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=== Jean-Jacques St. Marc ===
In 1823, Jean-Jacques St. Marc, a French veterinary surgeon attached to Napoleon's personal staff, moved to England where he sought investors in his "Patent Distillery Company", which was to distill potato brandy. The company erected a distillery at Vauxhall, called the Belmont Distillery, but it proved unsuccessful.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barton|first=Henry D|date=1830|title=Illegal Contract - Letters Patent|journal=Analytical Digest of Cases Published in the Law Journal Reports|volume=8|pages=270–275}}</ref> During which time, St. Marc worked on developing a continuous distillation apparatus. In 1827 he was granted a patent, and moved back to France.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customs of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors|last=Morewood|first=Samuel|year=1838|pages=635}}</ref> The still was later used successfully in England, Ireland, and the West Indies.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Irish Whiskey|last=McGuire|first=E.B.|publisher=Gill and MacMillan|year=1973|isbn=9780717106042|location=Dublin}}</ref>