Background
He was the second son of William Rathbone IV.
He was the second son of William Rathbone IV.
He retired in 1835. Rathbone attended the 1840 anti-slavery convention in London and he was included in the painting which is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London. They had six children:
Hannah Mary (1818-1853)
Richard Reynolds (1820-1898)
Margaret (b 1821 later Dixon)
William Benson (1826-1892)
Basil (1824-1853)
Emily (1838-1907, later Greg).