Richard Fothergill (1758–1821) was an ironmaster in South Wales and the founder of the Fothergill dynasty of ironmasters.
[1][2] His sons were Richard Fothergill II (1789–1851),[3] Thomas Fothergill (1791–1858), and Rowland Fothergill (1794–1871).
His daughter, Ann, married in 1877 Sir Rose Lambert Price, bart.
[1] His grandson Richard Fothergill III (1822–1903) was an ironmaster and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.
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