Celebrating Centuries of Japanese-British Relations

Mar 20 , 2024

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The British East India Company is making a historic return to Japan after 400 years, recreating a connection that dates back to 1623. Renowned for ...

Tea Breaks & Tea Ladies

Tea Breaks & Tea Ladies

Jun 08 , 2022

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In the early years of the 1600s, The East India Company was run out of the private residence. When East India House was opened as the new Headquart...

The Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms

Jun 08 , 2022

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The original East India Company was honoured by being granted a Coat of Arms by HM Queen Elizabeth I. It was given as a symbol of her confidence in...

What caused the Boston Tea Party?

What caused the Boston Tea Party?

Jun 08 , 2022

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The East India Company was in trouble. In the mid-18th century, the Company was in debt and sat on huge stocks of tea in London. The British Parlia...

Tiger of Mysore

Tiger of Mysore

Jun 08 , 2022

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The loss of the colonies in America led to national self-reflection and a new feeling of intolerance to what was now perceived as corrupt practices...

Cornwallis receives The Tiger of Mysore’s Sons

Cornwallis receives The Tiger of Mysore’s Sons

Jun 08 , 2022

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Robert Home’s oil painting of Lord Cornwallis, Governor General of India, receiving the Mysore hostages in 1792 reflects a new British zeitgeist in...

Leadenhall:  From East India to Lloyds of London

Leadenhall: From East India to Lloyds of London

Jun 08 , 2022

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In the early days, The East India Co. lodged around London, but something more grand was soon appropriate. Craven House on Leadenhall Street was b...

Oliphant and sunset over Galle

Oliphant and sunset over Galle

Jun 08 , 2022

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Our Ceylon Signature blend is named after Sir Anthony Oliphant, Chief Justice of Ceylon in 1838, who allowed his estate to be planted with tea seed...