Richard Rathbone

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Richard Rathbone
in 1840 in the crowd at the conference
Born	1788
Died	1860
Occupation	merchant
Known for	Abolitionism

Richard Rathbone (2 December 1788 - 10 November 1860) was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool in England. He 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.

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 he was included in the painting which is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.^[1]

On 8 April 1817 Rathbone married his half-cousin Hannah Mary (5 July 1798-26 March 1878), daughter of Joseph Reynolds of Ketley, Shropshire, and granddaughter of Richard Reynolds. They had six children:

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)

References

↑ The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840, Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed April 2009

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Name	Rathbone, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	British businessman
Date of birth	2 December 1788
Place of birth
Date of death	10 November 1860
Place of death

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