George Cadbury Jr (7 April 1878 – 27 September 1954) was a British chairman of
Cadbury
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, business theorist, and philanthropist. He is best known for developing
Cadbury Dairy Milk
Cadbury Dairy Milk is a British brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products. Every product in the Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk choco ...
in 1905 which would become the company's best selling product.
Biography
George Cadbury Jr was the second son of
George Cadbury
George Cadbury (19 September 1839 – 24 October 1922) was the third son of John Cadbury, a Quaker who founded Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company in Britain. He was the husband of Dame Elizabeth Cadbury.
Background
He worked at the schoo ...
and his first wife, Mary (née Tylor). He grew up in the house which is now occupied by the
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Woodbrooke Study Centre is a Quaker
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near Birmingham, England.
A Director and later Chairman of
Cadburys Ltd, he was interested in the scientific and chemical aspects of the business, including standardising recipes and recording them in a book. After ten years of developing
milk chocolate
Milk chocolate is a solid chocolate confectionery containing cocoa, sugar and milk. Chocolate was originally sold and consumed as a beverage in pre-Columbian times, and upon its introduction to Western Europe. Major milk chocolate producers incl ...
with his R&D team, in 1905 he launched
Cadbury Dairy Milk
Cadbury Dairy Milk is a British brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products. Every product in the Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk choco ...
. The bar was a great sales success, and became the company's best selling product by 1914.
See also
Cadbury family
The Cadbury family is a wealthy British family of Quaker industrialists descending from Richard Tapper Cadbury.
* Richard Tapper Cadbury (1768–1860) draper and abolitionist, who financed his sons' start-up business
** John Cadbury (1801–1889 ...
References
External links
George Cadbury Jr (1878-1954), Chairman of Cadbury Brothers Ltd National Portrait Gallery, London
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1878 births
1954 deaths
British business theorists
British businesspeople
British philanthropists
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