Thomas Edwin Jago (21 July 1925 – 12 October 2018) was a Cornish liquor executive and marketeer known as the creator of

Baileys Irish Cream Baileys Irish Cream is an Irish cream liqueur, an alcoholic drink flavoured with cream, cocoa and Irish whiskey. It is made by Diageo at Nangor Road, in Dublin, Ireland and in Mallusk, Northern Ireland. It is the original Irish cream, invente ...

, Malibu (flavoured rum) and Johnnie Walker Blue Label. During his semi-retirement, he co-founde
The Last Drop Distillers
with other industry veterans and his daughter in 2008 that specialises in rare and unique spirits.

Biography

Jago was born on 21 July 1925 in the town of

Camelford Camelford ( kw, Reskammel) is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin and is governed by ...

, Cornwall, United Kingdom, the son of Thomas Bennett Jago, who managed the local Barclays bank, and his mother Violet. He went to Camelford Grammar School before studying history at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

. Jago served as a lieutenant on the destroyer HMS Wolfhound in the North Atlantic during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. After the war he returned to Oxford and completed his degree. In 1952, Jago married Penelope Vaughan-Morgan (1926-2018), a granddaughter of

Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Kenyon Pascoe Vaughan-Morgan OBE (27 October 1873 – 21 August 1933) was a British military officer and politician, who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Fulham East from 1922 until his death. Vaughan- ...

, and niece of

John Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate, (2 February 1905 – 26 January 1995), known as Sir John Vaughan-Morgan, Bt, between 1960 and 1970, was a British Conservative Party politician. Family and early life Vaughan-Morgan was the younger ...

. The couple had four children together; Barnaby, Rebecca, Daniel, and Francis.

References

1925 births 2018 deaths People from Camelford Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{England-bio-stub