John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II

John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II (1777 – 6 June 1840, Crawley, Sussex) was the chairman of the British East India Company.

John Goldsborough Ravenshaw was the son of John Goldsborough Ravenshaw (died 1824) and Elizabeth Withers, and the great-grandson of William Withers.

His parents, who married in January 1772, had already given birth to two sons (Reverend Edward and Colonel Thomas William Ravenshaw) when John was born, and gave birth to two more sons after the birth of John (Captains George and William Ravenshaw).

They had 12 children, including John Hurdis (father of Major General Hurdis Ravenshaw) and Hester (wife of Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn).

The family lived on Harley Street in London, England.