Sir Alexander Walker II (1869 – 1950) was a Scottish businessman who was the younger grandson of John 'Johnnie' Walker of the whisky brand. He and his brother,

George Paterson Walker George Paterson Walker (1864 – 1926) was a Scottish businessman who was the grandson of John ‘Johnnie’ Walker of the whisky brand. Biography He was the oldest son of whisky maker Alexander Walker and took over the family business' Londo ...

, took the control of the company after the death of their father

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in 1889.

Biography

Walker was born in 1869, the son of

. Alexander took his father's black labeled blend (called at the time ''Walker's Old Highland'') and added two more blends—''Old Highland (white label)'', ''Special Old Highland (red label)''—to the line. At the same time the original blend was renamed ''Extra Special Old Highland (black label)'' In 1909 Alexander's brother George oversaw the creation of the

Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky now owned by Diageo that originated in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire. The brand was first established by grocer John Walker. It is the most widely distributed brand of blended Sco ...

Striding Man logo, and the rebranding of the lines as ''Johnnie Walker White Label'', ''Johnnie Walker Red Label'', and ''Johnnie Walker Black Label''. The brothers discontinued ''White Label'' during

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to move the brand more upscale, and in 1932 Alexander introduced his last blend, ''Johnnie Walker Swing''. Sir Alexander was knighted in 1920. Walker retired in 1940. On his death in 1950, he left all of his blending notes to the now public company. In the 1990s John Walker and Sons introduced ''Johnnie Walker Gold Label'' based in large part on those notes.

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Sir Alexander Walker
1869 births 1950 deaths Businesspeople in the drink industry Scottish businesspeople Scottish knights Whisky distillers {{Scotland-business-bio-stub