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Thresher & Glenny, founded in 1755, is one of the world's oldest surviving tailors, shirt makers and outfitters. The company has held Royal Warrants since the late eighteenth century and makes court attire, and bespoke and ready-for-service gentlemen’s garments including suits, jackets, shirts and ties. Today the company trades through a retail outlet at 1 Middle Temple Lane, in London, England. ==History== The company’s association with the Strand district of London dates back to its foundation. The original firm of bodice makers was established in 1755 near the Inns of Court. In 1724, the hosier Thomas Street began trading (no connection) next to the newly built St Mary-le-Strand, “where the maypole once o’erlooked the Strand”. His premises occupied part of a small development of three houses and an inn (the Peacock) that had first been leased in May 1703 to Thomas Lee, citizen and merchant tailor, by the ground landlord, the Duke of Dorset.〔Hilton Prue Dirsa, F G, ''Signs of the Old Houses in the Strand in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries'', The Russell Press (1910)〕 In 1749, John Thresher was advertising as being “at the Peacock next door to Somerset House in the Strand”. The firm traded as Newham and Binham in 1768; by 1777 it was known as Newham and Thresher of 152 the Strand. By 1784, the business was taken over by Richard Thresher, and became official hosier to George III in 1790. Richard Thresher remained a partner until 1805 when George Thresher replaced him, and in 1817 the company was taken over by John Thresher. John Thresher traded as a hosier, mercer and masquerade maker in Panton Street, Haymarket between 1822 and 1835, and in 1827 described himself as “hosier, glover and flannel draper to His Majesty”.〔Pigot's Directory, "John Thresher, hosier, mercer and masquerade warehouse, 24 Haymarket", (1822)〕〔Sun Fire Office Policy List, "John Thresher of the corner of Panton Street, Haymarket as a hosier", 1806 & 1829, Guildhall Library ref MS 11936/437/790573 and MS 11936/527/1109091〕 By the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, the company adverts read, “Thresher Son and Glenny, hosiers to the Queen, Outfitters and Ready-made Linen warehouse, 152, Strand”. In 1854 an outpost of the firm was established at Kadikoi, "between Balaklava and the Camp, for securing safe custody and punctual delivery of parcels to the Army in the Crimea".〔Westminster City Archives, St Ann’s Street, SW1, ref 301/27/1〕 In 1878, the firm supplied canvas shoes dyed with ink for officers embarking for the Afghan War.〔 In 1901 the firm traded as Henry John Glenny "Indian and Colonial Outfitter".〔1901 census〕 The Thresher and Glenny partnership was cemented by marriage over several generations, through which the Glenny name became predominant. The last family member involved in the firm, Henry Glenny, died in 1936, by which time the company had extended its operations to Clifford Street, Savile Row, Conduit Street, Mayfair and Gracechurch Street in the City of London.〔The Times, 6 May 1843〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thresher & Glenny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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