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1937 Bio Note. CADBURY, Edward; b. March 20th, 1873, at George Road, Edgbaston; e. s. of George and Mary (Tylor) Cadbury. J.P. (Worcs.), 1906. Educ: Friends' School, Olivers' Mount, Scarborough, London, and Germany. Chairman of Cadbury Bros., Ltd. (Managing Director since 1899), 1932; Director of Daily News, Ltd., and Chairman of Company, 1911-1930, 1902; Trustee of Bournville Village Trust, 1899; Director of British Cocoa and Chocolate Co., Ltd., 1919; Part Donor of Lickey Hills Gift to Corporation; Part Donor of Chadwick Estate Gift to National Trust; a Life Governor of Birmingham University, 1913; Chairman and Treasurer (since 1919) of the Council of Selly Oak Colleges, 1926; m. Dorothy, d. of Francis Howitt, M.D., of Nottingham, October 22nd, 1896. Publications: Women's Work and Wages (with George Shann), 1906; Sweating (with George Shann), 1907; Experiments in Industrial Organization, 1912. Recreations Golf, fishing and farming. Address: Westholme, Bournville, and Heanor, Rednal.<ref>1937-8 Birmingham Year Book</ref> | |||
1948 Died. 'Mr. Edward Cadbury, director and former chairman of the Daily News, Ltd., and director of the British Cocoa and Chocolate Co., Ltd., died yesterday in a nursing home at Edgbaston, Birmingham. He was 75. Mr. Cadbury was the eldest son of the late George Cadbury, founder of the Bournville model village. He was actively associated with his father and with the late Charles Booth in the movement which led to the passing of the first Old Age Pensions Act.'<ref>Evening News (London) - Monday 22 November 1948</ref> | 1948 Died. 'Mr. Edward Cadbury, director and former chairman of the Daily News, Ltd., and director of the British Cocoa and Chocolate Co., Ltd., died yesterday in a nursing home at Edgbaston, Birmingham. He was 75. Mr. Cadbury was the eldest son of the late George Cadbury, founder of the Bournville model village. He was actively associated with his father and with the late Charles Booth in the movement which led to the passing of the first Old Age Pensions Act.'<ref>Evening News (London) - Monday 22 November 1948</ref> | ||
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Edward Cadbury (1873-1948), Chairman of Cadbury Brothers and director of the British Cocoa and Chocolate Co
1937 Bio Note. CADBURY, Edward; b. March 20th, 1873, at George Road, Edgbaston; e. s. of George and Mary (Tylor) Cadbury. J.P. (Worcs.), 1906. Educ: Friends' School, Olivers' Mount, Scarborough, London, and Germany. Chairman of Cadbury Bros., Ltd. (Managing Director since 1899), 1932; Director of Daily News, Ltd., and Chairman of Company, 1911-1930, 1902; Trustee of Bournville Village Trust, 1899; Director of British Cocoa and Chocolate Co., Ltd., 1919; Part Donor of Lickey Hills Gift to Corporation; Part Donor of Chadwick Estate Gift to National Trust; a Life Governor of Birmingham University, 1913; Chairman and Treasurer (since 1919) of the Council of Selly Oak Colleges, 1926; m. Dorothy, d. of Francis Howitt, M.D., of Nottingham, October 22nd, 1896. Publications: Women's Work and Wages (with George Shann), 1906; Sweating (with George Shann), 1907; Experiments in Industrial Organization, 1912. Recreations Golf, fishing and farming. Address: Westholme, Bournville, and Heanor, Rednal.[1]
1948 Died. 'Mr. Edward Cadbury, director and former chairman of the Daily News, Ltd., and director of the British Cocoa and Chocolate Co., Ltd., died yesterday in a nursing home at Edgbaston, Birmingham. He was 75. Mr. Cadbury was the eldest son of the late George Cadbury, founder of the Bournville model village. He was actively associated with his father and with the late Charles Booth in the movement which led to the passing of the first Old Age Pensions Act.'[2]