Tanqueray is a brand of British gin which is marketed worldwide. The brand is currently owned by beverage giant Diageo Plc. Tanqueray Gin was initially distilled in 1830 by Charles Tanqueray, who was descended from three generations of clergy from the village of Tingrith in Bedfordshire.

At 20 he chose not to follow the family calling and established a distillery in the Bloomsbury district of London instead. When Charles died in 1868, the company passed into the hands of his heir, Charles Waugh Tanqueray. During World War II the distillery was almost completely destroyed.

After the great air raid of 1941 only one of the stills, known as "Old Tom," survived and it is still in use today at the distillery in Cameron Bridge, Scotland. The gin is primarily produced in Scotland and exported to its major market, the US. It is a London Dry Gin, so called because of the distillation process, not the origin of the product.

Tanqueray London Dry Gin is the original variant, launched in 1830; the key botanicals are juniper, coriander and angelica root. It is variously sold at 94.6 proof (47.3% abv), 43.1% abv (e.g., in the UK and Sweden) and 40% abv (e.g., in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand). The top markets for sales are U.S., Canada, duty free, Spain and Italy.

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