Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewers

John Courage of Aberdeen bought a brewhouse in Southwark in 1787. After his death it was managed by his wife Harriet and then the senior clerk John Donaldson. It was known as Courage and Donaldson from about 1800 until 1851, when John Courage junior and his sons removed the Donaldsons from management. The company was incorporated as Courage and Company Limited in 1888. Managed The Anchor Brewery, Horselydown, Southwark.

Acquired:

• Alton Brewery Co, Hants, 1903
• G Hall and Co Ltd, Alton Brewery, Alton, Hants (Alton Brewery had been bought by Henry Hall in 1841. After it was acquired by Courage and Co, it continued to brew until 1969 when it became a canning and kegging plant);
• Camden Brewery Co Ltd, Camden, 1923;
• Farnham United Breweries, Surrey, 1927;
• Noakes and Co Ltd, Bermondsey, 1927;
• C N Kidd and Son Ltd, Dartford, 1937;

• Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Co Ltd, Surrey, 1943.

  Courage merged with Barclay Perkins and Company Limited in 1955, and ceased to trade in 1957. Courage and Barclay Limited and H and G Simonds Limited merged in 1960, forming Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited.