Former chairman and president of Adnams Brewery, John Adair Adnams, has died at the age of 92, the company has announced.

John was the grandson of company founder Ernest Adnams and joined the board in 1956, becoming managing director in 1963.

During this time he oversaw a massive increase in production at the brewery and a great deal of modernisation.

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