Brickwood baronets

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The Brickwood Baronetcy, of Portsmouth, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 29 June 1927 for Sir John Brickwood, chairman and managing director of Brickwood & Co Ltd, brewers, and chairman of the Portsmouth chamber of commerce. Brickwood had previously been knighted in 1904.[2] The title became extinct on the death of his son from his third marriage, the third Baronet (who had succeeded his half-brother in 1974), in 2006.

Brickwoods[]

A mock tudor example of a Brickwood & Co pub owned by the Brickwood baronets and their family

The Brickwood family had a long history in brewing, beginning in 1851 with an early brewery (the Cobden Arms Brewery on Arundel Street, Portsmouth) and then from 1891, formally under the name Brickwood & Co Ltd.[3] Their principal brewery was constructed in 1902 in Portsmouth and was named the Portsmouth Brewery (itself closing in 1983). During the late 19th and early 20th century, the family firm acquired numerous local brewers in and around Hampshire.[3] In 1974, the company change its name to Brickwoods Ltd.[3] By the 1970s, the company owned a large brewing operation and 675 pubs which were sold to Whitbread in 1971 by Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood and family.[4]

Brickwood baronets, of Portsmouth (1927)[]

  • (1852–1932)
  • Sir Rupert Redvers Brickwood, 2nd Baronet (1900–1974)
  • Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood, 3rd Baronet (1923–2006)

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 33292". The London Gazette. 8 July 1927. p. 4406.
  2. ^ "No. 27695". The London Gazette. 12 July 1904. p. 4448.
  3. ^ a b c Turton, Alison (1990). The Brewing Industry - A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester: University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780719030321.
  4. ^ Ritchie, Berry (1992). An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread. London: James & James. p. 115. ISBN 978-0907383369.
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