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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.
The UK market is dominated by five brands - PG Tips (owned by Lipton Teas and Infusions), Tetley (owned by Tata Tea Limited), Typhoo (owned by the Indian conglomerate Apeejay Surrendra Group), Twinings (owned by Associated British Foods) and Yorkshire Tea (owned by Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate). Tetley leads the market with 27% share ...
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] Twinings has an Ethical Code of Conduct [21] and works with all its packaging and raw material suppliers ...
Richard Twining may refer to: . Richard Twining (tea merchant, born 1749) (1749–1824), English merchant, director of the East India Company, and the head of Twinings Richard Twining (tea merchant, born 1772) (1772–1857), his son, English merchant, director of the East India Company, and the head of Twinings
Lady Grey tea is a variety of tea which was created by Twinings in the early 1990s and named after Mary Elizabeth Grey, the wife of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey to appeal to Northern European markets, which apparently found Earl Grey tea too strong in flavour. [1] The name is trademarked to Twinings. [2]
The same prefix of the number zero + the area code is required to dial any fixed-line number in India from a mobile phone, irrespective of the area code. For example, to dial a landline number in Indore, one would have to dial from a landline in Indore: the phone number; from a landline in Mumbai: 0731 and then the phone number; from any mobile ...
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He changed careers, however, and worked for a merchant. He became a Freeman of the City of London in 1701, when he worked for the East India Company under Thomas D'Aeth, from whom he bought Tom's Coffee House at No. 216 Strand, London in 1706. In addition to coffee, Twining sold tea, and acquired a reputation for having the finest blends in