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Jermyn Street is a street in the City of Westminster, central London, to the south, parallel and adjacent to Piccadilly. It is well known as a street where the shops are almost exclusively aimed at the Gentleman’s market and is famous for its resident shirtmakers (such as Turnbull & Asser, Charles Tyrwhitt, Thomas Pink, T.M. Lewin and Hawes & Curtis); Gentleman’s outfitters (Hackett and Harvie & Hudson); Shoe & Bootmakers (John Lobb and Foster & Son); Barbers (Geo. F Trumper and Taylors of Old Bond Street); Cigar shops (Davidoff and Dunhill), Tramp nightclub and the 70-seat Jermyn Street Theatre. It is also home to the headquarters of Petrofac, a group of companies involved in the oil, gas, energy and construction industries 
Statue of Beau Brummell 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 1664. 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 the great actress Mrs Siddons sat for him for her portrait as the Tragic Muse). The Gun Tavern 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 Blitz of 1941). Though he did not live on the street, a statue of Beau Brummell stands on Jermyn Street at the junction with the Piccadilly Arcade, as embodying its elegant clothing values. Aleister Crowley lived in number 93. Jermyn Street shops selling both shirts and other gentlemen’s apparel, such as hats, shoes, shaving brushes, colognes, braces and shirt collar stiffeners. Many tailors owned and still own the houses along the street and often rented out rooms to people. No. 22, for instance was once owned by Italian silk merchant, Cesare Salvucci and a military tailor who rented rooms out to people such as banker Theodore Rothschild. However, the vast majority of shirts labelled ’Jermyn Street’ are now manufactured elsewhere, often in low-cost Far Eastern countries, which is rarely indicated on the label.
There are also a number of retailers offering wider ranges of clothing and accessories, in addition to their selection of ready-to-wear shirts. These include Alfred Dunhill (No.48), Daks (No.101), John Bray (No.79), and Favourbrook (No.55).
The street also contains the UK, European and de facto current global headquarters of the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The entrance of the Cavendish Hotel is also on Jermyn Street. This hotel was owned by Rosa Lewis, who was the individual upon whose life the TV series The Duchess of Duke Street was based.
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