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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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 of America
surface form: United States
causeOfDeath illness
coFounded Dewar’s
surface form: 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 Scotch whisky brand
surface form: Dewar's whisky company
name Thomas Dewar
surface form: Thomas Robert Dewar
nobleTitle Baron Dewar
notableWork Dewar's Scotch whisky brand
occupation businessman
philanthropist
politician
whisky distiller
parent Jane Gow
John Dewar
surface form: John Dewar Sr.
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
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
surface form: John Dewar Jr.
termEnd 1906
termStart 1900
titleCreationDate 1917

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Dewar Shield namedAfter Sir Thomas Dewar
this entity surface form: Lord Dewar