The
Rathbone family of Liverpool
, England
, were a
family of non-conformist merchants
and shipowners, whose sense of high social consciousness led to a
fine tradition of philanthropy and
public service.
The family
origins are traced to Gawsworth
, near Macclesfield
, where the first William Rathbone was born in 1669, as the son of Phillip Rathbone. It was his
son,
William Rathbone II, born
on
22 May 1696, who left
Gawsworth for the growing port of Liverpool, where he worked as a
sawyer and, it appears, established a timber business.
Notable Rathbones
Family properties
In 1788,
William Rathbone IV leased the family house and estate of
Greenbank, then part of the Toxteth Park
estate, to serve as a country retreat for his young
family, and purchased the freehold of Greenbank House
in 1809, the year of his death.
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