William Adlington Barrow Cadbury

William Adlington Cadbury (17 February 1867 – 8 July 1957), was an English businessman affiliated with his family company, Cadbury, which his grandfather, John Cadbury had founded.

William Adlington Barrow Cadbury

He was born in Edgbaston and educated at Quaker schools.[1] He began working at Cadbury in 1887.[1]

In 1905 he commissioned the first Cadbury logo.[2] In 1921, the Cadbury script logo was introduced, based on William Cadbury's signature.[2]

Family

He married Emmeline H Wilson in 1902 and they had six children: Hannah (1903), John (1905), Alan (1907), Constance (1910), Richard (1911) and Brandon (1915).

Death

He died at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, aged 90.

References
  1. Lowell Joseph Satre (2005). Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business. Ohio University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-8214-1625-9.
  2. Cadbury logo: history, cadbury.co.uk; accessed 3 April 2016.


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