Wine for sale: W. H. Chaplin & Co

W. H. Chaplin & Co

W.H. Chaplin & co was a wine and spirits merchant established in London. It was known for buying the Long John brand from the heirs of the founder of Ben Nevis, Long John Macdonald, in 1991, before it was then itself bought by Seager Evans in 1936. The following year, the group bought Glenugie. This expansion policy intensified after the Second World War, before Seager Evans was eventually also bought by Schenley in 1956, enabling it to acquire Plymouth Gins in 1958 and Laphroaig in 1962. After being sold several more times, it now belongs to Pernod Ricard.