Contract of employment between John McAra & Wm McEwan

Category

Library Item

Item no

20628

Title

Contract of employment between John McAra and William McEwan, brewer, 29 August 1883

Description

One of the stamps in the top left corner of the document gives the date 29.8.83 for the contract.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1883

Size

33.2 x 20.5 cm

Type

Document

Born in 1827, William McEwan served his apprenticeship with Edinburgh brewer John Jeffrey before establishing the Fountain Brewery in 1856. By the 1860s he had established both a large Scottish market and a successful colonial export trade. When he entered politics in 1888, William Younger was appointed as the company's manager. In 1889, the company was registered as a limited liability company to acquire the business and in 1907 acquired the trade of Alexander Melvin & Co of the Boroughloch Brewery in Edinburgh. In 1931, the company merged with William Younger & Co to form Scottish Brewers Ltd, which in 1960, merged with Newcastle Breweries to form Scottish & Newcastle Brewers Ltd. The Fountain Brewery closed at the end of 2004.

Find out more about the history of McEwan's brewery from the Jisc Archives Hub.

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