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Hooper (coachbuilder)
Hooper & Co. was a British coachbuilding company based in Westminster London. From 1805 to 1959 it was a notably successful maker, to special order, of luxury carriages both horse-drawn and motor-powered.
==Founding==
The company was founded as Adams and Hooper〔City of Westminster Archives Centre: Hooper and Co Records: ref 738. Administrative history: Hooper & Co, coachmakers, began trading in 1846 at 28 Haymarket. However, the company can be traced back to 1807 when J and G Adams opened a coachmaking business at 57 Haymarket. In 1811, George Adams moved to 28 Haymarket, joined later by George Hooper in 1833. In 1846, the company was renamed Hooper & Co. In 1867 the company moved their premises to Victoria Street, then, to 54 St James's Street in 1897.
Hooper and Co. closed in 1959, by which time they were a subsidiary company of the Birmingham Small Arms Company.〕 in 1805 and held a royal warrant from 1830, building elegant horse-drawn carriages, supplying them to King William IV,〔Imperial College & Science Museum Libraries: Science Museum Library Swindon: ref MS 228. Includes articles, company advertisements, particulars of various state coaches, a 1956 report on Hoopers for the board of BSA, and numerous photos. The photos are of special coaches and motor cars, royal visits to Hoopers in the 1930s, the Hooper factory in the second world war and workshops in the 1950s. Includes also a lacquered coloured line drawing of a char-a-banc designed by HRH Prince Consort and built by Hoopers in 1845〕 Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. They moved into motor bodies at the turn of the 20th century.
The first royal car, a Hooper body on a Daimler chassis, was delivered to Sandringham on 28 March 1900. It was painted chocolate brown with red lines; a livery which continued for the royal family well into the twentieth century.
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