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Suttons & Robertsons
Suttons & Robertsons is a UK-originated high end pawnbroker and lender which provides short-term loans secured against personal assets and collaterals. It has nine store locations across the UK, one in Spain, and one store in the US. Founded as a result of a 2006 merger between the London pawnbrokers TM Sutton (founded 1770) and Robertsons (founded 1797), the company was purchased in 2010 by the Dollar Financial Group.
==Early history==
Suttons & Robertsons has focused on wealthy clientele, dealing with luxury or high-end items exclusively, since the inception of each of the founding firms. The company is the result of the merger of the two oldest pawn brokerages in London, Robertsons and TM Sutton. TM Sutton was founded by Thomas Miller Sutton in 1770. The original site was on the corner of Bressendon Place and Stag Place in Victoria, London. The Company moved premises in the late Victorian period to 156 Victoria Street. In 1934 TM Sutton purchased the building beside, and used the combined property to build its new headquarters the Sutton House in 1935. Sutton House stood until 2013. Robertsons was a family-owned pawnbroker founded in 1797, which remained family-owned until the 1960s. The two firms merged to form Suttons & Robertsons in 2006,〔 headquartered in the Sutton House, which has been named an English Heritage building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=July 4, 2014 )〕
Early in the history of both brokerages, the collateral loans companies were known for dealing with aristocratic families looking to bridge periods of financial distress or take out discrete loans for other purposes. In the 1930s, one of TM Sutton's clients was Alexandre Stavisky, who pawned the French crown jewels. A significant diplomatic incident resulted over this, with the British government siding with TM Suttons; agreeing that the business had lent the money in good faith. The French government was told that if they wanted the items back, they effectively had to pay all loans, which they did. In the 1930s TM Sutton had additional locations in Cannes, Paris, and Berlin. These were taken over by the Third Reich during World War II, which destroyed all the records held at those locations.〔 The Victoria railway station was built near the location of the TM Sutton building, which provided clients travelling out of town during the 19th and 20th centuries with convenience.〔 Suttons & Robertsons is London's oldest continuously operating pawnbroker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕
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