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Thrupp & Maberly

Thrupp & Maberly was a British coachbuilder based in the West End of London, England. Coach-maker to Queen Victoria, it operated for more than two centuries until closed under Rootes Group ownership in 1967.

This family coachbuilding firm was started near Worcester about 1740. The founder's son, Joseph Thrupp (died London 1821), came to London about 1765 and ran a coach making business in George Street, Grosvenor Square.

There was access to the workshops through an arch in Oxford Street, and in the early 19th century this was developed into a showroom.

Joseph's London business was continued by his nephew Henry East Thrupp (1774-1852), father of coach builder Robert (1813-1871), together with Joseph's much younger fourth son Charles Joseph Thrupp (1791-1872), who left his nine surviving children £30,000. Those nine children included George Athelstane Thrupp (1822-1905), who later carried on the business.

At the beginning of 1858 coachbuilder George Maberly (1797-1883) merged his 70 Welbeck Street business with Thrupps, moving to Oxford Street and becoming their partner. The firm's name was immediately changed to Thrupp & Maberly. In 1863 they advertised they were Coach Builders & Harness-Makers by Appointment to the Queen. Later his son George Henry Maberly (1836-1901) was taken into George Athelstane Thrupp's partnership.

George Athelstane Thrupp (1822–1905) became company head and a leader of his craft known internationally within it. He was a founder of the Coach-makers' Benevolent Institution and helped form the Institute of British Carriage Manufacturers and the technical schools for coach artisans which were taken over by the Regent Street Polytechnic. He served as Master of the Coachmakers' and Coach Harness Makers' Company in 1883

Thrupp's publications included:

G A Thrupp's sister, Ellen (1829-1914) married business partner George Henry Maberly (1836-1901) in 1869.

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