Edward Dyer (brewer)

Edward Abraham Dyer
BornJuly 7, 1831
Calcutta, India
DiedApril 23, 1902(1902-04-23) (aged 70)
Simla, British Raj
SpouseMary Passmore
Children9, one of which was Reginald Dyer.

Edward Abraham Dyer was born in 1831 in Calcutta to John and Julia Dyer. He studied engineering in England. He met and married Mary Passmore before using the money that was supposed to be for his commission to return to India and set up a brewery in Kasauli, which then incorporated in 1855 as Dyer Breweries Ltd. The brewery moved to the nearby town of Solan and the Kasauli Brewery was turned into a distillery. Dyer expanded production to the cities of Lucknow and Mandalay as well before eventually selling the business to H.G. Meakin in 1877.

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