Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (1872 - 21 May 1951), was a Quaker and Liberal MP for York, England.
He was the son of John Stephenson Rowntree (1834–1907),[1] and the nephew of Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), philanthropist and chocolate manufacturer.
As a Quaker he opposed war and was involved in the Union of Democratic Control, a British anti-war group, which he left in response to pressure from the Liberal Party. He was defeated in the 1918 post-war election, and thereafter concentrated on business becoming director of the family chocolate business, Associated Newspapers and the Westminster Press.[1]
He was one of the original directors of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, from 1904 to 1951, and the Chair of the trust 1925-1938, following Joseph Rowntree and succeeded by Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree.[2]
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| Preceded by George Denison Faber and Hamar Greenwood |
Member of Parliament for York Jan. 1910–1918 With: John Butcher |
Succeeded by John George Butcher (Representation reduced to one member) |