Richard Barrow Cadbury (29 August 1835 – 22 March 1899) was an English entrepreneur, chocolate-maker and philanthropist.

Richard was the first to commercialise the connection between romance and confectionery with the company producing a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in 1868.

Over the following years, more land was acquired and a model village was built for his workers, which became known as Bournville.

[2] Having fallen ill with diphtheria during a trip to the Khedivate of Egypt, Cadbury was taken for treatment to the hospital of the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, but succumbed to his illness on 22 March 1899, aged 63[3] At that time, he and his brother George owned 100% of the ordinary shares in their business.

[4] In 1905 the executors of Cadbury's estate distributed £40,000 to various charities including £10,000 to the Temperance Hospital in London.