Haywards (of London)
of 11, Old Bond Street, London. W.
Court Lacemen
Established in 1770 by T. & W. Hayward, originally at 73, Oxford Street, opposite Poland Street. Carried on by the Hayward family until 1840, when D. Biddle became proprietor. Partnership Successions: (1) Arthur Cumming Biddle and Charles Harry Biddle; (2) C. Harry Biddle, Frank Debenham and E. R. Debenham. Present Principals: E. R. Debenham, F. S. Oliver, E. Montague Biddle. Specialities: Real Laces, Ancient and Modern; Old Embroideries. Connection: United Kingdom, Foreign, Colonial. Royal Warrants: Held appointments to many members of the Royal Family during and since the reign of George III. Commissioner at Exhibitions 1851 and 1862, London; Jurors at the same Exhibitions, and at Paris Exposition, 1867, and Franco British Exhibition, London, 1908; Judge at Annual National Competition, Board of Education, and Exhibition of Art Industries, Royal Dublin Society, &c.