Past Master Richard
Dunhill
Appointments
Lost Brethren
Members Gowned with the Livery
Dr Marina Murphy International Scientific Affairs BAT
Henry William Tuck Engineer / Company Director
The lunch was deliciously catered by Mark Grove and his team at Cook & Butler and we cracked along at a goodly pace . Our guests were admirably introduced by Liveryman Fran Morrison and our Principal Guest 20th , Tim September Wonnacott 2016 gave a generous and very humorous reply to which I responded initially by drenching poor Tim in a glass of water - he was very kind about it ( sorry Tim !). I was very pleased to show off the 20th newly September found Livery 2016Grant of Arms and Letters Patent which have been missing for many years - our Clerk tenaciously sought them out , and the new Immediate Past Master , Chris Allen , and his IPM , Mark Gower-Smith have funded a beautiful re- 20th September 2016
Sandra Mary Stocker Clerk , The Worshipful Company presentation and they are now resplendent in frames of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders carved with tobacco leaves ( or close to ); Sandra also located a huge banner not seen since 1985 and Angus Menzies , Clerk to the Master Mariners and never shy of a challenge saw to it that it was displayed on the Quarterdeck .
Whilst all this was going on , apparently biblicalstyle downpours were being had all over London - oblivious to all that drama we ended our lunch and trooped back to the quarterdeck where Coffee ,
Past Master Richard
Cigars
Dunhill
, and Cognac awaited us ( I did mention that our Livery enjoyed dining on the High C ’ s ..) and
Richard Dunhill was born on which
27th seemed October to 1926 hit the and mark passed
– Liveryman away on 26th
Jemma
August . He was just a couple Freeman of months had short kindly of provided his 90th birthday the torpedo . cigars and had had them placed in souvenir tubes with our Dunhill is one of the very few Crest brands emblazoned to be built on up it . by Several members of us of also the sported family . Richard ’ s uncle , Alfred Dunhill a limited the founder edition , was Livery the Smoking creative genius hat - originally with a passion for invention and motorcars conceived . He as a founded sort of shooting the small hat tobacconist , it serves shop its after running a business that purpose designed so luxurious well as a “ motoring team ” hat , accessories that of the . twenty ordered , but one remained by the close of the day !
His sister , Mary became the Thank first female you to managing the Master director Mariners of a for British allowing Public us the
Company when assuming responsibility use of the venue from
, to Alfred Tim for who being had a perfect tendency
Principal not to be ‘ available ’ at the time of the Guest company , and for
AGM everyone . attending and giving my
If Alfred was the creative genius year such and Mary a special the start businesswoman . , Richard was the statesman . He started his business career unpacking parcels at Woolworths and , following 4 years in the army , joined Dunhill in 1948 . He worked his way up the organization and eventually took over from Mary to be Chairman The in 1976 Master ultimately serving the company for 60 years .
He presided over the transformation of Dunhill from a smokers ’ requisites business to an icon luxury brand but his heart was always in the original trade . A prolific pipe smoker all his life , he continued to grade all Dunhill straight grain
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