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Charles Wells (brewer)
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Charles Wells (brewer)

Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
Captain Charles Wells (13 August 1842 – 1 April 1914) was the British founder of Charles Wells Ltd, which became the largest privately owned brewery in the United Kingdom, and the progenitor of the Wells Baronets of Felmersham.

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