John Edmund Martineau

[5][6] However, John Martineau died in an industrial accident in a yeast vat in the brewery in 1834 and his shares in Whitbread passed to his son Richard (1804 - 1865), who also took a role in future management.

After the war, he returned to Whitbread's and was responsible for overseeing research and technical affairs, including the re-opening of its laboratory in 1946.

Martineau worked closely with the Head Brewer, Bill Lasman, and the pair tried to apply scientific advances to brewing.

According to his obituary, Whitbread's Luton brewery "would never have been built in that matter if not for the training and encouragement they gave to the technical staff".

Between 1954 and 1956, he served as President of the Institute of Brewing and in 1955 he was appointed Master of the Brewers' Company for a year.