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Robert Peacock Gloag

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Robert Peacock Gloag (1826-1891)

Born in Camberwell the son of Robert Gloag and his wife Elizabeth Freeman

1853 Married (1) at St. Martin in the Fields to Jane Day (1834-1871) and had three sons

While in Russia, Scotsman Robert Peacock Gloag sees locals smoking cigarettes and imports the idea to Britain.

The first branded cigarettes manufactured in Britain were made at a factory on Deptford Lane around 1859 by Robert Peacock Gloag. The brand, Sweet Threes, had a yellowish tissue paper filled with ground tobacco. Gloag had been paymaster to the Turkish forces during the Crimean War (1853-1856), where he is purported to have seen locals smoking. Gloags business on Deptford Lane is largely responsible for the popularity of the cigarette in England today.

1872 Married (2) at Southwark to JNE BENNETT

1873 Bankrupt. Robert Peacock Gloag, cigarette manufacturer, 12, Baysen-road, Walworth-road, London.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Liverpool Journal of Commerce - Wednesday 04 June 1873
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