{{Short description|British businessman (1840–1928)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Thomas Gallaher''' (April 1840 – 3 May 1928) was the founder of Gallaher Group, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United Kingdom.
==Career== Born at Templemoyle in Derry and apprenticed to the general merchanting firm of ''Osborne & Allen'' at the age of 14, Tom Gallaher set up business for himself in 1857 in a single room where he would twist his tobacco and wrap it before delivering it to his customers.<ref name=bio>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/UlsterScotMar06no4.asp|title=Tom Gallaher: Biography at the Ulster-Scots Agency}}</ref>
In 1863 he moved to Belfast where he was able to access a larger market for his product.<ref name=bio/> In 1896 he opened a large factory in York Street.<ref name=bio/> He acquired plantations in Kentucky and Virginia to supply the tobacco for his ever expanding business now known as Gallaher Group.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://prod.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/top-100-companies/55-gallaher-13881141.html |title=Top 100 Companies |work=Belfast Telegraph|date=10 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517001359/http://prod.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/top-100-companies/55-gallaher-13881141.html |archive-date=17 May 2011}}</ref>
He died in 1928 and is buried in Belfast City Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp_yb9wZfQg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/Tp_yb9wZfQg |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Belfast City Cemetery|date=12 September 2010 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Family== In 1873 he married Robina Mitchell Bell and together they went on to have one son and five daughters.<ref name=bio/>
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