page_title: Horatio Davies
section_title: Pimm's
hierarchical_section_title: Horatio Davies / Business career / Pimm's
caption_attribution_description: English: Pimm's Cup日本語: ピムス・カップ中文: 飘仙杯
context_page_description: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Horatio David Davies KCMG was a London businessman, politician, magistrate and a driving force behind the establishment of Pimm's as an international brandname.
context_section_description: James Pimm, a shellfishmonger with premises in Poultry, London had invented the Pimms beverage as an aid to digesting the oysters his business was selling. In 1880, Davies purchased the business from Frederick Sawyer who had owned it since 1865, and a chain of Pimm's Oyster Houses was franchised in 1887. The brand was expanded as Davies started the process of bottling the 'Number One Cup' for other establishments to sell. He also expanded the chain to five Pimm's restaurants. Gradually, an export business was built up, so that by the time of Sir Horatio's death in 1912, Pimm's cocktail was known internationally, especially in the British Empire.
caption: Pimm's cup
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