Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co
of Black Eagle Brewery, Brick Lane, Spitalfields, Middx., and Burton on Trent. Brewers
c1666 Business established
1694 It was owned by Joseph Truman, senior.
1721 Joseph Truman died.
1722 Benjamin Truman (1699/1700–1780) became a partner in the firm
1730 Joseph Truman junior withdrew from the firm.
by 1743, Benjamin Truman was the sole partner responsible for management of the business
1780 Having no surviving male heir, Truman put his entire estate in trust for his two great-grandsons, appointing as executor his head clerk, James Grant, who was also to continue to run the brewery.
1788 Grant became a partner but died in 1789. Sampson Hanbury then bought Grant's share and took over the business.
Hanbury subsequently brought in Quaker partners, taking the business to greater heights and establishing longer term family dynasties than the Trumans had been able to achieve. Over many generations Buxtons and Hanburys managed the brewery.
1853 Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co. mashed 140,090 quarters of malt
In 1862 there were 7 steam engines on the premises.
1876 Boulton and Watt were making a large pair of pumping engines for this brewery firm [1]
1889 Incorporated as a Limited Company; public issue of shares; Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co was the 4th largest brewer in Britain[2]
1972 Grand Metropolitan Ltd was formed from Grand Metropolitan Hotels Ltd by acquiring brewers Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co and Watney Mann, as well as other companies.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 28th July 1876 p60
- ↑ The Times Jan. 4, 1889
- Biography of Sir Benjamin Truman, ODNB