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{{Short description|Cornish businessman (1925-2018)}}
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1925|07|21|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Camelford]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2018|10|12|1925|07|21|df=y}}
| death_place   = London, England
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| occupation    = Liquor executive, marketeer
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| known_for     = Creator of [[Baileys Irish Cream]], [[Malibu (rum)|Malibu]] and [[Johnnie Walker|Johnnie Walker Blue Label]]
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| alma_mater    = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
| spouse        = {{marriage|Penelope Vaughan-Morgan|1952|2018|end=d}}
| children      = 4
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = [[Royal Navy]]
| serviceyears = 1942–1945
| rank = [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]]
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'''Thomas Edwin Jago'''{{Needs IPA|lang=kw}} (21 July 1925 – 12 October 2018) was a [[Cornish people|Cornish]]<ref name="Cornwall live">{{cite news |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Graeme |title=Cornishman who created Baileys' Irish Cream, Malibu and Johnnie Walker Blue Label dies aged 93 |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornishman-who-created-baileys-irish-2144909 |accessdate=25 October 2018 |agency=Cornwall Live |publisher=Local World |date=25 October 2018}}</ref> liquor executive and marketeer known as the creator of [[Baileys Irish Cream]] and [[Malibu (rum)|Malibu]] (flavoured rum).<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Tom Jago Dies at 93; in the Spirits Industry, a Maker of Best Sellers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/obituaries/tom-jago-dead.html |accessdate=25 October 2018 |work=New York Times |date=23 October 2018}}</ref>
During his semi-retirement, he co-founded The Last Drop Distillers with other industry veterans and his daughter in 2008 that specialises in rare and unique spirits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000128v|title=Last Word - Lord Heywood, Pamela Lonsdale, Sangharakshita, Tom Jago, Francis Lai - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastdropdistillers.com/about-1|title=About|website=THE LAST DROP DISTILLERS|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref>
==Biography==
Jago was born on 21 July 1925 in the town of [[Camelford]], Cornwall, United Kingdom, the son of Thomas Bennett Jago, who managed the local Barclays bank, and his mother Violet. He went to [[Sir James Smith's School|Camelford Grammar School]] before studying history at [[Christ Church, Oxford]].<ref name="Cornwall live" /> Jago served as a lieutenant on the destroyer [[HMS Wolfhound (L56)|HMS Wolfhound]] in the North Atlantic during [[World War II]].<ref name="Cornwall live" /> After the war he returned to Oxford and completed his degree.<ref name="New York Times" />
In 1952, Jago married Penelope Vaughan-Morgan (1926-2018), a granddaughter of [[Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan]], and niece of [[John Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate]]. The couple had four children together; Barnaby, Rebecca, Daniel, and Francis.
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