september january english inventor luxury goods company branded tobacco products independently owned entities ran company selling accessories opened shop developed pipe designed motorists opened shop offering tailored tobacco blends shops opened new_york paris 1920s international ambitions helped create modern luxury goods market retired business married mistress following death wife early life born september church path middlesex second son children master blind maker wife cousin jane née styles father occupied premises road manufacturing horses educated private school father business inherited father business shortly began supply accessories motor cars priorities married june established sell accessories mail order opened shop street selling clothing accessories employers entered business developed pipe allow motorists smoke driving tobacco business opened small shop duke street area offered tobacco blends tailored individual customer introduced cigarette shop rapidly prospered granddaughter mary later described flair salesman business expanded taken additional premises duke street joined business youngest brother eldest son alfred followed second son introduced white spot trademark pipes post war period witnessed expansion commissioning new products company ensured products covered patent trade mark policy prosecuted outset early 1920s saw wholesale export business hill gate close pipe cigarette division located hill road firm received royal warrant edward prince wales supplied winston_churchill 1920s saw opening shops new_york paris opined modern luxury goods market international ambitions company launched unique lighter product brother interest developing world lighter operated hand published pipe book monograph detailed history smoking pipe new_york_times review book anonymous author credited making pipe smoking diversion book rarely print publication elected fellow retirement passed company son taking retirement health reasons left wife moved join long term mistress wright changed deed poll married wright march shortly death wife died nursing home january cremated left gross assets equivalent wife survived works pipe book london reprinted pipe book new_york
Alfred Dunhill