Sons and Company Limited Murray 1810 - 2005
- occupation:
- Manufacturer of cigarettes, Manufacturer of tobacco
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Whitehall Tobacco Works, Belfast, Ireland
1810 - founded as Murray, Sons and Co
1884 - became a limited company in 1884;
1953 - acquired by London-based Carreras Tobacco, which following the sale of shares in 1958 by the Baron family, merged with Rothman's of Pall Mall to become Carreras Rothmans Limited.[3] Carreras Rothmans became known as Rothmans International in 1972.[3]
In June 1999, Rothmans International was acquired by British American Tobacco.[4][5]