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'''Barrow & Gale Ltd.''' is a privately held [[limited company]] that produces [[briefcase]]s and other [[leather goods]], but is best known for the manufacture of [[Red box (government)|ministerial boxes]] and [[Royal Maundy]] purses, for which it was granted a [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|royal warrant]] in 1968.<ref name="Lon">{{cite news |last=Amit |first=Gilead |date=25 August 2014 |title=London’s Most Unusual Royal Warrant Holders |url=http://londonist.com/2014/08/londons-most-unusual-royal-warrant-holders.php |newspaper=Londonist |location= |accessdate=16 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/old-eurostar-uniforms-recycled-into-bags/ |title=Old Eurostar uniforms recycled into bags |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=7 June 2011 |website=breakingtravelnews.com |publisher=Breaking Travel News |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalwarrant.org |title=Barrow & Gale Limited |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=royalwarrant.org |publisher=Royal Warrant Holders Association |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> According to the South London-based tannery, it was founded in 1750. Barrow & Gale is known for the extreme discretion of its operations; its exact business address is unpublished.<ref name="Lon" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Stevens|first=Rebecca|date=2012 |title=A Right Old Leathering |url=http://www.velourmagazine.com/lifestyle/a-right-old-leathering/ |newspaper=Velour |location= |accessdate=16 September 2014 }}</ref> As of 2016, the firm's [[managing director]] was David Wainwright.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trust.org/item/20140219102900-ozvf8/ |title=HRH The Princess Royal Presents 2014 Ockenden Prize |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=19 February 2014 |website=trust.org |publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>
'''Barrow & Gale Ltd.''' is a privately held [[limited company]] that produces [[briefcase]]s and other [[leather goods]], but is best known for the manufacture of [[Red box (government)|ministerial boxes]] and [[Royal Maundy]] purses, for which it was granted a [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|royal warrant]] in 1968.<ref name="Lon">{{cite news |last=Amit |first=Gilead |date=25 August 2014 |title=London’s Most Unusual Royal Warrant Holders |url=http://londonist.com/2014/08/londons-most-unusual-royal-warrant-holders.php |newspaper=Londonist |location= |accessdate=16 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/old-eurostar-uniforms-recycled-into-bags/ |title=Old Eurostar uniforms recycled into bags |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=7 June 2011 |website=breakingtravelnews.com |publisher=Breaking Travel News |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalwarrant.org |title=Barrow & Gale Limited |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=royalwarrant.org |publisher=Royal Warrant Holders Association |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> According to the South London-based tannery, it was founded in 1750. Barrow & Gale is known for the extreme discretion of its operations; its exact business address is unpublished.


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Barrow & Gale Ltd. is a privately held limited company that produces briefcases and other leather goods, but is best known for the manufacture of ministerial boxes and Royal Maundy purses, for which it was granted a royal warrant in 1968.[1][2][3] According to the South London-based tannery, it was founded in 1750. Barrow & Gale is known for the extreme discretion of its operations; its exact business address is unpublished.

References

  1. ^ Amit, Gilead (25 August 2014). "London's Most Unusual Royal Warrant Holders". Londonist. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Old Eurostar uniforms recycled into bags". breakingtravelnews.com. Breaking Travel News. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Barrow & Gale Limited". royalwarrant.org. Royal Warrant Holders Association. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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