Richard Rathbone
Merchant of Liverpool, England
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Richard Rathbone (2 December 1788 – 10 November 1860) was a merchant and member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool in England.
Richard Rathbone | |
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Rathbone in 1840 in the crowd at the conference | |
| Born | 2 December 1788 |
| Died | 10 November 1860 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Known for | Abolitionism |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Hannah, Richard, Margaret, William, Basil, and Emily |
| Parent(s) | William Rathbone Hannah Reynolds |
Life
Rathbone 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.
On 8 April 1817, Rathbone married his half-cousin, the illustrator and writer, Hannah Mary, daughter of Joseph Reynolds of Ketley, Shropshire, and granddaughter of Richard Reynolds. Richard devoted a lot of his time to the family business, which concerned his wife.[1]
He retired in 1835. As a committed opponent of the slave trade, he published in 1836 Letter to the President of the Liverpool Anti-Slavery Society.
Rathbone attended the 1840 anti-slavery convention in London and was included in the painting which is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.[2]
Rathbone and his wife had six children:[1]
- Hannah Mary (1818–1853)
- Richard Reynolds (1820–1898)
- Margaret (b. 1821 later Dixon)
- William Benson (1826–1892)
- Basil (1824–1853)
- Emily (1838–1907, later Greg)