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Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland.It was established in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire in 1820, and continued to be produced and bottled at the town's Hill Street plant, once the world's largest bottling plant, [1] until its closure in 2012, a decision announced by Diageo in 2009 which would bring the 190-year association between the ...
Sir Alexander Walker II (1869 – 1950) was a Scottish businessman who was the younger grandson of John 'Johnnie' Walker of the whisky brand.He and his brother, George Paterson Walker, took the control of the company after the death of their father Alexander Walker in 1889.
Sir Alexander Walker (1837 – 1889) was a Scottish industrialist who was the son of John ‘Johnnie’ Walker of the whisky brand. He inherited the company in 1857 and expanded its business, exporting whisky throughout the British Empire.
Tributes are pouring in for the pioneering radio DJ and BBC presenter Johnnie Walker, who has died aged 79. Born Peter Dingley, Walker was a former pirate radio DJ who began his career with the ...
Captain Frederic John Walker, CB, DSO & Three Bars (3 June 1896 – 9 July 1944) (his first name is given as Frederick in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [1] and some London Gazette entries) was a British Royal Navy officer noted for his exploits during the Second World War.
Veteran radio DJ Johnnie Walker’s wife Tiggy has raised a glass to her “most devoted, loving husband” on New Year’s Eve after he died aged 79.
John's son Alexander Walker (named after John's father) had apprenticed with a tea merchant in Glasgow, and there learned the art of blending tea. When he returned to take over the business from his ailing father, he used those skills to create Old Highland Whisky (eventually renamed Johnnie Walker Black Label ), the blend that made Johnnie ...
Sales of Johnnie Walker fell by 2% globally, and by 10% in North America, the company’s largest region. Overall sales in North America also declined, led by a 22% drop at Casamigos, ...