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Memorial, St Mary's Church, Twickenham By his marriage, in 1771, to Mary Aldred of Norwich, Twining had six sons and four daughters. The eldest son, Richard Twining (1772–1857), born on 5 May 1772 at Devereux Court, Strand, was educated under Samuel Parr at Norwich grammar school, and in 1794 entered the tea business, where he worked until within five weeks of his death on 14 October 1857.
Thomas Twining (1675 in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England – 19 May 1741 in Twickenham, Greater London) was an English merchant, and the founder of the tea merchant Twinings of London. Life [ edit ]
Richard Twining FRS (5 May 1772 – 14 October 1857) was a British tea merchant. He was the eldest son of Richard Twining (1749–1824), a director of the East India Company , and the head of Twinings the London tea merchants.
Twining's tricycle. Twinings' ethical tea programme, Sourced with Care, aims to improve the quality of life in the communities from which it buys tea. [18] The company is a founding member of the Ethical Tea Partnership, [19] a not-for-profit membership organisation of tea-packing companies which undertake monitoring and improving conditions on tea estates in all major tea-growing regions. [20]
The Commutation Act 1784, enacted by the British Parliament, reduced the tax on tea from 119% to 12.5%, effectively ending the smuggling trade. William Pitt the Younger, acting on the advice of Richard Twining of the Twinings Tea Company, introduced the Act to increase revenues through legitimate sales of tea by ending 100 years of punitive tea taxes which promoted smuggling.
Portrait of Mary Twining, artist unknown. Mary Twining (1726–1804), née Little, led Twinings, the tea company, from 1763 to 1782, after the death of her husband, Daniel Twining. [1] Her sons, Richard Twining and John Twining, eventually took over the company from her. Today, Twinings still exists and is a recognized, global brand.
The Twining business expanded in 1825 to include a bank [3] that financed tea trading, which operated at 215 Strand from 1835 until it merged with Lloyds Bank in 1892. The tea business became known as "R. Twining" after Robert Twining became its director in 1771. Twinings received a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1837. The Royal Warrant ...
Selections from Thomas Twining's correspondence can be found in Recreations and Studies of a Country Clergyman of the Eighteenth Century (1882) [11] [12] and Selections from Papers of the Twining Family (1887) edited by his grand-nephew Richard Twining; see also Gentleman's Magazine, lxxiv. 490, and J. E. Sandys, History of Classical Scholarship, vol. iii. (1908).