Rowland Fothergill (1794- 19 September 1871) was anironmaster in South Wales, whose main industrial interests lay in theAberdare district. He wasHigh Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1850.^[1]

He was the son ofRichard Fothergill.

Prior to acquiring property in the Aberdare Valley, Fothergill already owned successful works atTredegar and at Pont-hir nearChepstow.^[2] He took over theAbernant Ironworks in 1819 and four years later he took over the management of the Aberdare Iron Company's works atLlwydcoed.^[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. Retrieved4 August 2015.

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