The temperance movement in Ireland had an enormous impact domestically but the two key events that affected Jameson were the Irish War of Independence and subsequent trade war with the British which denied Jameson the export markets of the Commonwealth, and shortly thereafter, the introduction of prohibition in the United States. Historical events, for a time, set the company back. Today, Jameson is the world’s third largest single-distillery whiskey. It was the second most popular spirit in the world after rum and internationally Jameson had by 1805 become the world’s number one whiskey. Dublin at the time was the centre of world whiskey production. The Jamesons became the most important distilling family in Ireland, despite rivalry between the Bow Street and Marrowbone Lane distilleries.īy the turn of the 19th century, it was the second largest producer in Ireland and one of the largest in the world, producing 1,000,000 gallons annually. John Jameson’s eldest son, Robert took over his father’s legal business in Alloa. Marconi’s mother was Annie Jameson, Andrew’s daughter.
Wexford, was the grandfather of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy.
The fourth of Jameson’s sons, Andrew, who had a small distillery at Enniscorthy, Co. In 1901, the Company was formally incorporated as John Jameson and Son Ltd.įour of John Jameson’s sons followed his footsteps in distilling in Ireland, John Jameson II (1773 – 1851) at Bow Street, William and James Jameson at Marrowbone Lane in Dublin (where they partnered their Stein relations, calling their business Jameson and Stein, before settling on William Jameson & Co.). In 1805, he was joined by his son John Jameson II who took over the family business that year and for the next 41 years, John Jameson II built up the business before handing over to his son John Jameson the 3 rd in 1851. 202, of the Dublin Freemasons on the 24 th June 1774 and in 1780, Irish whiskey distillation began at Bow Street. John Jameson joined the Convivial Lodge No. Portraits of the couple by Sir Henry Raeburn are on display in the National Gallery of Ireland. John and Margaret had eight sons and eight daughters, a family of 16 children. John Jameson was originally a lawyer from Alloa in Scotland before he founded his eponymous distillery in Dublin in 1780.Prevoius to this he had made the wise move of marrying Margaret Haig (1753–1815) in 1768,one of the simple reasons being Margaret was the eldest daughter of John Haig, the famous whisky distiller in Scotland.
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