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Brown Brothers
Brown Brothers may refer to: * Brown Bros. & Co. a bank, later merging to become Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. * Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., the oldest and largest private bank in the United States * Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard, an Australian wine company * Brown Brothers Tobacco Company, a 19th-century Detroit cigar manufacturing business *Brown Brothers, a Scottish engineering company incorporated into Vickers plc *Brown Brothers of Great Eastern Street, London, UK, manufacturer of the Brown quadricycle first sold in 1899 * Six Brown Brothers, a jazz sextet {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vickers Plc
Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960 of British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1977), shipbuilding ( Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group in 1977) and steel. It was purchased by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999, and the Vickers company name became defunct in 2003 as Rolls renamed the company Vinters Engineering. History The company was created in 1977 from the rump of Vickers-Armstrongs following the nationalisation of its aviation, shipbuilding and steel businesses. The name was first used by the Vickers family for Vickers Limited – at first a Sheffield steel foundry and later a manufacturing conglomerate – from 1867 to 1927. During the 1980s the company acquired businesses in the automotive engineering sector (principally Rolls-Royce Motors), the defence sector (principally Royal Ordnance Factory Leeds) and the marine engineering sector (principally Kamewa and Uls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Bros
Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing and painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black. In the RGB color model used to project colors onto television screens and computer monitors, brown combines red and green. The color brown is seen widely in nature, wood, soil, human hair color, eye color and skin pigmentation. Brown is the color of dark wood or rich soil. In the RYB color model, brown is made by mixing the three primary colors, red, yellow, and blue. According to public opinion surveys in Europe and the United States, brown is the least favorite color of the public; it is often associated with fecal matter, plainness, the rustic, although it does also have positive associations, including baking, warmth, wildlife, the autumn and music. Etymology The term is from Old English , in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color. The first reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is the oldest and one of the largest private investment banks in the United States. * a "Brown Brothers, who are the oldest as well as one of the largest private banking concerns in the country" — ¶ 2 * b "The firm was started in America in 1800 in Baltimore by the original Brown ... after starting in general dry goods business" — ¶ 3 * c "in 1825 the banking office of the firm was opened in New York City on Pine Street. The firm has been on its present Wall Street site since 1833." — ¶ 3 * a "Alex. (Alexander) Brown & Sons (founded 1800), the first and oldest continually operating investment banking firm in the United States." — Notes §, ¶ 1 In 1931, the merger of Brown Brothers & Co. (founded in 1818) and Harriman Brothers & Co. formed the current BBH. Brown Brothers Harriman is also notable for the number of influential American politicians, government appointees, and Cabinet members who have worked at the company, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard
Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard is a family-owned wine company based in Milawa, Victoria, Australia. Brown Brothers was founded in 1889 by John Francis Brown and continues to be owned and operated by his descendants on the original property. Brown Brothers makes wine from a wide range of List of grape varieties, grape varieties and into a range of styles. History In 2009, Brown Brothers was asked to join Australian wine alliance Australia's First Families of Wine a multimillion-dollar venture to help resurrect the fortunes of the $6 billion industry highlighting the quality and diversity of Australian wine.Simon Evans, The Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 18 August 2009, Page 61 The 12 member alliance includes Brown Brothers, Campbells, Taylors, De Bortoli Wines, DeBortoli, McWilliam’s, Tahbilk, Tyrell’s, Yalumba, D'Arenberg, Howard Park Wines, Howard Park, Jim Barry and Henschke. The main criteria are that the family-owned companies need to have a "landmark wine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Brothers Tobacco Company
Brown Brothers Tobacco Company was located at 119 State Street in Detroit. The building was built for brothers, Robert Hamilton Brown and John Brown who founded a cigar manufacturing business which was, at one time, the largest cigar factory under one roof in the world. Brown Brothers were known for the following cigar brands: Newsboys, Cremo, Fontella, Carmencita, Evangeline and Detroit Free Press. Company founding Robert Brown, born in Ohio of Irish descent, and his brother, John H. Brown, founded the firm. Robert was a Civil War veteran who received honorable discharge, having been a private in an Ohio regiment. In the late 1800s, Brown moved to Detroit and started a fire insurance, real estate and lumber business with his brother John (who had previously moved to Detroit) on Griswold Street in Detroit. They later started the cigar business on Monroe Avenue and John managed the enterprise. Building In 1887, famed Detroit architect, Gordon W. Lloyd designed the company's ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Quadricycle
The Brown Quadricycle was first sold in 1899 by the bicycle and motor factory, Brown Brothers of Great Eastern Street, London, UK. The quadricycle could be bought fully assembled or all the components could be purchased separately to be built by the owner. Also available was a tricycle version and a 'convertible' model that could use either a single front wheel or have an optional twin front wheel assembly that allowed a front passenger to be carried. The only known surviving Brown Quadricycle uses a Perfecta quadricycle frame and a Starley rear axle. The engine is a 2.25 hp De Dion-Bouton engine that drives through a two speed Bozier gearbox and has been officially dated by the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain as of 1899 manufacture. Brown Brothers later sold other vehicles that carried the Brown name but were manufactured by other makers. The Brown Brothers trade name is still in use in 2013 as Brown Brothers Distribution Ltd, part of PPG Industries (UK) Ltd. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
