The Life of Richard Cadbury: Socialist, Philanthropist & Chocolatier

by Diane Wordsworth

Overview

In 1824, John Cadbury opened a grocer’s shop in Bull Street in Birmingham and started to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate alongside everything else. In 1831, he opened a factory and started to manufacture his own product, and by 1842 the company was selling almost 30 different types of drinking chocolate and cocoa.

In 1861, the now floundering firm was taken over by two of his sons, Richard and George, who turned things around and continued to grow the company into the organisation we see today.

There is a lot of information available about George Cadbury, but the only previously published biography of his older brother Richard is now out of print. The Life of Richard Cadbury is a brand-new biography hoping to put that straight, looking at the history and background behind the socialist, philanthropist and chocolatier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526768292
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	04/14/2025
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Diane Wordsworth’s work has appeared worldwide. Primarily a broadcast journalist, she also edits and proofreads books and magazines. Diane moved from Solihull to Yorkshire in 2004, where she now writes and edits on a full-time basis. She is currently exploring an A to Z of Yorkshire with her husband, Ian.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Foreword vii

Chapter 1 Background in brief 1

Chapter 2 Childhood and growing up 3

Chapter 3 The world of work and adventure 19

Chapter 4 The firm of Cadbury 40

Chapter 5 Family man 52

Chapter 6 Moseley Hall, Uffculme, and the family book 72

Chapter 7 A creative life 89

Chapter 8 Religion, the mission, and other philanthropy 101

Chapter 9 Public service 116

Chapter 10 A traveller to the end 128

Authors Note 144

Appendices Appendix I 145

Appendix II 149

Appendix III 160

Further Reading 163

About the Author 166

Index 168