Brought up in Gawsworth, William Rathbone II set off for Liverpool where in 1742 he established the timber business that became Rathbone Brothers.
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William Rathbone II (22 May 1696 – 9 March 1746) was the founder of Rathbone Brothers, one of the United Kingdom's largest firms of wealth managers.
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