| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Whitbread plc |
| Place | London |
| Epithet | brewers and hoteliers |
| Dates | 1742- |
| History | Found 1742 by Samuel Whitbread, in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell. By the 1780s it had become the largest brewery company in the world, and in 1799 adopted the name Whitbread & Co Ltd. |
| Authorised Form of Name | London; Whitbread plc; 1742-; brewers and hoteliers |
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