Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, 1st Baronet was an English industrialist.
Portrait by Hay Wrightson
British American Tobacco p.l.c. is a British-American multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products including electronic cigarettes. The company, es
Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
…he played a significant role in the formation of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland company in 1901. He became a director of the British-American Tobacco Company on its formation in 1902, later becoming vice-chairman, and chairman from 1923 until his retirement in 1945. For the last two years of his life, he was…
The Globe House, headquarters of British American Tobacco in London, as seen from River Thames
James Buchanan Duke, founder of American Tobacco Co., became chairman of the joint venture.
One of British American Tobacco's most popular products "Lucky Strike"
Jacques Villeneuve driving for BAR at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix