Rowntree

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Rowntree

This page is intended to disambiguate and clarify users of the name "Rowntree".

[edit] Companies

• Rowntree's, the confectionery company owned in the 19th & 20th Centuries in York by members of the Rowntree family (This article has little company history but includes links to articles on Rowntree products and brands).
  • Directors and employees of this company
    • Oliver Sheldon (1894-1951)
• other companies called "Rowntree"
  • Eleven companies are listed by U.K. Companies House. It is not known whether they or any other company called "Rowntree" is notable.

[edit] People called "Rowntree"

• Members of the family that owned the Rowntree's confectionery company and their cousins
  • Rowntree, John Stephenson (1834–1907),
  • Rowntree, John Wilhelm (1868–1905), chocolate manufacturer and religious activist.
  • Rowntree, Joseph (1801–1859), educationist.
  • Rowntree, Joseph (1836–1925), cocoa and chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist.
  • Rowntree, Joshua (1844–1915), social reformer.
  • Rowntree, (Benjamin) Seebohm (1871–1954), sociologist and businessman.
• other apparently unrelated people called "Rowntree"
  • Rowntree, Catrionia (July 19, 1971 –), presenter for Australian Nine Network's Getaway program.
  • Rowntree, Dave (May 8, 1964 – ), musician - drummer with the band Blur.
  • Rowntree, Joseph (Canadian) pioneer of Thistletown, miller on the banks of the Humber River in 1843.
  • Rowntree, Mark (born c. 1956), British serial killer
  • Rowntree, Graham (April 18, 1971 –), English international rugby union footballer.

[edit] Other things and places called "Rowntree"

• Rowntree Park is a twenty-acre park in York