The Hanky Panky was invented in the Savoy âround 1920 by the legendäry Barwoman Ada Coleman. The drink was for one of their regulars, Actor and Producer Charles Hawtrey, who was searching for a Drink with a punch after a long days work. Within weeks she created that drink and one Day she proudly presented it to him.
“By Jove! That is the real hanky-panky!” was his reaction and from this moment the Drink was called the Hanky Panky.