Lieutenant-Colonel James Herbert Porter, CBE, DSO*,[1] (died 22 March 1973) was an English brewer and brewing executive.
He began working for Newcastle Breweries in 1909,[2] but his career was interrupted by the First World War, during which time he received the Distinguished Service Order twice for gallantry.
[2] The company's directors became aware of the rising demand for bottled beer in the early 1920s and they asked their brewers to begin developing a new product.
As assistant brewer, Porter worked alongside the firm's chief chemist, Archie Jones, to create a new formula: Newcastle Brown Ale.
[2] Porter became managing director of Newcastle Breweries in 1931; five years later, he was appointed to the Institute of Brewing's Council, and he served as its president between 1939 and 1941.