Rathbone is a surname which may refer to:

People

Monroe Jackson Rathbone II Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (March 1, 1900 – August 2, 1976) was an American businessman who was the chairman, president, and CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey (now the Exxon Corporation). Early life and education Rathbone was born in Parke ...

(1900-1976), American businessman * Augusta Rathbone (1897–1990), American artist *

Basil Rathbone Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume ...

(1892–1967), British actor *

Clyde Rathbone Clyde Rathbone (born 23 July 1981 in Durban, South Africa), nicknamed "Rattlebones", is an Australian rugby union player. He plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby. He also played internationally for Australia. He began his Australia career as a ...

(born 1981), Australian rugby union player *

Eleanor Florence Rathbone Eleanor Florence Rathbone (12 May 1872 – 2 January 1946) was an independent British Member of Parliament (MP) and long-term campaigner for family allowance and for women's rights. She was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool. E ...

(1872–1946), British M.P. and campaigner for women's rights *

Elfrida Rathbone Elfrida Rathbone (1871–1940) was an English educationist and a member of the Rathbone family and the cousin of Eleanor Rathbone, who was an MP and campaigned for children's rights. Career She was born in Liverpool in July 1871 and was one of 11 ...

(1871–1940), English educationist and philanthropist, cousin of Eleanor Rathbone *

Hannah Mary Rathbone Hannah Mary Rathbone (5 July 1798, in Shropshire – 26 March 1878, in Liverpool) was an English writer and the author of ''The Diary of Lady Willoughby''. Life Reynolds was born in 1798. Her parents were Joseph Reynolds and Deborah (born Dearman ...

(1798–1878), English writer * Harold Steward Rathbone, co-founder of

Della Robbia Pottery The Della Robbia Pottery was a ceramic factory founded in 1894 in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, England. It closed in 1906. Initially it mostly made large pieces with high artistic aspirations, especially relief panels for architectural use, bu ...

Henry Rathbone Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the pre ...

(1837–1911), US Army major and diplomat present at Abraham Lincoln's assassination *

Henry Riggs Rathbone Henry Riggs Rathbone (February 12, 1870 – July 15, 1928) was a congressman from Illinois. Rathbone was born in Washington, D.C., to Brevet Colonel Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara Rathbone née Harris; while engaged, the couple had been g ...

(1870–1928), US Congressman and son of Henry Rathbone *

Hugh Reynolds Rathbone Hugh Reynolds Rathbone (4 April 1862 – 19 January 1940) was a British merchant and politician, who sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) and was a member of the noted Rathbone family. He was the eldest son of Richard Reynolds Rathbone and Frances ...

(1862–1940), Liverpool merchant *

Jackson Rathbone Monroe Jackson Rathbone V (born December 14, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and musician best known for his role as Jasper Hale in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series. From 2008 to 2012, he was the vocalist and occasional guitarist, bassist, ...

(born 1984), American actor *

John Rathbone John Rankin Rathbone (5 February 1910 – 10 December 1940) was a British Conservative Party politician. Early life He was born in 1910 to William Rathbone, a marine architect, and Agnes Dorothea Rankin. Education For his education, Rath ...

(1910–40), English politician * John Rathbone (1750–1807), English painter *

Julian Rathbone Julian Christopher Rathbone (10 February 1935 – 28 February 2008) was an English novelist. Life Julian Rathbone was born in 1935 in Blackheath, south London. The son of Christopher and Decima Rathbone he was a member of the Rathbone family ...

(1935–2008), English novelist *

Justus H. Rathbone Justus Henry Rathbone (October 29, 1839 – December 9, 1889) was an American school teacher and the founder of the international fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias. Prior to and during the American Civil War he taught, worked in a numbe ...

(1839–1889), founder of the Knights of Pythias *

Richard Rathbone Richard Rathbone (2 December 1788 – 10 November 1860) was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool in England. Life Rathbone was the second son of William Rathbone IV. Richard was a commission merchant, setting up in partnership with ...

(1788–1860), Liverpool merchant * Tim Rathbone (1933–2002), English politician *

William Rathbone II William Rathbone II (22 May 1696 – 1746) was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool, England. William Rathbone was the son of a sawyer who lived in Gawsworth, Cheshire, and shared his name. Born on 22 May 1696, William Rathbone II t ...

(1696–1746), founder of Rathbone Brothers, initially a Liverpool-based timber trading business *

William Rathbone III William Rathbone III (1726–1789) was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool. The eldest son of William Rathbone II, he was a merchant and ship-owner within Liverpool. A devout Quaker, and committed opponent of the slave trade, he ma ...

(1726–89), Liverpool merchant *

William Rathbone IV William Rathbone IV (10 June 1757 – 11 February 1809) was an English ship-owner and merchant involved in the organisation of American trade with Liverpool, England. He was a political radical, supporting the abolition of the slave trade and unive ...

(1757–1809), Liverpool merchant *

William Rathbone V William Rathbone V (17 June 1787 – 1 February 1868) was an English merchant and politician, serving as Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Life The notability and prosperity of the Rathbone family of Liverpool was tied to the growth of that city as a ma ...

(1787–1868), Liverpool merchant *

William Rathbone VI William Rathbone VI (11 February 1819 – 6 March 1902) was an English merchant and businessman noted for his philanthropic and public work. He was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1868 and 1895. ...

(1819–1902), English politician

Fictional characters

* Oliver Rathbone, a lawyer in Anne Perry mystery novels about

William Monk Inspector William Monk is a fictional character created by the writer Anne Perry and hero of a series of books. Monk was born in Northumberland shortly before the Victorian era, accession of Queen Victoria, the son of a fisherman. Before he jo ...

* Henry Rathbone, father of Oliver Rathbone in

Anne Perry Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme; 28 October 1938) was convicted of murder in New Zealand when a teenager, later moved to England and became an author. In 1954, at the age of fifteen, she and her 16-year-old friend Pauline Parker were tried ...

mystery novels

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