Entrepreneur. John Jameson was the founder of a whiskey dynasty, Jameson Distillery in Dublin, Ireland in 1780, which produces worldwide-known 80-proof Irish Whiskey. He became sole proprietor in 1805. He is credited as Ireland's most famous whiskey distiller, maintaining the highest of standards. His employees received above-average wages, and he purchased only the finest grain, sometimes paying farmers in advance to grow cereals for him. A detail person, he closely monitored all stages of the production process. He also was the first to triple distil Irish whiskey to make it smoother. After him, his son, John Jameson II, ran the distillery for 41 years before his grandson, John Jameson III became manager. In 1901, the company was formally incorporated as John Jameson and Son Ltd. The bottle's labels include the motto "Sine Metu," which means "without fear." A Scotsman, John Jameson was a Presbyterian. Jameson was originally a lawyer in his hometown of Allo, but as a middle-age man, he came to Dublin by 1774 for a new career. He had served as Sheriff Clerk for the county of Clackmannanshire. Previous to founding the distillery, he married Margaret Haig in 1768. She was the eldest daughter of John Haig, the famous whisky distiller in Scotland. His wife was a member of the Haig and Stein families, who were considered "whisky royalty." He and his wife had a family of 16 children, eight sons and eight daughters, though only 10 survived to adulthood. Eventually, all four of his sons had distilleries. His son William married John Stein's daughter Isabella, going on to take over the company, which was trading as William Jameson & Company by 1822. From the successful whiskey business, the family became very affluent. Portraits of the couple by Sir Henry Raeburn are on display in the National Galley of Ireland. In the 21st century, Jameson's Whiskey is the bestselling Irish whiskey in the world, yet the family has not owned the company in decades, but the legacy of the Bow Street distillery and founder John Jameson is still alive, with the Bow Street establishment being a major tourist attraction. He is the grandfather, through his son Andrew, of James Jameson, who received notoriety as an 19th century African explorer. His son Andrew's daughter, Anna, married Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian electrical engineer, who is credited with inventing the wireless or radio. He received the 1909 Nobel Prize for this accomplishment.