Distillers Company Limited

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The Distillers Company Limited was a company formed in 1877 by a combination of six Scotch whisky distilleries: Macfarlane & Co., John Bald & Co. John Haig & Co, MacNab Bros & Co, Robert Mowbray and Stewart & Co. This company was born out of a trade association called the Scotch Distillers’ Association formed in 1865.

It was acquired by Guinness in 1986, forming United Distillers, and is now part of Diageo.

1 Subsidiaries
2 Pharmaceuticals
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Subsidiaries

A list of 41 subsidiaries of the Distillers Company as of 22 July 1980:

Ainslie & Heilbron (Distillers) Ltd, Glasgow
Baird-Taylor Ltd, Glasgow
John Begg Ltd, Glasgow
Benmore Distilleries Ltd, Glasgow
J.A. Bertram & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
John Bisset & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
James Buchanan a Co. Ltd, London
Bulloch Lade & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
Geo. Cowie & Son Ltd, Dufftown
John Crabbie & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
Craighall Bonding Co. Ltd, Glasgow
A. & A. Crawford Ltd, Edinburgh
Daniel Crawford & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
The Distillers Agency Ltd, South Queens-ferry
Peter Dawson Ltd, Glasgow
John Dewar & Sons Ltd, Perth
A. Ferguson & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
Donald Fisher Ltd, Edinburgh
John Gillon & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
Wm. Greer & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
John Haig & Co. Ltd, Fife
J. & W. Hardie Ltd, Edinburgh
J. & R. Harvey & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
John Hopkins & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
Low Robertson & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
W.P. Lowrie & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
Macdonald Greenlees Ltd, Edinburgh
Macleay Duff (Distillers) Ltd, Glasgow
D. & J. McCallum Ltd, Edinburgh
John McEwan & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh
Mitchell Bros. Ltd, Glasgow
Jas. Munro & Son Ltd, Edinburgh
John Robertson & Son Ltd, Edinburgh
Wm. Sanderson & Son Ltd, Edinburgh
Slater, Rodger & Co. Ltd, Glasgow
J. & G. Stewart Ltd, Edinburgh
R.H. Thomson & Co. (Distillers) Ltd, Edinburgh
John Walker & Sons Ltd, London
James Watson & Co. Ltd, Dundee
White Horse Distillers Ltd, Glasgow
Wright & Greig Ltd, Glasgow

[edit] Pharmaceuticals

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At one time, Distillers' subsidiary Distillers Biochemicals was involved in the pharmaceutical industry. Most notably, Distillers was responsible for the manufacture of the drug Thalidomide in the United Kingdom^[1].