The company was inherited by his grandson, Old Etonian Raymond Courage, Lord of the Manor of Edgcote (1866-1951).

By the late 1960s, the group had assets of approximately £100m, and operated five breweries in London, Reading, Bristol, Plymouth and Newark-on-Trent.

Imperial Tobacco was acquired by the Hanson Trust in 1986 and it sold Courage to Elders IXL, the renamed the Foster's Group, in 1990.

This is managed by Courage Brands Ltd.[9] Heineken retained a 17 per cent stake in the venture until 2011, when Wells & Young's acquired complete control.

He shares this passion during his short-lived friendship with Dan, who states that he has it 'coming out of his taps' in the episode "Brave Alan".

[23] Courage sponsored the English Premiership rugby union league for ten years from 1987 until 1997.