The Livery Newsletter and Gazette Issue 26 Winter 2016 | Page 4

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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