Jermyn Street

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Jermyn Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in central London, parallel and adjacent to Piccadilly that is 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

1 History
2 Shirtmaking
- 2.1 List of resident shirtmakers
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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 did not 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).

[edit] 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.