William Henry Perrins
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William Henry Perrins was a drug-store chemist who formed a partnership in 1823 with John Wheeley Lea
. They went on to create the Lea & Perrins
brand of Worcestershire sauce
. He lived in Lansdowne Crescent in the parish of Claines, and is buried in St John, Baptist Churchyard, Claines.
John Wheeley Lea
John Wheeley Lea was born on a farm and had three brothers and four sisters. He had wanted to be chemist since he was a young child, in 1823 when he partnered with a man named William Henry Perrins. He and Perrins opened a drug-store in Worcester...
. They went on to create the Lea & Perrins
Lea & Perrins
Lea & Perrins is a United Kingdom based food division of the H.J. Heinz Company, originating in Worcester, England, with a subsidiary in the United States which manufactures Lea & Perrins in New Jersey...
brand of Worcestershire sauce
Worcestershire sauce
Worcestershire sauce , or Worcester sauce is a fermented liquid condiment; primarily used to flavour meat or fish dishes.First made at 60 Broad Street, Worcester, England, by two dispensing chemists, John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, the Lea & Perrins brand was commercialised in 1837 and...
. He lived in Lansdowne Crescent in the parish of Claines, and is buried in St John, Baptist Churchyard, Claines.