Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet (pronounced "Mews") (21 November 1856 – 11 January 1900) was an English baronet, the son of Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (1817–1883), a brewer and politician.[1]
Sir Henry Meux, 3rd Baronet and his wife Lady Meux
Meux was joint-manager, with Dudley Marjoribanks, of the Westminster brewer Meux's Brewery Company Ltd which they registered as a public company in 1888.[4] His share of the company capital was worth £224,000 in 1894 (which would be over £22 million in 2022).[5]
^"Meux, Valerie Susie, Lady Meux". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2007. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97881. Retrieved 13 August 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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