UK, in the 1920s.He was closely involved in restructuring the management and organisation of the growing confectionery company at a stage where its growth meant by necessity it had to move away from the personal, family-centred...
(1894–1951)
- Oliver Sheldon
- Directors and employees of this company
- Rowntree trustsRowntree trustsThe four Rowntree Trusts are funded from the legacies of the Quaker chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree andBenjamin Seebohm Rowntree. The trusts are based in the Rowntrees' home city ofYork, England...
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable TrustJoseph Rowntree Charitable TrustThe Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is a philanthropic left-of-centre trust that chiefly supports work undertaken in the UK, Ireland and South Africa...
- Joseph Rowntree FoundationJoseph Rowntree FoundationThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity, that funds a UK-wide research and development programme. It seeks to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice...
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
People named Rowntree
- Members of the family that owned the Rowntree's confectionery company close relatives:
- Arnold Stephenson RowntreeArnold Stephenson RowntreeArnold Stephenson Rowntree , was a Quaker and Liberal MP for York, England.He was the son of John Stephenson Rowntree , and the nephew of Joseph Rowntree , philanthropist and chocolate manufacturer....
(1872-1951), Liberal MP for York - Benjamin Seebohm RowntreeBenjamin Seebohm RowntreeBenjamin Seebohm Rowntree, CH, often known simply as Seebohm Rowntree was a British sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist.-Life:...
(1871–1954), sociologist and businessman, also known as Seebohm Rowntree - Henry Isaac RowntreeHenry Isaac RowntreeHenry Isaac Rowntree was the founder of Rowntree's, one of the United Kingdom's largest confectionery businesses.-Career:Having served his apprenticeship in his father's shop at The Pavement in York, and following his father's death in 1860, Henry Rowntree went to work for the Tuke family at their...
(1837–1883), founder of the business - John Stephenson RowntreeJohn Stephenson RowntreeJohn Stephenson Rowntree was a Director of Rowntree's, the York confectionery company and a reformer of the Quaker movement in the United Kingdom....
(1834–1907) - John Wilhelm RowntreeJohn Wilhelm RowntreeJohn Wilhelm Rowntree was a chocolate and confectionery manufacturer and Quaker religious activist and reformer....
(1868–1905), chocolate manufacturer and religious activist - Joseph Rowntree (Educationist)Joseph Rowntree (educationist)Joseph Rowntree was an English educationist and shopkeeper.Rowntree was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of the Quakers John Rowntree and his wife, Elizabeth Lotherington . In 1822 he started a grocery shop in York. The business was successful...
(1801–1859), education leader - Joseph Rowntree (Philanthropist)Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)Joseph Rowntree was a Quaker philanthropist and businessman from York, England. Rowntree is perhaps best known for being a champion of social reform and his time as a chocolatier at family business Rowntree's, one of the most important in Britain...
(1836–1925), cocoa and chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist - Joshua RowntreeJoshua RowntreeJoshua Rowntree was elected Member of Parliament for Scarborough in 1886 and served, as a Gladstonian Liberal, until 1892, when he was succeeded by the Conservative, Sir George Reresby Sitwell, whom he had defeated in 1886.He was an active Quaker...
(1844–1915), social reformer - Michael RowntreeMichael RowntreeMichael Rowntree was a co-founder of the Friends' Ambulance Unit in the Second World War, a journalist, and Chairman of Oxfam for 6 years....
(1919–2007), journalist and philanthropist
- Arnold Stephenson Rowntree
- other apparently unrelated people named Rowntree:
- Catriona RowntreeCatriona RowntreeCatriona Rowntree is a presenter for Australian Nine Network's Getaway program.Rowntree studied journalism at Macleay College in Sydney, after working as a researcher with Business Review Weekly, 2GB and Prime Television...
(born 1971), Australian television personality - Dave RowntreeDave RowntreeDavid Alexander De Horne Rowntree is an English solicitor, musician, animator, and political activist. He is best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Blur...
(born 1964), US musician - Fred RowntreeFred RowntreeFred Rowntree , a Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, was the son of John Rowntree, a master grocer and Ann Webster. His brother, John Rowntree, traded in tea and coffee...
(1860-1927), Scottish architect - Gil RowntreeGil RowntreeGil H. Rowntree is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner.One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his racing career as a jockey in his native Toronto, riding from 1949 through 1951...
(born 1934), Canadian racehorse trainer and owner - Graham RowntreeGraham RowntreeGraham Christopher Rowntree is a former English rugby union player. He played loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers and England. He was capped 54 times for England, despite having to compete for his position with the world's second most capped player, Jason Leonard.Rowntree was born in...
(born 1971), English athlete in rugby - Henry Leslie RowntreeHenry Leslie RowntreeHenry Leslie Rowntree was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented York West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative member from 1956 to 1970....
(1914-?1984?), Canadian political figure - Joseph Rowntree (Canadian)Joseph Rowntree (Canadian)Joseph Rowntree was pioneer in north Etobicoke village of Thistletown and established two mills on the banks of the Humber River. In 1843 he built a sawmill on the east bank of the river. Five years later, he built a grist mill on the west bank...
pioneer of Thistletown, miller on the banks of the Humber River in 1843 - Kenneth RowntreeKenneth RowntreeKenneth Rowntree was a British artist.A Quaker, he was a conscientious objector during the Second World War. He worked for the War Artists' Advisory Committee.He one of the Great Bardfield Artists.Reference:...
(1915-1997), British artist - Mark RowntreeMark RowntreeMark Rowntree is a British spree killer who was committed to a mental hospital after he admitted killing four people at random in the town of Bingley, West Yorkshire, during late 1975 and early 1976....
(born c. 1956), British serial killer - Norman RowntreeNorman RowntreeSir Norman Andrew Forster Rowntree was a British civil engineer.Rowntree was born in London in 1912 and held a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. He worked as an engineering consultant for Alcott & Lomax, who would be acquired by Babtie in 2000. During his consulting career he was involved...
(1912–1991), British civil engineer - Richard RowntreeRichard RowntreeRichard William Rowntree was born 6 April 1884 in Leyburn, England and died 16 June 1968 in Auckland. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played 33 first-class matches for the Auckland Aces....
(1884-1968), English-born New Zealand athlete in cricket
- Catriona Rowntree
Other things and places called "Rowntree"
- Rowntree ParkRowntree ParkRowntree Park is a park in York, England open to the public, featuring children's playgrounds, tennis courts, bowling greens, basketball court, skateboarding area and general areas for picnicking...
, a 20 acres (8.1 ha) park in York