I shall take it as face value then, but obviously extend it to gentlewomen too.Very few left in London. My own training firm was, but is no longer. Farrer & Co still are. Definitely Currey & Co. Even fewer in the country. Thomas Snell & Passmore maybe.
Winckworth Sherwood (although i think they’ve atriumed up)
Not sure what ts&p is what it was, I used to work in one of the firms in RTW during the uni holidays in the days when all of the firms were on or around Church Road and you had to walk clients round to swear oaths and so on. Their office was properly old school. A search tells me that they, too, have atriumed up
they had a tent at the Nevil Ground for when Kent played iirc and it looked like a scene from Dad’s Army. Happier times.
It was very quaint - more of a marquee than a tent tbf with one open end near the boundary, packed full of Bufton Tufton types in club or regimental blazers and ties.
TW Cricket Week used to be brilliant, all of the great and the good would have a solid week of boozing
now Cricket Week has gone the way of all things and the descendants of those same partners now in the office 50 weeks a year sweating out ‘chargeable hours’. Sad.
Withers always struck me as this sort of place. Worked opposite them on their tenancy a few years ago and they were exceptionally polite and fair - a rare delight.
I know and like Withers very much, but they are most definitely not in the mould of the OP. They are way too big for one thing. If they ever were, it was a long time ago now.
Wilf - including folk like the Wodehouseian named Bertie Hoskyns-Abrahall - also the essence of normative determinism. But Duck is right, beware the stiletto blade concealed in the Brand Posh gilet.
We once looked at a house described as a gentleman's residence. I queried "WTF does that mean?", to which the agency cove gave a downhearted "nothing really."
There used (there may still be) a strip club in birmingham called "legs 11" which advertised as "executive gentlemen's entertainment". I hd visions of the bouncers requiring proof from Debretts and a company org chart before letting would-be punters in...
Yeah, I did wonder if they were a bit big now but vaguely recall applying for a training contract with them back in the day and being impressed by their luxurious letterhead.
If I hear something branded for "gentlemen" I think of Patridge's 5 bedroom big bastard house or w**kers with beards and waxed taches riding bromptons and drinking "craft" ale.
Tbf they look it, they just need to write better copy and (where relevant) find something better to include than where they went to university 30 years ago.
But how else would anyone know they are the right kind of chap.
"Rupert dr Frontlemay, MA (oxon), BTweed, winner of "recognising a fish-knife" 3 years running, will not ask gauche questions when talking to you, and will be able to talk about horse rugs over lunch"
I didn’t read any of that stuff, must have blanked it out. No art history grads? They all sound delightful btw. It’s not really work, it’s just the power to charm.
Bizarrely BH offered me articles after I did a Summer placement there. There was no way I was posh enough for BH and their clients. And I'm not a gentleman.
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I don't understand.
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Is this a euphemism for brothels?
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Hi Crisp5. Maybe Russell-Cooke?
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I shall take it as face value then, but obviously extend it to gentlewomen too.Very few left in London. My own training firm was, but is no longer. Farrer & Co still are. Definitely Currey & Co. Even fewer in the country. Thomas Snell & Passmore maybe.
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*Thomson
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Thanks Dux and Hun-Bun, yes those were the types of firm I meant.
Granted, it does sound a bit brothel-y!
Any other suggestions welcome.
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Maybe Boodle Hatfield at a push.
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Mercers is still pretty provincial old school
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https://mercerslaw.co.uk/our-team/
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Looks like a pretty pukka firm. Jessica Allbon seems especially PLU.
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Thanks all
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Edwin Coe, Payne Hicks Beach and others of that ilk.
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Yeah, maybe in 1950.
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If you're including Russell Cooke, I can only assume you're using the term gentleman rather broadly.
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Lee Bolton & Lee
Winckworth Sherwood (although i think they’ve atriumed up)
Not sure what ts&p is what it was, I used to work in one of the firms in RTW during the uni holidays in the days when all of the firms were on or around Church Road and you had to walk clients round to swear oaths and so on. Their office was properly old school. A search tells me that they, too, have atriumed up
they had a tent at the Nevil Ground for when Kent played iirc and it looked like a scene from Dad’s Army. Happier times.
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LBL merged with Monier Williams. I think they're probably still pukka.
Unlike Lee & Pemberton, which rather randomly merged with Thring Townsend (as they then were) and are now part of one big generic regional outfit.
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If you're including Russell Cooke, I can only assume you're using the term gentleman rather broadly.
Heh
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I think you’ll find LBL are no longer extant. Mercers look lovely. Yes we should be able to look at it for you by the end of the week.
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Old skool.
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FF, that story re the cricket tent sounds quaint :)
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Winckworth now do new development plot sales badly and that’s the only time I encounter them.
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It was very quaint - more of a marquee than a tent tbf with one open end near the boundary, packed full of Bufton Tufton types in club or regimental blazers and ties.
TW Cricket Week used to be brilliant, all of the great and the good would have a solid week of boozing
now Cricket Week has gone the way of all things and the descendants of those same partners now in the office 50 weeks a year sweating out ‘chargeable hours’. Sad.
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Chap I knew at Thomson Snell used to nip home for lunch and go for a swim in his pool in the summer before heading back to the office.
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Withers always struck me as this sort of place. Worked opposite them on their tenancy a few years ago and they were exceptionally polite and fair - a rare delight.
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I know and like Withers very much, but they are most definitely not in the mould of the OP. They are way too big for one thing. If they ever were, it was a long time ago now.
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Wilf - including folk like the Wodehouseian named Bertie Hoskyns-Abrahall - also the essence of normative determinism. But Duck is right, beware the stiletto blade concealed in the Brand Posh gilet.
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Back in the day, one would have included places like Bircham & Co and Charles Russell in the list. Not any more though, everything changes.
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We once looked at a house described as a gentleman's residence. I queried "WTF does that mean?", to which the agency cove gave a downhearted "nothing really."
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There used (there may still be) a strip club in birmingham called "legs 11" which advertised as "executive gentlemen's entertainment". I hd visions of the bouncers requiring proof from Debretts and a company org chart before letting would-be punters in...
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it’s a house for people like yourself sir
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are you sure he wasn’t saying something about gentleman’s relish to your wife?
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Yeah, I did wonder if they were a bit big now but vaguely recall applying for a training contract with them back in the day and being impressed by their luxurious letterhead.
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If I hear something branded for "gentlemen" I think of Patridge's 5 bedroom big bastard house or w**kers with beards and waxed taches riding bromptons and drinking "craft" ale.
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Heh @ some of the descriptions on that mercer’s site
“Laura is currently a paralegal”. Next week she’ll be the tealady, the week after the receptionist
Justine (55 if she’s a day) read History at Cambridge and Peter (older still) read Geography at the same institution.
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Bit harsh
I know a few people at Mercer’s actually and they are delightful.
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Tbf they look it, they just need to write better copy and (where relevant) find something better to include than where they went to university 30 years ago.
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But how else would anyone know they are the right kind of chap.
"Rupert dr Frontlemay, MA (oxon), BTweed, winner of "recognising a fish-knife" 3 years running, will not ask gauche questions when talking to you, and will be able to talk about horse rugs over lunch"
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But the Mercer's bio's are perfect for their market.
I have used them and they are excellent.
And it's always sunny in Henley.
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Mercers "on their copy" make quite clear that there is no need to mention a university if it is not Oxford or Cambridge.
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Chris read Law at Exeter University
Sarah read Law at Exeter University
Amanda read Law at Leicester University
Oliver... studied History at the University of York
Paul read Law at King' s College, London
Jenny graduated with a degree in Economics and Business Economics from Southampton
Etc.
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I didn’t read any of that stuff, must have blanked it out. No art history grads? They all sound delightful btw. It’s not really work, it’s just the power to charm.
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"Maybe Boodle Hatfield at a push."
Bizarrely BH offered me articles after I did a Summer placement there. There was no way I was posh enough for BH and their clients. And I'm not a gentleman.
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Did you accidentally wear tweed?
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I think I was wearing something from Dorothy Perkins.
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