Rowland Fothergill

Rowland Fothergill (1794- 19 September 1871) was an ironmaster in South Wales, whose main industrial interests lay in the Aberdare district. He was high sheriff of Glamorgan in 1850.^[1]

He was the son of Richard Fothergill.

Prior to acquiring property in the Aberdare Valley, Fothergill already owned successful works at Tredegar and at Pont-hir near Chepstow.^[2] He took over the Abernant Ironworks in 1819 and four years later he took over the management of the Aberdare Iron Company's works at Llwydcoed.^[2] He eventually purchased these works outright in 1846.^[2]

In due course, Fothergill's industrial interests were inherited by his nephew, Richard Fothergill.

• Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd (1964). "Dr. Thomas Price and the election of 1868 in Merthyr Tydfil : a study in nonconformist politics (Part One)" (PDF). Welsh History Review. 2 (2): 147–172.

• Price, Watkin William (1959). "Rowland Fothergill". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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