Rowntree

Rowntree is an English surname derived from "Rowan tree". It may refer to:

Rowntree's confectionery company and trusts[edit]

• Rowntree's, a confectionery company in York, England previously owned by members of the Rowntree family
• Rowntree trusts
  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
  • Joseph Rowntree Foundation

People[edit]

Rowntree's confectionery company family and close relatives[edit]

• Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (1872–1951), Liberal MP for York
• Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), sociologist and businessman, also known as Seebohm Rowntree
• Henry Isaac Rowntree (1837–1883), founder of the business
• John Stephenson Rowntree (1834–1907)
• John Wilhelm Rowntree (1868–1905), chocolate manufacturer and religious activist
• Joseph Rowntree (educationist) (1801–1859), education leader
• Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) (1836–1925), cocoa and chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist
• Joshua Rowntree (1844–1915), social reformer
• Michael Rowntree (1919–2007), journalist and philanthropist

Unrelated persons[edit]

• Catriona Rowntree (born 1971), Australian television personality
• Dave Rowntree (born 1964), British musician
• Fred Rowntree (1860–1927), Scottish architect
• Gil Rowntree (born 1934), Canadian racehorse trainer and owner
• Graham Rowntree (born 1971), English rugby union player and coach
• Joseph Rowntree (Canadian) pioneer of Thistletown, miller on the banks of the Humber River in 1843
• Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997), British artist
• Leonard Rowntree (1883–1959), Canadian physician and medical researcher
• Leslie Rowntree (1914–1975), Canadian political figure
• Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree (1879–1979), American botanist and horticulturist
• Mark Rowntree (born c. 1956), British spree killer
• Norman Rowntree (1912–1991), British civil engineer
• Richard Rowntree (1884–1968), English-born New Zealand cricketer

Other uses[edit]

• Rowntree Park, a 20-acre (8.1 ha), a park in York, England

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