"Earl Grey's mixture" (tea) antedated (?) to 1884 (cf. OED Appeals, citing 1891)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Sorry, I meant to say: There are multiple matches in 1884 for "Earl
Grey's mixture" not "Earl Grey's tea".

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:12 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are multiple matches in 1884 for "Earl Grey's Tea" according to
> the Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers database of Gale
> CENGAGE Learning.
>
> I can confirm Stephen's information that there is a match in 1884 that
> is visible in a full newspaper image scan. The database highlighted
> the matching words in green:
>
> [Begin database match description]
> Multiple Advertisements and Notices .
> The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, June 30, 1884; pg. 7;
> Issue 34951. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
> [End database match descriptions]
>
> [Begin excerpt]
>           THE Celebrated TEA, EARL GREY'S
>                               MIXTURE.
> This choice Tea can only be obtained of the Introducers and
>                          Sole Proprietors,
>                      CHARLTON and CO.,
> 20, Jermyn-street, near Regent-street, late of 198, Piccadilly.
> Importers of the Genuine Nepaul Pepper, Madras Currie Powder,
>                  and other India Condiments.
> [End excerpt]
>
> There were two earlier matches but I was unable to see the matching
> text in the page images. Nothing was highlighted in green. The matches
> may be present somewhere but I did not find them in a quick visual
> scan.
>
> [Begin database match descriptions]
> Multiple Advertisements and Notices.
> The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, June 19, 1884; pg. [1];
> Issue 34942. (39564 words).
>
> Multiple Advertisements and Notices.
> The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, June 26, 1884; pg. [1];
> Issue 34948. (34451 words).
> [Begin database match descriptions]
>
> Garson
>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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>> Poster:       Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU>
>> Subject:      "Earl Grey's mixture" (tea) antedated (?) to 1884 (cf. OED
>>               Appeals, citing 1891)
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>> The British Newspaper Archive has "Earl Grey's mixture" in seven advertisements for tea, all from 1884.
>> They are only OCR snippets, but the eight tend to confirm one another as the same text in the London Standard and the [London] Morning Post. Here is the earliest, 19 June 1884:
>>
>> "...TEA, EARL GREY'S MIXTURE. This choice Tea can only be obtained of the Introducers and Sole Proprietors, CHARLTON and CO., 20, Jermyn-street, near Regent-street."
>>
>> http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1883-01-01/1885-12-31?basicsearch=%22earl%20grey%27s%20mixture%22&phrasesearch=earl%20grey%27s%20mixture&sortorder=score
>>
>> Just as speculation, might this tea be named not for the second Earl Grey, Charles (1764-1845), as various contradictory stories have it, but his now less famous son, the third Earl Grey, Henry (1802-1894)?
>>
>> Stephen Goranson
>> www.duke.edu/~goranson
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