Everything about Jermyn Street totally explained
Jermyn Street is a street in the
City of Westminster, in central
London, parallel and adjacent to
Piccadilly that's famous for its resident shirtmakers, the
Tramp nightclub and the
Jermyn Street Theatre, a 70-seat
venue for stage performances. The street also contains the UK headquarters of the management consulting firm
McKinsey & Company
History
Jermyn Street was created by and named after
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, as part of his development of the
St. James's area around the year 1667. The
Duke of Marlborough lived there when he was Colonel Churchill, as did
Sir Isaac Newton (during his time working in London as
Warden of the
Royal Mint), the mid-
eighteenth century highwayman and
apothecary William Plunkett, the
Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, the Countess of Northumberland, and the artist Sherwin (in whose rooms in 1782
Mrs Siddons sat for him for her portrait as the
Tragic Muse). Though he didn't live on the street, a statue of
Beau Brummell stands on Jermyn Street as embodying its elegant clothing values.
The Gun Tavern here was one of the great resorts for foreigners of revolutionary tastes during the end of the eighteenth century, whilst Grenier's Hotel was patronised by French Refugees. At the Brunswick Hotel,
Louis Napoleon took up his residence under the assumed name of Count D'Arenberg on his escape from captivity in the fortress of Ham. 20th century residents include the
1930s "
Big Band" singer
Al Bowlly (killed in his flat on the street by a parachute mine during the
The Blitz of
1941).
Shirtmaking
Much as
Savile Row is synonymous with fine suits, Jermyn Street is where the gentleman will go to purchase his fine shirts. Still famous and popular with people searching for shirts, whether visitors, city workers or country gentleman and officers, many stores now cater to women as well. It contains a good many shops selling both "off-the-peg" and
bespoke shirts and other men's apparel such as hats and shoes.
List of resident shirtmakers
Bespoke, made-to-measure and ready-to-wear shirts:
- Emmett Shirts (No. 112)
- New & Lingwood (No. 53)
- Turnbull & Asser (No. 71)
- Hilditch & Key (Nos. 37 and 73)
- Herbie Frogg (Nos. 18, 19 and 21)
- Harvie & Hudson (Nos. 77, 96 and 97)
Made-to-measure and ready-to-wear shirts:
Thomas Pink (No. 85)
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Ready to Wear shirts:
Hawes & Curtis (Nos. 82 and 23)
Charles Tyrwhitt (No. 92)
T.M.Lewin (No. 106)
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