Name William II Children William Rathbone III Organizations founded Rathbone Brothers | Died March 9, 1746 Grandchildren William Rathbone IV | |
Great grandchildren William Rathbone V, Richard Rathbone | ||
William Rathbone II (22 May 1696 – 9 March 1746) was the founder of Rathbone Brothers, one of the United Kingdom's largest firms of wealth managers.
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Career
Brought up in Gawsworth, William Rathbone II set off for Liverpool where in 1742 he established the timber business that became Rathbone Brothers. He later joined the Society of Friends. He died in 1746.
Family
In 1722 he married first Sarah Hyde with whom he had a son, William Rathbone III, and then in 1731 he married Elizabeth Shepherd Johnson.
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