Selincourt and Sons
of 16 and 18, Cannon Street, London, E.C.
of 76 Grosvenor Road, Pimlico. (factory)
1857 Business established by C. de Selincourt.
1891 Partnership and name change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Charles Alexandre de Selincourt and Charles Colman, carrying on business as Silk and Cloth Warehousemen and Merchants, and Mantle and Cloak Manufacturers, under the style of Selincourt and Colman, at No. 16, Cannon-street., in the city of London, and Grosvenor road, Pimlico, in the county of London, has been dissolved, by mutual consent...business will be continued by Charles Alexandre de Selincourt under the style as Selincourt and Sons...'[1]
1914 Present Principals: Martin de Selincourt and Wilfrid de Selincourt (sons). Business: The Manufacture of High - class Blouses, Costumes, Mantles, Skirts, Dressing and Tea Gowns for Ladies.
1916 Report on a Boiler Explosion, Clothing Manufacturers, of Copperfield Road, Stepney.[2]
1926 See Martin De Selincourt
by 1928 was owned by Debenhams[3]
1928 Some decline in profits is reported by Selincourt and Sons, the silk merchants, which is controlled by the Drapery Trust.[4]
1962 Selincourt and Sons is acquiring from a subsidiary of Dobson Hardwick the whole issued share capital of Dobsons and M. Browne and Co., window furnishing and napery manufacturers. The acquisition will add to Selincourts substantial interests ...[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:10 February 1891 Issue:26133 Page:769
- ↑ The Engineer 1916/12/01, page 495.
- ↑ The Times Feb. 7, 1928
- ↑ Evening News (London) 10 February 1928
- ↑ The Scotsman 10 October 1962