The company was founded in 1805 as a partnership between James Lys Seager and William Evans.
Other contemporary members of the club included well known names in the gin industry such as Booth, Gordon, Tanqueray, Nicholson and Burnett.
They also expanded into international markets, opening a gin distillery in Chile in 1929, and another in Brazil in 1934.
The company was acquired by Schenley Industries of New York in 1956, and under new ownership the company's efforts were focused more strongly on the whisky market, with a number of investments in that sector, including the purchasing of Laphroaig in 1962.
The end of the name Seager Evans and Co. came in 1970 when the company was renamed Long John International Ltd, however Seager's Gin continues to be made in South Korea and Brazil with the UK rights acquired by El-Bart Gin (Camberwell Distillery) Company Ltd.