Dorothy Adlington Cadbury

Dorothy Adlington Cadbury
Born(1892-10-14)14 October 1892
Birmingham, Warwickshire[1]
Died21 August 1987(1987-08-21) (aged 94)
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
ParentGeraldine Cadbury

Dorothy Adlington Cadbury (14 October 1892 – 21 August 1987) was an English botanist and director of confectionery company Cadbury's.[2]

Born in Birmingham, she was the oldest child of Dame Geraldine Cadbury (1864–1941) and Barrow Cadbury (1862–1958).

She became involved with the International Industrial Relations Institute, serving as its treasurer until Resigning at their second conference in 1928.[3]

Following her retirement from Cadbury's she devoted her time to botany and became an expert on pond weeds.[2] A member of the Botanical Society of the British Isles, in 1950 she joined the Birmingham Natural History Society (BNHS).[4] She was the lead author of A Computer Mapped Flora, the main flora of Warwickshire in the 20th century.[5]

Her name appears on the side of tubs of Cadbury Roses, with the company stating they were named after her favourite flowers, roses, which grew in the gardens of the original factory at Bournville.[6][7]

  1. ^ 1901 England Census
  2. ^ a b Hawkes, J.G. (1988). "Dorothy Adlington Cadbury (1892- 1987)". Watsonia. 17: 208–209 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Carlson, Benny (2007). "The IRI and its Swedish Connection". American Studies in Scandinavia. 39 (1): 13–32. doi:10.22439/asca.v39i1.4560.
  4. ^ "Dorothy Adlington Cadbury". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ^ Cadbury, D. A.; Hawkes, J. G.; Readett, R. C. (1971). A Computer Mapped Flora, a study of the county of Warwickshire. Academic Press. p. 778.
  6. ^ "The lost chocolates from Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations and Heroes". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Cadbury Roses". Waitrose.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.