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= Ethel Baxter = Ethelreda Baxter (22 October 1883 - 16 August 1963) was a Scottish cook and businesswoman. She was a second generation member of the family that established the Baxters food processing company, based in Fochabers, Moray.

Ethel was born in Roseisle, Moray, the daughter of a farmer, Andrew Adam, and his wife Elizabeth Farquar. Ethel trained as a nurse and in 1914, tended a patient, William Baxter, whom she subsequently married. William was the son of George and Margaret Baxter, the founders of the original Baxters grocery shop in Fochabers.

Ethel Baxter joined her husband in business, and encouraged him to open a factory locally to make preserves from locally sourced products. She then took charge of managing the factory, purchasing the fruit, hiring the workforce and devising new recipes.

The product range widened to include soups and canned and bottled fruits. William Baxter travelled widely, promoting the products, and the couple eventually began selling to customers in London, America and throughout the British Empire, including the royal household itself.