Sir Thomas Dewar

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Sir Thomas Dewar was a prominent Scottish whisky distiller, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a co-founder of the Dewar's Scotch whisky brand and for his public and charitable contributions in early 20th-century Britain.

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Lord Dewar 1
Sir Thomas Dewar canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
whisky distiller ⓘ
birthDate 1864-01-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Perth, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace London, England ⓘ
businessRegion British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
coFounded Dewar's ⓘ
linked to: Dewar’s
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1930-04-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Dewar ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
industry Scotch whisky ⓘ
knownFor expanding Dewar's whisky internationally ⓘ
innovative advertising of Scotch whisky ⓘ
public and charitable contributions in early 20th-century Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Dewar's whisky company ⓘ
name Thomas Robert Dewar ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Dewar
nobleTitle Baron Dewar ⓘ
notableWork Dewar's Scotch whisky brand ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
whisky distiller ⓘ
parent Jane Gow ⓘ
John Dewar Sr. ⓘ
linked to: John Dewar
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets, St George ⓘ
director of John Dewar & Sons ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
sibling John Dewar Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John Dewar
termEnd 1906 ⓘ
termStart 1900 ⓘ
titleCreationDate 1917 ⓘ

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Dewar Shield → namedAfter → Lord Dewar ⓘ
linked to: Sir Thomas Dewar