Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet KCVO (born May 10, 1850 in Glasgow - † October 2, 1931 in London ) was a British self-made man , trader and yacht owner who created the famous Lipton tea brand and the toughest challenger in America's history Cup was.
Life
Thomas Lipton went to the USA in 1865 and took on various jobs there. He returned to the UK five years later and opened his first grocery store. This company turned out to be very successful and Lipton soon opened a chain of grocery stores. In order to supply them with goods, Lipton bought plantations, founded the Lipton company in 1898 and thus created, among other things, the Lipton tea brand, which still exists today (today belongs to Unilever ).
On May 31, 1870 Lipton became a member of the Federation of the Freemasons , his Loge Lodge Scotia Glasgow No. 178 is based in Glasgow . In March 1901 he was inducted into the Royal Victorian Order as Knight Commander . On July 29, 1902, he was given the hereditary title of Baronet , of Osidge in the County of Middlesex.
He was a great sports enthusiast who also practiced various sports himself in his homeland and later in Argentina, especially sailing. King Edward VII and King George V both shared their interests in yachting with Lipton and enjoyed his company. Between 1899 and 1930, he urged the American Cup holder of the America's Cup on behalf of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club (Lipton was of Irish descent) five times with his yachts Shamrock to Shamrock V out. These efforts, which brought him a specially created trophy for the “best of all losers”, increased the awareness of his tea brand in the USA . As a self-made man, Lipton was not a born member of the British upper class, so the Royal Yacht Squadron only accepted him as a member shortly before his death.
In Argentina he founded the Copa Lipton in 1905 for an annual comparison of the national soccer teams of Argentina and Uruguay . Even before the first soccer world championship in 1930 he donated the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy , which was played in two international tournaments in Turin in 1909 and 1911. The cup was one of the first international club tournaments.
Shamrock I, 1899
Shamrock II, 1901
Shamrock I and Shamrock II, 1901
Shamrock III, 1903
Shamrock IV, 1919
Works
- Autobiography. Duffield Green, New York 1932.
literature
- Michael D'Antonio : A Full Cup. Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup. Riverheads Books, New York 2010
- James A. Mackay: The man who invented himself. A life of Sir Thomas Lipton. Mainstream Books, Edinburgh 1989, ISBN 1-85158-831-0 .
- Françoise de Maulde: Sir Thomas Lipton. Gallimard, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-07-060266-4 .
- Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 16 : L - Lord Advocate . London 1911, p. 743 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Philippa Faulks: Tea and Sympathy. In: Freemasonry Today No. 36 (Winter 2016) p. 47 f. (Editor: UGLoE )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lipton, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lipton, Sir Thomas Johnstone, 1st Baronet (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British self-made man, trader and creator of the Lipton tea brand |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1931 |
| Place of death | London |