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of Aberdeen. Soap and candle maker
of Aberdeen. Soap and candle maker


* 1802 Company founded
1802 Company founded


* Sometime after 1892, the soap and candle works of [[Charles Tennant and Co]] Ltd at St Rollox was merged with [[A. Ogston and Sons]] of Aberdeen, to form [[Ogston and Tennant]] Ltd<ref>First Tennant Memorial Lecture, 1943, delivered by Brigadier General Sir William Alexander to the Glasgow section of the Society of Chemical Industry</ref>.
Sometime after 1892, the soap and candle works of [[Charles Tennant and Co]] Ltd at St Rollox was merged with [[A. Ogston and Sons]] of Aberdeen, to form [[Ogston and Tennant]] Ltd <ref>First Tennant Memorial Lecture, 1943, delivered by Brigadier General Sir William Alexander to the Glasgow section of the Society of Chemical Industry</ref>.


* The combined company later became part of the [[Lever Brothers|Lever Group]].
The combined company later became part of the [[Lever Brothers|Lever Group]].


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Latest revision as of 11:03, 24 October 2011

of Aberdeen. Soap and candle maker

1802 Company founded

Sometime after 1892, the soap and candle works of Charles Tennant and Co Ltd at St Rollox was merged with A. Ogston and Sons of Aberdeen, to form Ogston and Tennant Ltd [1].

The combined company later became part of the Lever Group.

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Sources of Information

  1. First Tennant Memorial Lecture, 1943, delivered by Brigadier General Sir William Alexander to the Glasgow section of the Society of Chemical Industry
  • The History of Unilever by Charles Wilson. Published 1954 by Cassell and Co