Thomas Twining

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Portrait of Thomas Twining
The original coffeehouse at Strand , London
The Dial House in Twickenham

Thomas Twining (* 1675 in Painswick , Gloucestershire , England , † May 19, 1741 in Twickenham , Greater London ) was an English trader and the founder of Twinings of London .

Life

The son of a walker , Thomas Twining moved to London at the age of nine to become a weaver . After a professional reorientation, he worked for a dealer and importer and in 1701 became an honorary citizen of London ("Freeman of the City of London"). Twining later worked for Thomas D'Aeth, a trader in the service of the East India Company , whose coffeehouse near Strand , London , he acquired in 1706. In addition to coffee, Twining from then on also sold tea , was soon known for the best tea blends in London and subsequently sold more loose tea than brewed tea . In 1717 he expanded his business by three adjoining houses and from 1734 sold almost exclusively tea. Another expansion in 1722 was the acquisition of the so-called Dial House in the immediate vicinity of St. Mary's Church in Twickenham . Thomas Twining died in 1741 and was buried near the church, on the northeast corner of which there is a memorial in his honor.

legacy

After his death, Twining's son Daniel Twining took over the business on London's Strand, as did Dial House in Twickenham. The Twining family transferred it in 1889, after the death of Elizabeth Twining, to the dilapidated parish, which from then on used it as a parsonage . The Dial House is still owned by the Church of England and is the official residence of the Bishop of Kensington.

credentials

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lynn F. Pearson, Discovering Famous Graves (2008, ISBN 0747806195 ), p. 82
  2. ↑ James Phillips-Evans, The Longcrofts: 500 Years of a British Family (2012), Amazon, pp. 248-249
personal data
SURNAME Twining, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English trader, founder of Twinings of London
DATE OF BIRTH 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Painswick , Gloucestershire , England
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1741
Place of death Twickenham , Greater London , England