Background
He was the son of John Stephenson Rowntree and Elizabeth Hotham of New York
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Arnold Rowntree
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He was educated at Friends" School, Bootham, New York
Career
He was the nephew of Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), philanthropist and chocolate manufacturer. He was Honorary Secretary of the National Adult School Council. He was elected to Parliament at the United Kingdom general election, January 1910 as a member for New York
As a Quaker he opposed war and early in the First World War was involved in the Union of Democratic Control, a British anti-war group, which he left in response to pressure from the Liberal Party.
He was also associated with fellow Liberal Member of Parliament Thomas Edmund Harvey in an amendment to the provision for conscientious objectors in the Military Service Acting 1916. The same year, he took up the cause of the Richmond Sixteen, a group of conscientious objectors who were sent to France after refusing to undertake even non-combatant duties.
Rowntree was defeated in the 1918 post-war election, and thereafter concentrated on his business. However, he was President of the York Liberal Association and also President of the Educational Centres Association.
He was a Director of the family chocolate business, Rowntree and Company
(Limited), cocoa manufacturers. He was a Director of North of England Newspaper Company (Limited), The Nation, the Westminster Press and Associated Papers.
He was one of the original directors of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, from 1904 to 1951, and the Chair of the trust 1925-1938, following Joseph Rowntree and succeeded by Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree.
Membership
29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Born
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Nationality
United Kingdom -
Political Party
The Liberal Party