Fonds GB 1753 HSJ - Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd

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GB 1753 HSJ

Title

Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd

Date(s)

  • 1900s-c1999 (Creation)

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3 volumes, 1 file

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Biographical history

Savile Row and its environs, behind Regent Street, were renowned for their bespoke tailoring businesses. Boulter, Hepburn and Watts was apparently succeeded by Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd; both companies had premises on Clifford Street (nos 10 and 19 respectively). The firm started in 1820 by John Brown Johnstone of Lockerbie, Scotland, developed as a civil and military tailors and was purchased from Johnstone's descendant by John Donaldson-Hudson in the 1940s. It acquired the firm of Hogg & Sons in the 1950s, and closed in 1999. The relationship with Tautz & Co Ltd (civil and sporting tailors, established in 1807), which had premises at no 19 Grafton Street, is unclear.

Archival history

GB 1753 HSJ 1900s-c1999 Collection (fonds) 3 volumes, 1 file Boulter, Hepburn & Watts , Clifford Street, London , tailors
Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd , Clifford Street, London , tailors
Tautz & Co Ltd , Grafton Street, London , tailors
Savile Row and its environs, behind Regent Street, were renowned for their bespoke tailoring businesses. Boulter, Hepburn and Watts was apparently succeeded by Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd; both companies had premises on Clifford Street (nos 10 and 19 respectively). The firm started in 1820 by John Brown Johnstone of Lockerbie, Scotland, developed as a civil and military tailors and was purchased from Johnstone's descendant by John Donaldson-Hudson in the 1940s. It acquired the firm of Hogg & Sons in the 1950s, and closed in 1999. The relationship with Tautz & Co Ltd (civil and sporting tailors, established in 1807), which had premises at no 19 Grafton Street, is unclear.

Presented on the closure of Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd in 1999.

Records, 1900s-c1999, of tailoring firms in the Savile Row area, including three order/sample books for military and other uniforms and suits, containing fabric samples and notes on dress, some loosely inserted: one volume for Boulter, Hepburn & Watts, apparently succeeded by Hogg & Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd, from the 1900s onwards; another, including customer names, dating from the 1950s to 1993; and one for Tautz & Co Ltd, from the 1920s onwards. With undated letterheads for Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd and Tautz & Co Ltd [late 20th century] and a brief typescript account of Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd, c1999.

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Copies may be supplied, for research use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.
English
The volumes are dirty and damaged in parts.

Collection level description.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jan 2002 Boulter, Hepburn & Watts , Clifford Street, London , tailors Clothing Cultural heritage Customs and traditions England Enterprises Europe Fashion Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd , Clifford Street, London , tailors Industry London Manufacturing industry Private enterprises Savile Row Tautz & Co Ltd , Grafton Street, London , tailors Textile industry Textiles UK Western Europe Westminster City of Westminster

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented on the closure of Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd in 1999.

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Records, 1900s-c1999, of tailoring firms in the Savile Row area, including three order/sample books for military and other uniforms and suits, containing fabric samples and notes on dress, some loosely inserted: one volume for Boulter, Hepburn & Watts, apparently succeeded by Hogg & Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd, from the 1900s onwards; another, including customer names, dating from the 1950s to 1993; and one for Tautz & Co Ltd, from the 1920s onwards. With undated letterheads for Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd and Tautz & Co Ltd [late 20th century] and a brief typescript account of Hogg, Sons & J B Johnstone Ltd, c1999.

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Open, subject to signing the Regulations for Access form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be supplied, for research use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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University of Westminster

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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