English brewers

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James Hulkes

James Hulkes (1770–1821) was an English brewer, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1806.

Hulkes was the son of a brewer and was himself a brewer and banker of the city of London.

Hulkes was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester in 1802 at an election "contested with considerable warmth". He held the seat until 1806. He opposed Pitt's second ministry and supported Fox.

Hulkes died on 29 January 1821 at Tovil near Maidstone, aged 51.

Hulkes' grandson, Henry Stephen Hulkes (1812-1884), migrated 1843 to South Australia where he was a close associate of Alexander Tolmer and a companion of the explorer John Jackson Oakden. The Hulkes Hills near Lake Torrens bear his name.

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John Taylor, Baron Ingrow

John Aked Taylor, Baron Ingrow OBE TD JP DL (15 August 1917 – 7 February 2002) was a British soldier, brewer and Conservative politician.

Born to Percy and Gladys Taylor, he was educated at Shrewsbury School. During World War II Taylor served in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and subsequently with the Royal Signals with whom he carried out decoding work in Norway, the Middle East, north Africa, Italy, north-west Europe, and Burma and was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 1951.

Taylor was for 40 years chairman and managing director of Timothy Taylor & Co, the family brewery in Keighley, West Yorkshire founded by his grandfather Timothy Taylor in 1858.

Taylor was a member of Keighley Town Council for 21 years from 1946, serving as mayor in 1956. For nearly 20 years (1964–83) Taylor was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations; for five years (1971–76) he served as its chairman.

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Pierse Loftus

Pierse Creagh Loftus (29 November 1877 – 20 January 1956) was an Irish-born British businessman and Conservative Party politician. A notable figure in the public life of Lowestoft and East Suffolk for several decades, he sat in the House of Commons from 1934 to 1945 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lowestoft division of Suffolk.

Loftus was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland. When he was eight years old, he and his brother changed their surnames to Loftus, adopting their grandmother's maiden name.

He was educated at St. Augustine's School in Ramsgate and at The Oratory School in Birmingham. After working in South Africa for three years, where he served with the Maritzburg Defence Force in 1899, he returned to England; in 1902 he bought a share in Adnams Brewery, in Southwold, with his brother Jack. In the First World War he served with the Suffolk Regiment in France, reaching the rank of captain.

He was elected to East Suffolk County Council in 1922, and the following year became vice-chairman of the Lowestoft Conservative Association. In 1931 he became an alderman of the council.

When Gervais Rentoul, the Conservative MP for Lowestoft, resigned his seat in 1934 to become a Metropolitan Police magistrate, Loftus was selected as the Conservative candidate for the resulting by-election. The Conservative Party was part of the National Government, and Loftus stood as a "National Conservative", i.e. a supporter of the government, with the backing of the other parties in the government. He was opposed by the Labour Party and by an independent Liberal candidate. The campaign was dominated by the issues facing Lowestoft's fishermen, who had suffered from the loss of Russia as a market for herring.

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Thomas Lote (MP fl.1363)

Thomas Lote (fl. 1363), was an English politician and brewer.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Chippenham in 1363.

He may have been related to the later MP for Chippenham, also named Thomas Lote.

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John Edmund Martineau

John Edmund Martineau (1904 – 3 June 1982) was an English brewer and brewing executive, who served as President of the Institute of Brewing.

John Edmund Martineau was born in 1904, the eldest son of Maurice Martineau, of Walsham-le-Willows in Suffolk. In 1936, he married Catherine Makepeace Thackeray (1911–1995), second daughter of William Thackeray Dennis Ritchie (1880–1964), of Woodend House in Marlow, Durham, a descendent of William Makepeace Thackeray.

Martineau was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, where he completed a classics degree. He worked at Mure's Brewery in Hampstead, before joining Whitbread & Co's in 1925; promotion to managing director followed in 1931, making him the fifth member of his family to sit on Whitbread's Board since it took over the family business, Martineau and Bland, in 1812. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force, rising to the rank of Wing Commander and ending with a posting at the Directorate of War Organisation in the Air Ministry. After the war, he returned to Whitbread's and was responsible for overseeing research and technical affairs, including the re-opening of its laboratory in 1946. Martineau worked closely with the Head Brewer, Bill Lasman, and the pair tried to apply scientific advances to brewing. According to his obituary, Whitbread's Luton brewery "would never have been built in that matter if not for the training and encouragement they gave to the technical staff".

In 1950, Martineau joined the Council of the Brewers' Society, an appointment which would last for sixteen years. At the same time, he was appointed Chairman of the Publications Committee at the Institute of Brewing, in which post he remained until 1952. Between 1954 and 1956, he served as President of the Institute of Brewing and in 1955 he was appointed Master of the Brewers' Company for a year. He had overseen the reconstruction of the latter company's bomb-damaged hall after the war as Chairman of the Hall Committee. Away from his profession, Martineau was also chairman of the governors at Dame Alice Owen's School and Aldenham School.

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Maurice Arthur Pryor

Maurice Arthur Pryor (23 June 1911 – 20 December 1969) was an English brewing executive who served as President of the Institute of Brewing.

Maurice Arthur Pryor was born on 23 June 1911, the son of Major John Arthur Pryor. In 1935, he married Veronica Beatrice (died 1992), daughter of Major Aynsley Eyre Greenwell and Beatrice Lilian née Sanderson, and had one son and three daughters.

Following schooling at Stowe, he joined Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co. as a Director in 1934, a brewery which had merged with the Pryor family brewery in 1816 and where his father was on the Board. His career was interrupted by the Second World War, when he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. He became a Lieutenant Commander in 1940, serving in Light Coastal forces. After he was demobilised, he returned to his old brewery as a member of the Board; in 1964 he succeeded his father (who had been in the post for 19 years) as Chairman. Alongside that post, he was chairman of Daniell & Sons Breweries, Ltd., Haven Inns Ltd., Russell’s Gravesend Brewery Ltd. and The Writtle Brewery Co. Ltd., alongside other directorships.

Pryor took an active interest in the Institute of Brewing, of which he was a member for 28 years; he was on the Research Board and the Research Policy Committee, and served as President between 1958 and 1960. He was also Chairman of the Brewers' Society between 1962–64 and Master of the Brewers' Company in 1962; he therefore held the rare distinction of chairing the three leading professional organisations for the brewing industry.

In his private life, Pryor enjoyed sailing. Professionally, he encouraged information exchange through the European Brewery Convention and, according to an obituary in the IOB's journal, he possessed a "very wide knowledge of all aspects of the industry and ... shrewd judgement." He died, suddenly at his home, on 21 December 1969.

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Alec Monk

David Alec George Monk (born 13 December 1942), known as Alec Monk, is a British businessman who is a former chairman and chief executive of the supermarket chain Gateway and former chairman of the brewing company Charles Wells Ltd.

Monk was educated at Jesus College, Oxford from 1962 to 1965, obtaining a degree in PPE. He was then part of the research staff on corporate finance and taxation at Sheffield University and the London Business School before working for Rio Tinto Zinc, becoming a director in 1974. After being vice-president and director of AEA Investors from 1977, he became chairman and chief executive of Gateway in 1981, remaining in post until 1989. He was a member of the now-defunct National Economic Development Council from 1986 to 1990, and was president of the Institute of Grocery Distribution from 1987 to 1989. Between 1998 and 2003 he was chairman of Charles Wells. He was made an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1985 and awarded an honorary doctorate by Sheffield University in 1988. In 1999, he was made an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College. He was appointed a Foundation Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge in 2001.

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John Morison Inches

John Morison Inches (27 February 1903 – 15 November 1985) was a Scottish brewer and brewing executive, who served as President of the Institute of Brewing.

John Morison Inches was born in Edinburgh on 27 February 1903, the son of J. Morison Inches, who was chairman of the Edinburgh-based brewery J. & J. Morison. Inches was educated at the Edinburgh Academy; while he was studying there, his father died and control of the business was taken over by Inches's mother. Inches subsequently attended the Heriot Watt Brewing School before becoming Head Brewer at J. & J. Morison at the age of 22. He became is chairman in 1946, when it was registered as a Limited Liability Company. Along with several other breweries, the company amalgamated with Scottish Brewers Ltd. in 1960, which became Scottish and Newcastle Brewers Ltd.; after the merger, J. & J. Morison stopped operations. Inches sat on the new company's board and supervised the William Younger Brewery, located next door to his former brewing house.

Inches was Moderator of the High Constables at Holyrood Palace from 1943 to 1945. He was President of the Brewers' Association of Scotland from 1947 to 1949, President of the Institute of Brewing between 1952 and 1954, and co-founded the Heriot Watt Brewing Students Association, before becoming an Honorary Fellow the College in 1952; he became a member of its Court when it became a University in 1966. Two years later, he retired from Scottish and Newcastle and went to live in Bury St Edmunds with his second wife, Pamela, elder daughter of J. G. Moore Bell, of Sutton in Surrey, whom he had married in 1969. During his time at J. & J. Morison, the brewers were known for their high-quality training. According to his obituary in the Journal of the Institute of Brewing, when Inches took up a new role at Scottish and Newcastle, "His natural charm and experience did much to facilitate the integrations which followed, particularly in the field of industrial relations and to support the newer band of technologists of narrower training and experience." He died on 15 November 1985.

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Neil Morrissey

Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, voice actor, singer, comedian and businessman. He is best known for his role as Tony in Men Behaving Badly, Eddie Lawson in Waterloo Road and Nigel Morton in Line of Duty.

He is also known for his role as Rocky in Boon, the voice of Bob, Lofty, Skip and Farmer Pickles in Bob the Builder and the voice of Nick in Roary the Racing Car.

Morrissey was born in Stafford to Irish parents. He and his brother Stephen (who died in 1997) were placed under a care order and later legally separated from their parents (both psychiatric nurses) after they went on multiple theft and burglary sprees. The boys spent much of their childhood in separate foster homes, Morrissey spending most of his time at Penkhull Children's Home.

After studying at Thistley Hough High School in Penkhull, he was fostered by the family of his friend Mark Langston. This lasted for nearly two years after leaving the children's home at 17. He studied for his A levels at the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.

During this time he was an active member of the Stoke Repertory Theatre, Stoke Schools Theatre, and Stoke Original Theatre and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1979. His successful application to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama resulted in an unconditional offer which paved the way for the next steps in his theatrical career.

On leaving the Guildhall, Morrissey paid off his student debts by landing parts in film productions. His first role in 1984 was Able Seaman Matthew Quintal in The Bounty alongside Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier.

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Norman Bryce Smiley

Norman Bryce Smiley (30 March 1909 – 9 October 1968) was an English brewer and brewing executive who served as President of the Institute of Brewing.

Norman Bryce Smiley was born on 30 March 1909, the son of Thomas Bryce Smiley and Edith Ann née Bardsley. In 1936, he married Elsie Marion Steen, and they had two sons and two daughters. He was educated at Denstone College and New College, Oxford, whence he graduated with a degree in Natural Science. He became a brewer at Messrs. Arthur Guinness in 1931; he was transferred to the company's new brewery at Park Royal four years later, before he was appointed a Director in 1942. In 1956, he was promoted to Joint Managing Director of the Park Royal company which oversaw the brewery; ten years later he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Arthur Guinness and the following year was promoted to full Managing Director.

Smiley served on several committees of the Brewers' Society, and was appointed to its Council in 1944. He was also Chairman of the Institute of Brewing's (IOB) Research Board from 1952 to 1962, and was involved with the development's Research Scheme and the inception of its research centre at Lyttel Hall. He was the British representative on the Council of the European Brewery Convention (EBC) from 1948 to his death; he served as Vice-President of the EBC from 1963 to his death, and was the President of the IOB between 1966 and 1968. Other appointments included Membership of the Egg Marketing Board (from 1957) and Member of the Council of the Confederation of British Industry (from 1965). He died on 9 October 1968, and was survived by his wife.

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