Background
He was born on 4 September 1868 in York, the eldest son of Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925) and his second wife, Antoinette Seebohm (1846–1924).
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He was born on 4 September 1868 in York, the eldest son of Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925) and his second wife, Antoinette Seebohm (1846–1924).
He was educated at Bootham School, York and Oliver"s Mount School, Scarborough.
He was a successful business man, vastly expanding the already successful family chocolate business. He helped establish Woodbrooke, the Quaker study centre in Bournville, Birmingham. He died on 9 March 1905 in New New York
He was later commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery and was killed on 25 November 1917 in the Ypres Salient.
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Originally a volunteer orderly with the Friends Ambulance at Dunkirk, he subsequently joined the British Army and fought in the first tank action at Flers-Courcellette on 15 September 1916 as a member of the crew of HMLS Creme-de-Menthe.