Person    | Male  Born 1707  Died 1734

Hugh Mason

Categories: Commerce

Hugh Mason

Records are sparse but it seems Mason owned a shop in St James's Market and in 1734 was appointed as porter at "His Majesty's Royal Palace of Somerset House". See William Fortnum for a few more words on how the famous partnership was formed.

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Hugh Mason

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Fortnum & Mason

From the shop's website: "1964 saw a new landmark added to the front of the ...

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Mitre Tavern

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1 memorial
Hatchards Bookshop

Hatchards Bookshop

Claimed to be the oldest bookshop in London.

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1 memorial
Marks and Spencer

Marks and Spencer

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Group, Commerce

2 memorials
Hanseatic merchants

Hanseatic merchants

See the Steelyard.

Group, Commerce, Germany

1 memorial
Colin MacRae

Colin MacRae

Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1871. He was born in 1805 in Scotland. On 10 June 1847 he married Ann Reader (1823-1897) in St Peter and St Paul Church, East Milton Road, Milton-Next-Gravesend, Ke...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial