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Zak - it is beyond dispute that they had an outlet in Brighton, as it features as an address on many of the J. Drew & Son razors. What is debatable is who owned the outlet in Brighton! For it is...

Could well be - I have seen another J Drew & Son too, but in connection with revenues paid for farm land they own. If only Martin had some proper records we could look at, we might have cracked...

From the dissolution of partnership entries and the excellent set belonging to mycarver, the following is concrete information:

J. Drew & Son, from circa 1870/80s
156 Leadenhall Street
33 - 37...

From what I can tell by the map, Mount Street does not connect with North Audley Street:

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Regards,
Neil

You have to go back a fair bit - 1830s - 40s - to find jewellers, watchmakers, goldsmiths and silversmiths in North Audley Street. Most if not all were long defunct by the time period we are talking...

I think some more of Martin Drew's info must be incorrect.

The 1826 'Picture of London' (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green) makes no mention of an Upper Audley Street in its extensive notes and...

Nope.

I did find out that Samuel Summers Drew left the company in 1909

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This left the company in the hands of Samuel's brother Ernest Drew and Samuel's son, John Summers Drew. They...

I'm still not convinced about the start date for this firm.

As far as I can make out, Samuel Drew and Diana Drew (nee Eatwell) had two sons: Henry Drew b 1821 and John Drew, b 1824.

John Drew...

Looking back at this old post, it is apparent that the was razor made by Wilkinson & Sons of Pall Mall, London, England - the 'W' under the Royal Warrant crown shows this. Briefly, the company was...

Yes - we already established that they were the vendors, not the makers.

All London cutlers guild members had their own cutlery markings too - if the London "dagger" did not appear, it wasn't made...

Totally understood Martin! I must say that the Samuel Summers Drew & Ernest Drew london assay mark was confusing me a bit - now all is clear, thanks!

Regards,
Neil

Sorry Martin, but the only error I can see is that some sources have the legal founder listed as "Samuel Summers Drew" rather than "Samuel Drew" which has led to the two being further confused...

Gugi is right, they were the vendors. I found this info on them:

Samuel Summers Drew founded his firm around 1844. The company was better known for their bags, cases, trunks and other leather...