Emminent ancestors include James Lancaster 1610— 1699 a member of the Valiant Sixty the earliest activists of the Society of Friends. John 1822–1880 and Joseph 1827–1880 Cash who started the silk weaving business in Coventry in 1846, later famous for their name tapes. Professor John Barlow 1815–1856 professor of Veterinary Studies at Edinburgh University and introduced the microscope there. General George Monck 1608–1670 restored Charles II to the throne. George Cadbury 1839–1922 founder of the Cadbury chocolate business and the model village of Bournville. John Camden Neild 1780–1852 who gave his entire fortune of half a million pounds to Queen Victoria the year before she bought Balmoral! John Henry Barlow 1855–1924 Quaker Yearly Meeting Clerk during the Great War, leading pacifist and first Director of the Bournville Village Trust. Jonathan D Carr 1806–1884 founder of Carr's water biscuits. Samuel Bowly 1802–1844 anti-slavery campaigner and friend of Wilberforce.
