Bessie Williamson
Scottish distillery owner (1910–1982)
Elizabeth Leitch Williamson (22 August 1910 – 26 May 1982) was a Scottish distillery manager and former owner of the Laphroaig distillery noted for being the second woman to manage a Scotch whisky distillery, and the first during the 20th century. She is credited as being instrumental in promoting single malt whisky, in particular Islay malts and Laphroaig, during the then-emerging US trend for single malts. Biography. Williamson was born in Glasgow in 1910 the second child of Agnes Whyte (née Paton) and John Williamson, a mercantile clerk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Williamson
Elizabeth Leitch Williamson (22 August 1910 – 26 May 1982) was a Scottish distillery manager and former owner of the Laphroaig distillery noted for being the second woman to manage a Scotch whisky distillery, and the first during the 20th century. She is credited as being instrumental in promoting single malt whisky, in particular Islay malts and Laphroaig, during the then-emerging US trend for single malts. Biography. Williamson was born in Glasgow in 1910 the second child of Agnes Whyte (née Paton) and John Williamson, a mercantile clerk.
